P.E. - Nope Tapes Vol. 3 (2023)

Experimental electronic collective P.E. return with NOPE Tapes Vol. 3, which features an extended cast of nine contributors including A. Savage (Parquet Courts), Andrya Ambro (Gold Dime/Talk Normal), and Dan Friel (Upper Wilds/Parts & Labor). With the latest mixtape in their ever-expanding series of releases in 2023, the group continues their exploratory & improvisational approach to music. Studio outtakes share the aural stage with field recording experiments, abandoned remixes, and rehearsal cut-ups. Shifting between mutant grooves, otherworldly collages, and serene bliss, NOPE Tapes Vol. 3 find P.E. at their most freakishly surreal.

Formed in 2018 by multi-instrumentalists Jonny Campolo, Jonathan Schenke and Bob Jones, saxophonist Benjamin Jaffe, and vocalist Veronica Torres, P.E. released their debut LP Person on Wharf Cat Records in March 2020. In quick succession, they released a pair of covers (I Wanna Be Your Dog, Boy) and the Pitchfork-lauded The Reason For My Love EP, remixed a variety of artists (Liars, Gong Gong Gong, The Umlauts, et al), and toured with Parquet Courts in Fall 2021. The group’s sophomore LP The Leather Lemon followed in March 2022, earning acclaim from publications like Bandcamp Daily, Stereogum, and BrooklynVegan for the refinement and expansion of their dynamic sound. The NOPE Tapes - a series of mixtapes featuring a rotating cast of characters and rooted in experimentation - followed in 2023. With the addition of multi-instrumentalist Nick Campolo to the core lineup, P.E. continue to expand the horizons of their prolific and fluorescent catalog.