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

Luminous Kid

‘Velvet Meadow’

bedroom pop/indie folk

AKA AKA & Justin Credible

‘Andromeda’

EDM

Quarters of Change

‘I Love’

indie pop

Shafkkat

‘Jubilee’

indie electronic/house

SIDE B

SYML

‘In Between Breaths’

neoclassical

Cracks In The Real

‘Wrapped in Plastic’

ambient/experimental electronic

StanLei

‘Wake Up’

indie electronic

F Markiser

‘Uptight’

indie punk

Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a lot of 4-track cassette stuff that he was into.

Lou Barlow