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