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
Cursed Days
‘черкащанка’
post industrial/cloud rap
Blackholestars
‘Falling in and Out’
indie rock
Brent Lundell
‘Purple Sunsets’
psybient
Harry the Nightgown
‘Pill Poppin Therapist’
indie rock/no wave
SIDE B
Kaituhi
‘Divine’ (feat. Napkey)
electro pop
Esplanades
‘Happy Fuck You Day’
indie
Frais x Germ
‘Come Round Me’
rap
DANAN
‘Fly’
instrumental hip-hop
If at noon you sit down and there’s just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn’t exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There’s something empowering about that.
Eddie Vedder