Opal Tapes
{{Infobox record label
| name = Opal Tapes
| image = Opal_Tapes_Logo.jpg
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| founded = 2012
| founder = Stephen Bishop
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| genre = Techno, house music
| country = United Kingdom
| location = Redcar
| url = {{URL|https://opaltapes.bandcamp.com}}
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Opal Tapes is an English independent record label that releases abstracted forms of house music, techno, and other types of electronic music.{{cite web|title=Label of the Month: Opal Tapes|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1753|website=Resident Advisor|date=29 January 2013|last1=Ryce|first1=Andrew|access-date=2019-09-03}} Founded by Stephen Bishop (who produces original music as "Basic House") in 2012 in the small town of Redcar in northeastern England, Opal Tapes is now based in Newcastle, UK.{{cite web|title=Opal Tapes|url=https://www.facebook.com/opaltapes/info?tab=page_info|website=Facebook |access-date=2019-09-03}} Opal Tapes is well known for releasing its music on cassettes in addition to more popular formats such as vinyl. In January 2013, electronic music magazine Resident Advisor named Opal Tapes its "Label of the Month."
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Opal Tapes Discography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Catalog | Artist | Title | Year |
| OPAL001 | Tuff Sherm & PMM | The Pagan Theatre | 2012 |
| OPAL002 | Personable | Alternate/Other | 2012 |
| OPAL003 | Huerco S. | Untitled | 2012 |
| OPAL004 | BAT & OND TON | BAT & OND TON | 2012 |
| OPAL005 | 1991 | High-Tech High-Life | 2012 |
| OPAL006 | Basic House | I'm Not A Heaven Man | 2012 |
| OPAL007 | 51717 | 0VUL | 2012 |
| OPAL008 | Wanda Group | Piss Fell Out Like Sunlight | 2012 |
| OPAL009 | MCMXCI | Skogen, Flickan Och Flaskan | 2012 |
| OPAL010 | MCMXCI | Skogen, Flickan Och Flaskan (vinyl edition) | 2012 |
| OPAL011 | DJ Ford Foster | Function Trax. Vol 2 | 2012 |
| OPAL012 | IVVVO | All Shades Of White | 2012 |
| OPAL013 | Ex-Con | Manual De ForÁa I T‡ctica | 2012 |
| OPAL014 | Traag | Confused In Reality | 2012 |
| OPAL015 | Various Artists | Cold Holiday | 2012 |
| OPAL016 | Uio Loi | Cane | 2013 |
| OPAL017 | COIN | Stilled | 2013 |
| OPAL018 | Lumigraph | Nautically Inclined | 2013 |
| OPAL019 | HOLOVR | Lunar Lake | 2013 |
| OPAL020 | Wanda Group | Piss Fell Out Like Sunlight (vinyl edition) | 2013 |
| OPAL021 | Naka Naka | Juan Pestanas | 2013 |
| OPAL022 | Nikolai | The Symbols and the Signs | 2013 |
| OPAL023 | S Olbricht | Deutsch Amerikanische Tragödie | 2013 |
| OPAL024 | Rejections | Resin In The Filter | 2013 |
| OPAL025 | Yves De Mey | Metrics | 2013 |
| OPAL026 | Shapednoise | Until Human Voices Wake Us | 2013 |
| OPAL027 | PHORK | Privileged Life | 2013 |
| OPAL028 | Bleaching Agent | Stride By Stride | 2013 |
| OPAL029 | Karen Gwyer | Kiki The Wormhole | 2013 |
| OPAL030 | Patricia | Body Issues | 2013 |
| OPAL031 | OOBE | SFTCR | 2013 |
| OPAL032 | Lumisokea | Apophenia | 2014 |
| OPAL033 | Kaumwald | Hantasive | 2014 |
| OPAL034 | Body Boys | Growth Window | 2013 |
| OPAL035 | Lumisokea | Contrapasso | 2013 |
| OPAL036 | Manse | Lying In Wait | 2013 |
| OPAL037 | Dreamweapon | Living In Hell On Earth | 2013 |
| OPAL038 | COIN | Inside Palace | 2013 |
| OPAL039 | Austin Cesear & Stefan JÛs | We Live Here | 2014 |
