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

NICO.x3

‘WELCOME TO THE WORLD (online)’

chill-hop/vaporwave/lofi

Jesse Gold

‘Go Go Gadget’ (feat. Marc E. Bassy)

indie r&b/alt pop

Jay Sublime

‘Sound Of’

trap/hip-hop

ghost orchard

‘sweet song’

indietronica

SIDE B

Turtle White

‘VVS’

trap/autotune

Rodney Cromwell

‘Rod, Jane & Freddy’

kraut/synth-pop

Dark Dazey

‘Chameleon’

indie psych/alt pop

Own Dialect

‘Smoke And Mambo’

instrumental hip-hop

When I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I would pretend to be on the radio. I bought a mixer and these big, ugly headphones and I would literally broadcast the cassette tapes in my bedroom.

Ryan Seacrest