Draft:Organ Tapes

• Comment: There are actually decent sources here, but please drop the promotional language and most of the direct links to releases—SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Spotify—those are not useful citations themselves, as we are a tertiary source. Stick to published independent coverage, and maintain an encyclopedic tone, and this should be OK. Remsense ‥ 论 06:53, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

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Organ Tapes
Also known as	DJ Corpmane, OT, WEAK SHIT
Born	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Alternative R&B, Bedroom Pop, Hypnagogic Pop, Cloud Rap
Years active	2009-present

Organ Tapes is the alias of British Chinese artist Tim Zha., born in London and is part of the city's underground electronic music scene. Zha's music is often praised for its emotional vulnerability and his original approach to music production, saying “I want the song to function as something that approaches being outside language” in an interview with Dazed.

Organ Tapes' first official project was 2009's 'Field Guide' EP, a four-track chillwave release.

In 2011, Organ Tapes self-released his first album titled 'Temp Hymn'. This was further followed up by 'Christ On Your Neck' in July 2013, '清 (Clear White)' a few months later in January 2014, as well as 'De Forma' later that same year. A year later, the ten-track 'Word Life' was released on London-based label Tobago Tracks.

In 2017, Organ Tapes released 'Into One Name', featuring guest appearances from French ambient artist Malibu and fellow London-born Yayoyanoh. The online music publication Resident Advisor praised the album for its detailed production, writing: "It's hard to pin down what Zha is—singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, emo raconteur?". The same year, Organ Tapes also began hosting his own radio show on NTS Radio, with new episodes released on a monthly basis since then. He is frequently joined by guests, notably Claire Rousay, Lucy Liyou, and Lumi.

In 2018, Organ Tapes was featured on Yayoyanoh's project along with Swedish rapper Yung Lean. The same year he also released a single titled 'Mei Jiu' with Beijing-based rapper Bloodz Boi.

Just like 'Word Life', 'Hunger in Me Living' was released on Tobago Tracks. Cookcook, in his review for Tiny Mix Tapes, wrote that "Hunger In Me Living is full of relational and directed ballads suffused in sentimental narratives and speculative methods" while giving it a perfect score. The album only has one feature, the London-based artist Munni who Zha is married to

On 18 September 2020, Organ Tapes released a video titled 'Song makes old scar hurt, but I can't help be at ease listening to it' in which he teased tracks previously unreleased tracks. On 28 April 2022, '唱着那无人问津的歌谣（Chang Zhe Na Wu Ren Wen Jin De Ge Yao)', Organ Tapes' newest album was released. Contrary to some of his previous output, this album "trades the club tropes of previous albums for unadorned guitars and surreal soundscaping", as Sam Goldner of Pitchfork put it. This album also features additional performances from Glasear, CNS GLO, Munni, and Severin Glance.

Beginning in 2016, Zha also makes music under the alias DJ Corpmane.. Material released under this alias tends to consist of mash-ups, further showcasing the importance of sampling in Zha's work, as well as his affinity for a broad selection of artists and genres, with Pitchfork writing that the music is "off-the-wall edits that connect the dots between unexpected emotional valences in, say, baile funk upstart MC Pedrinho and screamo legends Circle Takes the Square, or Lil Peep and Kamixlo"