Inside Duplication.com, the Company That Makes Everyone's Tapes w/ Rob Feulner | The J-Card Podcast

Rob Feulner is the Marketing Coordinator at Duplication.com, the cassette and CD duplication company that’s been a cornerstone of underground music culture since 1989. In this conversation, Rob takes us inside the world of cassette duplication, from the massive tape-loading machines, to the team of artists and technicians who keep the operation running.We talk about the Montreal underground scene that shaped his taste, how vaporwave couldn’t have happened without the cassette renaissance, and what it’s like to spend your workdays pulling random tapes out of a box and listening to them cold. Dream job, am I right?More on IG:@duplication.ca https://www.instagram.com/duplication.ca@bleunuitvideo https://www.instagram.com/bleunuitvideoThe J-Card is presented by Rue Defense Tape Club, a quarterly, mail-order cassette compilation and DIY audio project. Each episode is part music discovery, part oral history, part hangout show. We ask artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other music-minded folks to build us their own personal mixtape and talk about the moments and memories that inspired it.New episodes drop here and wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching, and if you liked this one, share it with a friend who also might.Created by Alexei ShishkinAssociate Producer: Alivia StonierBooking: Jamie Halliday📬 Subscribe:Subscribe now📲 Follow us: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruedefense TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tapeclub Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tapeclub.substack.com X: https://x.com/ruedefense🤝 Support / Sponsorship: https://forms.gle/8L4o4yLvX5fQnpAXA 🎶 Submit Music: https://forms.gle/Mc7En6K8Tb2BbgxJA 📩 Contact: [email protected]⏱️ Chapters:00:00 - Intro to Rob Feulner01:06 - How Rob Got the Job03:46 - Montreal Cassette Scene07:59 - The Production Ecosystem12:15 - Life of a Cassette18:40 - The Duplication Team22:12 - Rob’s Art Practice24:17 - Notable Projects28:54 - The Mixtape29:28 - “Side A” by Dead Bush34:34 - “Death Row” by Lil Noid37:20 - “ΛVΘN™ NiteMare Liquid Mascara (feat. 회사AUTO)” by Nmesh43:01 - “Lamentation Fragrant Repel” by New Mexican Stargazers46:31 - “Outside” by The Dead C50:25 - “Through the Bindbole Wood” by Hole Dweller52:47 - Honorable Mentions54:35 - Game: Call and Response1:00:27 - Plugs & Outro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tapeclub.substack.com/subscribe