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
Motoi
‘The Fall’
lo-fi rock
THEO
‘Church & State’
contemporary r&b
Brad and Tre
‘Down in the Canyon’
indie folk/acoustic
natureplayer
‘high places’
indie electronic
SIDE B
millennium parade
‘Bon Dance’
j-pop/art pop
Niels Nielsen
‘Steel Feathers’
dark wave/electro/industrial
Joy Child
‘Counterfeit World’
new wave/avant-pop
Adult Books
‘Florence’
post punk/surf rock
When I write songs, it’s just me and a cassette player – or at least it used to be before smartphones – to quickly record a basic idea.
Rick Nielsen