filip from start-track.com's Avatar

filip from start-track.com

@filip.start-track.com

music blog / substack / cassette label / Youtube channel / playlister / bandcamp lover / run by filip zemcik / start-track.com / since 2011 https://start-track.sbmt.to/ P.S.: We ran Z Tapes / based in Bratislava, Slovakia

2,728
Followers
1,507
Following
2,733
Posts
24.07.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by filip from start-track.com @filip.start-track.com

Post image

We got a few orders this Bandcamp Friday. So excited to finally have something to ship. Also, we will give 19 tapes for free as part of our deal “Get a Z Tapes tape for free.” Hopeful day!

07.03.2026 11:38 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

We got a few orders this Bandcamp Friday. So excited to finally have something to ship. Also, we will give 19 tapes for free as part of our deal “Get a Z Tapes tape for free.” Hopeful day!

07.03.2026 09:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you very much. I was just kidding :)

07.03.2026 09:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Seriously, we have a super-cassette deal: buy one, get one free, and no cassette orders? The world is doomed. (JK)

06.03.2026 16:21 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

TODAY IS THE DAY.

06.03.2026 08:54 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Bandcamp Friday, cassette giveaway and more! Bandcamp Friday is here and we are preparing a special cassette giveaway for you.

CASSETTE GIVEAWAY INCOMING AND BANDCAMP FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL

open.substack.com/pub/starttra...

05.03.2026 15:03 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

Quite the deal, and a great way to support a great label and blog🤘

05.03.2026 15:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Bandcamp Friday, cassette giveaway and more! Bandcamp Friday is here and we are preparing a special cassette giveaway for you.

CASSETTE GIVEAWAY INCOMING AND BANDCAMP FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL

open.substack.com/pub/starttra...

05.03.2026 15:03 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

Joining a Reddit discussion is like entering a warzone.

05.03.2026 09:37 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

This Bandcamp Friday should be for you, Cassette Friday. Buy cassettes on Bandcamp. Any label, any genre.

04.03.2026 16:08 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I am not giving up yet.

04.03.2026 15:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

THANKS FOR THE ORDER ANYWAY, YOU DA BEST :)

04.03.2026 15:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The uncertainty and tarrifs already fucked with distribution and now with a war on, I can't imagine. So many new and great bands can still be found through Filip. I just hate that something he loves and works so hard for is a struggle right now. start-track.com

04.03.2026 14:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

This offer is available now and will run until March 11.

04.03.2026 12:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We have a special offer for you for Bandcamp Friday: for every cassette you purchase in the next few days, you'll receive a free surprise tape from our leftover Z Tapes stock. There is no limit on how many tapes you can buy, so the more you purchase, the more free tapes you'll receive!

04.03.2026 12:27 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you ❤️

03.03.2026 21:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you could help out the start track label....

03.03.2026 21:15 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Label is on hold for foresaable future. The sales are just not there and I cannot make more tapes just for myself. I hope it is just a phase. But it is lasting months now…

03.03.2026 21:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
Preview
Help us build a better Pitchfork! Join us on our new journey building true indie music publication.

If you want to support independent music reviews from a fully independent music media outlet, go check @filip.start-track.com and, if you have the spare, you can donate here:

starttrack.substack.com/p/help-us-bu...

I love this music community and contribute as much as I can (and you can too!)

03.03.2026 06:58 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Help us build a better Pitchfork! Join us on our new journey building true indie music publication.

btw we've been so hyperfocused on our own music that we neglected to share a call for more writers from @filip.start-track.com . join us in making Pitchfork But Good :3

open.substack.com/pub/starttra...

-O

02.03.2026 02:37 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Post image

Help us build a better pitchfork!

We are getting there. The team is solid; we need to take the next step. Will you join us?

open.substack.com/pub/starttra...

27.02.2026 14:39 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Single: No Floor – Helm – START TRACK

@filip.start-track.com Thanks! We all really like the "holding your breath" thing about the verses!

28.02.2026 15:33 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

First supporter in!

27.02.2026 21:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Post image

Help us build a better pitchfork!

We are getting there. The team is solid; we need to take the next step. Will you join us?

open.substack.com/pub/starttra...

27.02.2026 14:39 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
(Sandy) Alex G Covers Compilation, by Z Tapes 63 track album

We also did a tribute cover compilation ztapes.bandcamp.com/album/sandy-...

Still my fav thing we did.

25.02.2026 16:14 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Philly, by start-track 16 track album

Lol, I always forget we released a compilation with Alex G before he got famous: ztapes.bandcamp.com/album/philly

25.02.2026 16:11 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

(singular pronouns used)
we yapped for Start-Track, give it a look+donate if ya like it n got the cash to do so! 'w'

-O

24.02.2026 23:35 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
I Speak, But No One Listens: Art as Expression vs. Art as a Commodity – START TRACK

The push for generative AI over man-made art comes from an industry that wants nothing more than to remove the pesky human artist from the mass production of art...

start-track.com/i-speak-but-...

New think piece on our blog by @okadaizo.men

24.02.2026 19:47 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Post image

We are blowing up on Substack.

23.02.2026 17:11 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Album review: Tinned Meats - KILTER Genres like post-punk, jazz, funk, and pop blend together into a slurry that cater to the curious, and after a few bites - er - listens, they’ll surely be hooked.

Review of Kilter via @filip.start-track.com

starttrack.substack.com/p/album-revi...

22.02.2026 12:21 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0