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CATALOGUE NO. 7
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01 / 08
A short letter from the studio, January 2026

We make small analog things for the people who keep tape recorders on their desks.

02 / 08
The 2026 Catalogue
Four products · spring & summer release
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BLOOM PEDAL
A tape-saturation pedal voiced after late-70s cassette decks. Three knobs, one switch.
Hand-wired in our Matsumoto workshop, one batch at a time, with a small cream rosette stamped on the bottom plate.
FORMAT9V pedal
CHANNELSMono · TRS
PRICE¥38,000
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CHROMA DECK
A studio cassette deck reissued from our 1981 design. Quartz-locked transport.
Each unit ships with a numbered plate, a hand-cut sleeve, and a letter explaining how to wear it in slowly.
FORMATHardware deck
EDITIONLimited · 320 units
PRICE¥184,000
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SUPER TAPE
Seven C-60 cassettes labelled by colour and season. Hand-drawn cream-stock inserts.
Refill packs ship four times a year. Subscribers get a small note from the studio with each delivery.
FORMAT7 × C-60 set
EDITIONOpen · refilled monthly
PRICE¥7,200 / box
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MIX CHAIR
A listening chair upholstered in cassette-loop fabric, woven from studio off-cuts.
Each chair is signed on the underside by the maker and dated to the day it left the workshop.
FORMATFurniture · 1 piece
FRAMESolid ash
PRICE¥420,000
03 / 08
A note pinned above the workbench

Build the thing first, then write the spec sheet.

— Ren Kobayashi · founder · 2024
04 / 08
Output, by year
Units shipped · 2019—2026 · Q3 estimate
26K
Units shipped, 2026
Led by Bloom Pedal sales.
61%
Repeat customers
3 in 5 are repeat buyers.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
05 / 08
A reader writes

"It feels less like a gadget and more like a small machine that has decided to be friendly with my desk."

Mei Tanaka
Reader letter · Bloom Pedal owner · April 2025
06 / 08
Release schedule
Spring & summer · 2026
Date
Title
Edition
Track
N.R.
14.03
SC-01 Bloom Pedal · first run
Open edition · 600 units
PEDAL
02.05
SC-02 Chroma Deck · numbered run
Limited · 320 units
DECK
14.06
SC-03 Super Tape boxset
Open · refilled monthly
TAPE
12.07
SC-03b Summer side · 4 cassettes
Refill kit
TAPE
22.08
SC-04 Mix Chair · workshop run
Single piece
CHAIR
03.10
Open studio & listening night
Matsumoto workshop
EVENT
14.11
Catalogue No. 8 · early preview
Subscribers only
PREVIEW
07 / 08
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Colophon · Catalogue No. 7

See you in volume eight.

Studio
Tape Garden · Matsumoto
est. 2018
Designed
In a small room beside the
tape archive · over six months
Until next year
Catalogue No. 8 ships January 2027. Mailing list opens with the snow.
08 / 08