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TERRESTRIAL AUDIO for
the PEOPLE'S ENLIGHTENMENT
HIVE TAPE releases experimental music by local musicians produced exclusively for the HIVE TAPE label, and features artwork by local artists.
Our next tape will be released someday.
HIVE TAPE-001
July 2019
"Botanica" by Gardener.
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Gardener (Cecil Smith, Ben Swisher, and Bly Wallentine) wrote and recorded Botanica in 24 hours. Botanica is a single continuous song with seven succinct movements. The record recounts the formation, development and eventual fall of a garden adjacent to the Garden of Eden. In an infinite universe full of infinite gods, from how many gardens has life sprung?
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