Formations

A salute to sampling culture—where sound, design, and resistance loop together.
Discover the stories behind the collection, from sonic heritage to stitched form.

“Close-up of a vintage cassette deck with worn pause and record buttons, symbolising early DIY music production techniques that inspired the Pause Tape streetwear collection.”

The Pause Tape Legacy: How a Lo-Fi Technique Sparked a Cultural Revolution in Music and Inspired Our Streetwear Collection

Discover how the underground art of pause tape production helped birth hip hop, EDM, and jungle—and how our Pause Tape Collection honours that legacy through sustainable, music-inspired streetwear design.

Pause Tape Collection streetwear inspired by 1980s–1990s UK and New York underground culture—honouring the legacy of sampling, sound system resistance, and sustainable design

Pause Tape: Sampling as Resistance

The Pause Tape Collection is a salute to the resistance inherent in sampling culture—a way of creating from constraint, and remembering through repetition.

Halftone graphic of a vintage sampler and drum machine in navy and beige tones, representing early sampling culture and crate-digging aesthetics from 1980s and 1990s underground music scenes.

Crates, Breaks, and the SP-1200: A Legacy of Sampling in Sound and Style

The Pause Tape Collection is not just independent streetwear. It’s a nod to the past and built for the present through a salute to sampling culture and style.