| OPAL040 | Ketev | Ketev | 2014 |
| OPAL041 | James Place | An Entire Matchbook A Night | 2014 |
| OPAL042 | Ford Foster & William Watts | FF & WW | 2014 |
| OPAL043 | Alley Catss & S Olbricht | Alley Catss & S Olbricht | 2014 |
| OPAL044 | D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. | Förintelsen & Döden | 2014 |
| OPAL045 | Mike Simonetti | At the Juncture of Dark and Light Vol. 3 | 2014 |
| OPAL046 | Worker/Parasite | Proletariat E.P. | 2014 |
| OPAL047 | Run Dust | Zeckenentferner | 2014 |
| OPAL048 | Violetpoison | Sovrastrutture | 2014 |
| OPAL049 | HOLOVR | Holo Earth | 2014 |
| OPAL050 | Siobhan | Southgate | 2014 |
| OPAL051 | Michael DeMaio | Half Cross | 2015 |
| OPAL052 | Decimus | Maroboduus | 2015 |
| OPAL053 | BAT | Form & Void | 2015 |
| OPAL054 | D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. | Killing Is No Murder! | 2015 |
| OPAL055 | Masks | Food Plus Drug (II) | 2015 |
| OPAL056 | Ontario Hospital | Future Ready | 2015 |
| OPAL057 | Gondwana | Aum | 2015 |
| OPAL058 | Flores Del Vicio | Reach A Better Feeling | 2015 |
| OPAL059 | Body Boys | No Face | 2015 |
| OPAL060 | Michael Vallera | Distance | 2015 |
| OPAL061 | Perfume Advert | +200 Gamma | 2015 |
| OPAL062 | Russell E. L. Butler | God Is Change | 2015 |
| OPAL063 | Cubic Space Collective | Dass II | 2015 |
| OPAL064 | D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. | Leave Of Absence | 2015 |
| OPAL065 | Lumisokea | Transmissions From Revarsavr | 2015 |
| OPAL066 | Patricia | Bem Inventory | 2015 |
| OPAL067 | Son Of | Social Zombies | 2015 |
| OPAL068 | German Army | Preserving Senses | 2015 |
| OPAL069 | Clouds | Sapporo NYE Crew (1995) | 2015 |
| OPAL070 | Cremation Lily | Radiance And Instability | 2015 |
| OPAL071 | Basic House & Metrist | The World Is Order, Incarnate | 2015 |
| OPAL072 | Basic House | Cryptid Binaries | 2015 |
| OPAL073 | Basic House | Caim In Bird Form | 2015 |
| OPAL074 | $$$TAG$$$ | Crowd Surfing | 2016 |
| OPAL075 | Wanda Group | Central Heating | 2016 |
| OPAL076 | Helm & Decimus | We Will Meet At Other Human Parties | 2016 |
| OPAL077 | D. Glare | 68 Samples At 68 BPM For Phased Heads | 2016 |
| OPAL078 | CAO | Marginal Virgin | 2016 |
| OPAL079 | Body Boys | Hood Spectrum | 2016 |
| OPAL080-X | Kaumwald | Rapa Nui Clan | 2016 |
| OPAL081 | Pierrot Lunaire | Dog Chakra | 2016 |
| OPAL082 | Gultskra Artikler | Industria | 2016 |
| OPAL083 | Sote | Hardcore Sounds From Tehran | 2016 |
| OPAL084 | Various Artists | U S S R (Ur Social Status Resistance) | 2016 |
| OPAL085 | Your Planet Is Next | Virgo Moon | 2016 |
| OPAL086 | Emra Grid | The Same Face | 2016 |
| OPAL087 | E-Saggila | Old Orders Of Beauty | 2016 |
| OPAL088 | YancityGurl | Shadow Medium | 2016 |
| OPAL089 | Död | Muscle Trax | 2016 |
| OPAL090 | Facialmess | The Onedin Line | 2016 |
| OPAL091 | German Army | Te Ano | 2016 |
| OPAL092 | XDCVR | Cold Slab | 2016 |
| OPAL093 | Various | Contemporary Dance | 2017 |
| OPAL094 | D. Glare | 4 Oscillators & 130 Samples At 130 BPM | 2017 |
| OPAL095 | Bronze Teeth | Artex (MiniAlbum) | 2017 |
| OPAL097 | Domenico Crisci | Body Punishment | 2017 |
| OPAL098 | Vargdöd | Brutal Disciplin{{Cite web |url=https://opaltapes.com/album/brutal-disciplin |title=Brutal Disciplin |website=OpalTapes.com |access-date=2019-09-03 }} (Album) | 2017 |
| OPAL099 | Gondwana | Miccaotli | 2017 |
