Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…
by Christos Doukakis
SIDE A
Blvff
‘STFD’
hip-hop
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Ramz
‘Underneath’
hip-hop
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Colorama
‘And’
psychedelic rock
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CrusaderBeach
‘Bittersweet’
neoclassical
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SIDE B
Fergstramental
‘Morning Yogurt’
instrumental hip-hop
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Psychotropics
‘Praying Mantis’
psychedelic rock
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MOLTENO
‘Waves’
indie r&b
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Heathcote Hill
‘Gonna Be All Right’
americana
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I think the first music I ever heard was Abba. I took my mother’s cassette recorder and went into the bushes to listen to Abba when I was four or five-years-old.
Panos Cosmatos