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