| OPAL100 | Basic House | I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me | 2017 |
| OPAL101 | Basic House | Government | 2016 |
| OPAL102 | R | Man Of War | 2017 |
| OPAL103 | Gosheven | Leaper (Album) | 2017 |
| OPAL104 | Finn McNicholas | Concrescence | 2017 |
| OPAL105 | K. Reinshagen | Dominati Symbols | 2017 |
| OPAL108 | Sote | Sacred Horror In Design | 2017 |
| OPAL109 | Evitceles | Imperfect Charm | 2017 |
| OPAL110 | Binary Digit | Acid Drop | 2017 |
| OPAL111 | Hainbach | No Need For Rain | 2017 |
| OPAL112 | E-Saggila | Lux Campaign | 2017 |
| OPAL114 | Chafik Chennouf | Dual Aspect (EP) | 2017 |
| OPAL115 | Various | The Harvest of a Quiet Eye | 2018 |
| OPAL116 | Cosmin Nicolae | Semnal (Album) | 2018 |
| OPAL117 | David Terry | Sorrow | 2018 |
| OPAL118 | Acre | Hollow Body | 2018 |
| OPAL119 | Shadows | Particles Of Life | 2018 |
| OPAL121 | Yeah You | KHOT< | 2018 |
| OPAL122 | Gosheven | Bivaq | 2018 |
| OPAL123 | Hainbach | Songs For Coco (Album) | 2018 |
| OPAL124 | N1L | 山卂ㄒ乇尺 爪乇爪ㄖ尺ㄚ | 2018 |
| OPAL124-X | N1L | Water Memory (Remixed) | 2018 |
| OPAL125 | Phork | No Afterlife | 2018 |
| OPAL126 | Domiziano Maselli | Ashes (Album) | 2018 |
| OPAL128 | Monotronique | Heat Absorber | 2018 |
| OPAL130 | Chafik Chennouf & Katsunori Sawa | For The Mimics | 2018 |
| OPAL131 | Angelo Harmsworth | Kompressor | 2018 |
| OPAL133 | Sloth | Getting Ready For Christmas (It's About Malt Liquor) | 2018 |
| OPAL134 | D.U.D.S | Not At All / A Different Stage Part II | 2018 |
| OPAL135 | Emra Grid | From A Band Of Thoughts That Ended My Year | 2018 |
| OPAL136 | D.U.D.S. | Immediate | 2018 |
| OPAL137 | R.H.G.T. | Depersonalisation | 2019 |
| OPAL138 | Selm | Kreise | 2019 |
| OPAL139 | Siavash Amini & Matt Finney | Second Shift | 2019 |
| OPAL140 | The Newcomer | Earth Motivation | 2019 |
| OPAL141 | The Newcomer | Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine | 2019 |
| OPAL143 | David Terry & Eye Spirit | The White Horse Of The Sun | 2019 |
| OPAL146 | Död | Arbetets Ära | 2019 |
| OPAL147
|Soft Issues |Soft Issues |2019 | |||
| OPAL148
|Evitceles |The Substance Of My Fantasies |2019 | |||
| OPAL149
|Katsunori Sawa |An Enlightenment Manual, Your Consciousness Of Truth |2019 | |||
| OPAL150
|Various Artists |Amateur Vampires |2019 | |||
| OPAL151
|Rerekat |Our Bones Are Dried Up |2019 | |||
| OPAL152
|SDEM |IIRC |2019 | |||
| OPAL153
|J E L L V A K O |INTEGRATION |2019 | |||
| OPAL154
|DJ BANDO |Xanbient Works Volume 1 |2019 | |||
| OPAL155
|Purpura & Lacrima |New World In A Peaceful Death / Dust Sculptures |2019 | |||
| OPAL156
|VSCC |EMSGD |2019 | |||
| OPAL157
|New Sincerity |Fiberglass Pools |2019 | |||
| OPAL158
|Autumns |Pissing Away My Youth |2019 | |||
| OPAL159
|Filmmaker |Unregulated |2019 | |||
| OPAL160
|djb |"dood & verderf" |2019 | |||
| OPAL161
|Territorial Gobbing |Capitalist Art Is Cartoons Fucking |2019 | |||
| OPAL162
|øjeRum |Through The Archway Of Mouths |2019 | |||
| OPAL163
|The Subdermic |Trepidation Ladder |2019 | |||
| OPAL164
|VASE |Amos' Flat: Room 1 & 2 |2019 | |||
| OPAL165
|Ptwiggs |Darkening of Light |2019 | |||
| OPAL166
|Lyubocha |RYYTMA |2019 | |||
| OPAL167
|Life's Track |Race Against Time |2020 | |||
| OPAL168
|Lucy Johnson |Soundtracks 2013 - 2019 Vol. 1 |2020 | |||
| OPAL169
|Siavash Amini & Saåad |All Lanes Of Lilac Evening |2020 | |||
| OPAL170
|Body Improvement Calendar |Business Major |2020 | |||
| OPAL171
