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

Missing Words

‘Like A Shadow’

chillwave/indie pop

ill peach

‘UP UP AND AWAY’

indie pop/indie electronic

Jboi

‘MY ATTIRE’

electro/hip-hop

Jesse Ceja

‘Rift’

indie electro/vapor twitch

SIDE B

AVIV & OCTAVIO The Dweeb

‘Black Coffee’

indie pop

CRIM

‘SCREAMING OUT TO A GOD’

emo rap/acoustic

zleephouse

‘I LOVED YOU MORE!’

pop punk/emo

MAZ’N

‘Moving Sunsets’

downtempo/indie electronic

I’ve never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there – I’ve always done that. Even using four-track cassette recorders, I was always doing whatever I could to make it as good as I could.

James Mercer