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