It was founded in 2002 by Gunther Buskies and Dirk Darmstaedter and primarily

focused on Deutschpop Bands such as Erdmöbel, Niels Frevert, Tele and Anajo.

Since 2005 Tapete Records also attends to international acts, for example from
the US, Great Britain, Australia and Sweden. They include Lloyd Cole, The
Monochrome Set, The Telescopes, The Lilac Time, Robert
Forster, Hellsongs, Lacrosse, The Grand Opening, Bambi Kino, Christian
Kjellvander, John Howard & The Night Mail, Last Days Of April and many more.
So far, Tapete Records has put out more than 300 releases (as of November
2015).[1] Tapete Records is internationally distributed by various distribution
partners.[2]
Tapete Records also contains the publishing company Tapete Songs and
booking agency Howdy Partner Booking (former Tapete Booking). Tapete Songs
features more than 3,000 published copyrights. Some of them were used in TV
shows in the USA (Chuck, Homeland),[3] England (Skins) [3] and Canada
(Degrassi).[3] Howdy Partner Booking promotes Tapete Records bands as well as
bands from other labels, having a total of more than 70 artists in its repertoire
(e.g. A Projection, Bill Pritchard, The Late Call, Robert Forster, John Howard &
The Night Mail and more).[4]
In 2005 Bureau B, a label for electronic, free spirited music, was added to Tapete
Records roster.