Amulets is an American ambient and experimental solo project created by Portland-based audio and visual artist Randall Taylor. Known for analogue tape loops, field recordings, and degraded cassette textures, Amulets builds immersive soundscapes that focus on memory, decay, and atmosphere.
The project operates through a constantly evolving catalogue of self-released and label-issued works, often centered around cassette-based composition and live tape manipulation.
Amulets’s sound is defined by layered tape hiss, looping guitar fragments, and slowly shifting ambient textures. Each release explores the physicality of sound through repetition and degradation.
The music often balances minimalism with emotional depth, creating immersive environments rather than traditional song structures.
Amulets (2013) – early self-released work establishing the project’s foundational tape-loop and ambient guitar aesthetic.
Infinity Times (2016) – experimental cassette loop release built around ultra-short repeating tape structures and meditative drone repetition.
Between Distant and Remote (2019) – atmospheric album focusing on memory, distance, and field recording-based ambient composition.
Blooming (2021) – highly regarded release exploring themes of growth and decay through lush, evolving ambient layers.
Not Around But Through (2025) – emotionally charged modern album blending ambient textures with more structured melodic and rhythmic elements.
Rem(a)inders (2026) – latest release incorporating found sounds, fragments, and expanded tape manipulation techniques.
Amulets is widely respected within modern ambient, drone, and cassette culture scenes for his tactile approach to sound design and dedication to analogue processes. The project has become a key reference point in contemporary tape-based experimental music.
Fans of artists such as William Basinski, The Caretaker, and Tim Hecker are likely to appreciate Amulets’s immersive and decaying ambient soundworlds.
All Amulets releases we carry are official physical formats only, focusing on cassette, vinyl, and CD editions sourced from authorised labels and distributors.
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