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

Lucas Parax

‘On s’dispatche les tâches’

indie pop/pop-rock/chanson

Julian Skiboat

‘My Room’

indie pop/bedroom pop

Gold Plates

‘Pray Dead’

trap/industrial rock

Squirrely Bass

‘Omit The Feeble Meat’

trap/future bass

SIDE B

…obviously

‘Cake’

lo-fi pop/psych

Matty Paxton

‘Pullover’

experimental electronic/synth-rock

Jameel Mason

‘Black Queens’

rap

Rock Abruham

‘Same Clothes’

hip-hop

I have a large number of cassettes, but I look at them mainly for reference purposes.

Jean-Luc Godard