Memory Tapes
{{Short description|American singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Memory Tapes
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Dayve Hawk
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1981}}{{cite web |title=Memory Tapes |url=https://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/memory-tapes-tickets/artist/1600792 |website=Ticketmaster |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}
| birth_place = New Jersey, United States
| alias = Memory Cassette, Weird Tapes
| genre = Chillwave,{{cite web|last1=Goble|first1=Corban|title=R.I.P., chillwave: the top 10 chillwave artists, and where they are now|url=http://www.pitch.com/music/article/20583841/rip-chillwave-the-top-10-chillwave-artists-and-where-they-are-now|website=The Pitch|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=March 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330174907/http://www.pitch.com/music/article/20583841/rip-chillwave-the-top-10-chillwave-artists-and-where-they-are-now|archive-date=March 30, 2017|url-status=dead}} glo-fi{{cite web|last1=Sherburne |first1=Phillip |title=Hey Dude, You Got Chillwave In My Glo-Fi |url=http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/01/chillwave.html |website=Rhapsody |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324135415/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/01/chillwave.html |archivedate=March 24, 2010 |date=January 5, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, record producer
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Something in Construction, Carpark
| associated_acts = Hail Social
| website = {{URL|https://memorytapes.bandcamp.com/}}
}}
Dayve Hawk (born 1981), better known by his stage name Memory Tapes, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer, and the former frontman of the Philadelphia-based band, Hail Social.
Career
After releasing material under the names "Memory Cassette" and "Weird Tapes",{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/memory-cassette/1060570#/artist/memory-cassette/1060570 |publisher=Billboard.com|title=Memory Cassette|accessdate=February 13, 2013}} and on signing to Something in Construction to release a Memory Cassette EP (also on Acephale), Memory Tapes' first LP, Seek Magic, was released in September 2009 through the labels Something in Construction, Sincerely Yours and Acéphale. It was self-released in the U.S. Seek Magic sold over 1,000 copies on pre-release through Rough Trade, a shop in London, and has since sold over 30,000.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13451-seek-magic/ |title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic | Album Reviews |publisher=Pitchfork |date=September 30, 2009 |accessdate=February 13, 2013}} The CD release of Seek Magic{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Memory+Tapes |title=Memory Tapes Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=February 13, 2013}} was bundled with a four-track bonus disc including a Horrors' remix and a 22-minute instrumental, "Treeship",{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/36739-hear-memory-tapes-22-minute-instrumental-treeship/ |title=Hear Memory Tapes' 22-Minute Instrumental, "Treeship" | News |publisher=Pitchfork |date=October 7, 2009|accessdate=February 13, 2013}} which could also be downloaded from his website for free.
Memory Tapes was initially associated with the chillwave music genre, but is seen more as a producer in his own right. Each album has its own separate feel and instrumentation. Seek Magic used a lot of dance rhythms and sounds and had touchstones such as New Order and Cocteau Twins. Hawk plays everything on his records and uses unusual sounds such as a bicycle pump on the track "Bicycle" and the sound of sneakers on a basketball court on "Green Knight".{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}}
His second album, Player Piano, was released in 2011 via Something in Construction in Europe, Carpark Records in the U.S. and Inertia in Australia. He was quoted as saying it would be "psychedelic girl group music".{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} The music on the album reflected more of a "band" sound than his previous works, and also lacked their reliance on sonic saturation and obfuscation.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} Pitchfork described the album as "flat and airless, sucked dry of his typically evocative detailing" and gave it a mixed review, scoring it 6 out of 10.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15582-player-piano/ |title=Memory Tapes: Player Piano |publisher=Pitchfork |date=July 7, 2011|accessdate=November 10, 2017}} The first track from these sessions, "Today Is Our Life", appeared on a large number of blogs earlier in 2011, and the album came out the following July.
Memory Tapes' first live performance was in Manchester, England, in January 2010 and he has since played in North America, Europe and Australia. The live shows in 2010 were with a drummer, Matt Maraldo, and a backing track.
On October 2, 2012, Hawk released the first single from his third album, Grace/Confusion, which was released on December 4, 2012.{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://weirdtapes.blogspot.ca/2012/10/graceconfusion.html |title=WE'RE TAPES: Grace/Confusion |publisher=Weirdtapes.blogspot.ca |date=February 2, 2012 |accessdate=February 13, 2013}}
Personal life
Hawk lives in New Jersey{{cite web |last1=Maurer |first1=Mark |title=New Jersey electronica artist Dayve Hawk builds an international following |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/2011/09/new_jersey_electronica_artist.html |website=NJ.com |accessdate=July 5, 2019 |date=September 12, 2011}} with his wife and two daughters.
Discography
=Albums=
- Seek Magic (2009)
- Player Piano (2011)
- Grace/Confusion (2012){{cite web|last=Lymangrover |first=Jason |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/grace-confusion-mw0002434681 |title=Grace/Confusion – Memory Tapes : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=December 4, 2012 |accessdate=February 13, 2013}}
=EPs=
- The Hiss We Missed (as Memory Cassette) (2008)
- Rewind While Sleeping (as Memory Cassette) (2008)
- Call & Response (as Memory Cassette) (2009)
=Singles=
- "Bicycle" (2009)
- "Graphics" (Re-modal edit) (2010)
- "Yes I Know"/"First Hills" (2011)
- "Fallout"/"House On Fire" (2015)
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Category:American electronic musicians
Category:American male singer-songwriters
Category:Record producers from New Jersey