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
dvd
‘You’ll Never Do It’
lo-fi pop/dream pop
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Keron
‘Projections’
post punk/art rock
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Soularise
‘To The Beat’
trip-hop/dubstep
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Day Joy
‘INRI’
indie pop/indie folk
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SIDE B
Lubin Beta
‘Sandra’
jazz-hop/latin
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Young Spit
‘Uwanje’
afro-pop
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COMPA
‘We Got Away’
electro pop/folktronica
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Diamond Lounge
‘Stained Glass’
downtempo/wave
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I love the Beatles. I haven’t named any kids after them but I still really love them. They were the first group that I was ever properly aware of. In my early teens I would sometimes stay in and listen to the radio all day in the hope that I would catch a song by them that I’d never heard before and be able to tape it on my radio-cassette player.
Jarvis Cocker