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
Soft Top Intrepid
‘Mirage’
lo-fi rock/fuzz pop
Unlucky Sevan
‘ZOOM’ (Feat. Big Rig)
rap/alternative hip-hop
Long Tall Jefferson & Aloa Input
‘Everything Lost In Space’
indie folk/folktronica
Gold Record
‘Experiences- NC DREAMIX’
indie pop/nu-disco
SIDE B
Hank Midnight
‘None Supreme’
indietronica/dream pop
Carter Rose
‘OASIS’
cloud rap/alternative hip-hop
moanday
‘too good to be true’
alt pop/electro funk/nu-disco
tana
‘hell yeah’
cloud rap
I remember Prince gave me a cassette of Purple Rain. It was like 20 minutes long and he asked me to write something on it. I tried for a month and then he came to L.A. I went to see him and said, “I can’t do it. It’s too perfect. It’s like ‘Stairway to Heaven.’” He said OK and then I go, “I can keep the cassette, right?” He said, “Of course and thank you for trying.”
Stevie Nicks