Get Your Hands on a Mix-Tape for the Digital Age

For those of us who bemoan the destructive tendencies of music's digital revolution — making such endearingly humble (and ubiquitous) devices as vinyls and walkman permanently redundant — the newly released Sharetapes are giving modern music a decidedly old-school twist.

Sharetapes, the product of an Australian start-up, are the iPhone and Spotify era equivalent of a casette mix-tape. The credit card-sized tape allows you to make a playlist using such online services as YouTube, 8tracks and Spotify and then writing it to one of your blank tapes by hitting record at sharetapes.com. Then, simply tap your tape on an NFC-enabled smartphone (recent Android, Windows or Blackberry devices) or scan it using any QR code application (all your other iPhones and smartphones) and you can easily share your favourite playlists with your friends.

These transportable, shareable and fashionably retro cards are awesome for bands or DJs hoping to connect their music with fans. And in the spirit of the mix-tape heyday of the '80s and '90s, these cards are the perfect companion for the modern lover. While once upon a time, teenage romantics would use their casette mix-tapes of MC Hammer and Barry White to woo their high-school crush, the modern lover simply has to swipe their card across their prospective other's iPhone and get ready for the romance to get a-flowing.

We're giving away five packs of Sharetapes, with each packet including five individual tapes. To be in the running, simply subscribe to Concrete Playground (if you haven't already) then email us with your name and postal address at [email protected].