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
Jungle Jim
‘Love Me’
cloud rap/bedroom pop
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MUNNYCAT
‘so fresh’
noise pop/indie pop
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Kayvahn
‘Don’t Wait on Me’ (Feat. Sidi)
indie r&b/adult contemporary
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WEIRDO
‘TRANSCENDENCE’
indie r&b/indie electro
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SIDE B
CATBEAR
‘Only Desire’
indietronica/synthwave
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Mod10
‘G’ (Feat. IB)
hip-hop
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Rooftop J & Yung Offender
‘CYCLES’
cloud rap
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VYNES
‘Rhythm in Me’
indie pop/indie dance
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I get nostalgic for things that didn’t really exist. I might have a cassette from the first time a Melle Mel track, say, got played on radio in Manchester. And it might be a copy of a copy of a copy of a tape and there’s all these weird nuances and distortions that have affected what I know as the truth, if you like, of that track.
Rob Brown