|J. Carter |Rejoice! |2020 | |||
| OPAL172
|Avril Spleen |Thumbs Cut |2020 | |||
| OPAL173
|P A E S E F E R T I L E |P A E S E F E R T I L E |2020 | |||
| OPAL174
|Lacrima |Candy |2020 | |||
| OPAL175
|Kazuma Kubota |Mind |2020 | |||
| OPAL176
|Jordan Edge & Navid Asghari |Anamnesis |2020 | |||
| OPAL177
|Thet Liturgiske Owäsendet |Det Var Folk Där Ute. Dom Är Borta Nu. |2020 | |||
| OPAL178
|Sugarstick & Xerox |Sugarstick & Xerox |2020 | |||
| OPAL179
|Sote |MOSCELS |2020 | |||
| OPAL180
|Maltash |Clown For A Cold Audience |2020 | |||
| OPAL181
|øjeRum |Selected Percussive Works 1998 - 2001 Vol. I |2020 | |||
| OPAL182
|Francisco López |1985 |2020 | |||
| OPAL183
|Emra Grid |A System A Platform A Voiid |2020 | |||
| OPAL184
|Mondkopf |The Day He Lost It |2020 | |||
| OPAL185
|Lacrima |St. Petersburg |2020 | |||
| OPAL186
|øjeRum |Selected Percussive Works 1998 - 2001 Vol. II |2020 | |||
| OPAL187
|Attilio Novellino & Our Love Will Destroy The World |The Assault Of Heaven |2020 | |||
| OPAL188
|R.Y.N. |Relics (Collected Works 2003 - 2011) |2020 | |||
| OPAL189
|Autumns |You Are Now Listening To Autumns |2020 | |||
| OPAL190
|Nocturnerror |Last Seconds Of Resentment Required |2020 | |||
| OPAL191
|GOLPESAR |The Flesh Of The World |2020 | |||
| OPAL192
|brb>voicecoil |The Alms Of Guilt |2020 | |||
| OPAL193
|Posverdad Trax |The Neutral Sin |2020 | |||
| OPAL194
|Burning Pyre |United Angels |2020 | |||
| OPAL195
|Soft Issues |High Capacity Magazine |2020 | |||
| OPAL196
|Tegh |Emergent Errors |2020 | |||
| OPAL197
|OOBE |SFTCR 2 |2020 | |||
| OPAL198
|Dominique |Liminal Space |2020 | |||
| OPAL199
|Selm |TiiiER / Post-Adrenaline |2020 | |||
| OPAL201
|Isserley |Hardcore |2020 | |||
| OPAL202
|Breather |Ceremonies Of Aporia |2020 | |||
| OPAL203
|SW1n-Hunter |Aliasing The Empty Face |2020 | |||
| OPAL204
|øjeRum |Selected Percussive Works 1998 - 2001 Vol. III |2020 | |||
| OPAL205
|Granite Mask |Time Elapsed |2021 | |||
| OPAL206
|Död |Just Död It |2021 | |||
| OPAL207
|Evitceles |Black Leaf |2021 | |||
| OPAL208
|Eating The Internet |For Parts or Not Working |2021 | |||
| OPAL209
|Abbrumer |Encina |2021 | |||
| OPAL210
|Folded Voices |ALL VELCRO |2021 |
Black Opal Discography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Catalog | Artist | Title | Year |
| BOP001 | Patricia | Body Issues | 2014 |
| BOP002 | Cloudface | Untitled | 2014 |
| BOP003 | Naka Naka | Mundo Harsh | 2014 |
| BOP004 | Xosar | Let Go | 2015 |
| BOP005 | Metrist | This Is For Sore Is Just There | 2016 |
| BOP006 | Russell E. L. Butler | The First Step | 2016 |
| BOP007 | Personable | Oyster | 2016 |
| BOP008 | J. Albert | Small Room | 2016 |
| BOP009 | Cop Envy | Total End | 2016 |
| BOP010 | Clouds | DJ Ultra Greatsword | 2016 |
| BOP011 | Annanan | New Wave of Nature | 2016 |
| BOP012 | DJ S | Neva Done This Before | 2016 |
| BOP013 | Sciahri | Quiet Witness | 2017 |
| BOP014 | Persuasion | Quatermass EP | 2018 |
| BOP015 | Lyubocha | Berzerk | 2018 |
| BOP016 | Lyra Valenza | Scan, Deliver | 2018 |
| BOP017 | Patricia | Heavy Merging | 2019 |
| BOP018 | Domenico Crisci | Velvet | 2019 |
| BOPW001 | J. Albert | Untitled | 2015 |
| BOPW002 | Life's Track | The Smell Of Sanctity | 2015 |
| BOPW003 | Nathan Melja | A.C.I. | 2016 |
| BOPW004 | Sciahri | Behind The Line EP | 2016 |
| BOPW005 | L Neils | Puzzlebox | 2016 |
BOPW catalogue discontinued. All titles are now BOP whether single/EP/LP