Cassette Fantasy

Electronic · 2008 · 11 tracks · 11m

Cassette Fantasy

18 Carat Affair

Eleven vignettes of warped, tape-saturated funk and hypnagogic pop. A hazy, melancholic dream of late-night television and forgotten 1980s cassettes.

June 10, 2008 · Not On Label (18 Carat Affair Self-released)

A ghostly, tape-warped nostalgia that feels like a half-remembered dream of the late 1980s.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 11m

01

John Wayne Romance

0:42

02

Dead Roses

0:42

03

Bitter Turns To Sugar

1:34

04

Breakin'

1:10

05

Puppy Love

1:01

06

Local on The 8's

0:48

07

Reflection

0:46

08

All Night Long

1:25

09

4u

1:03

10

Let's Do This

1:32

11

$$$

0:42

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the pitch-bent synth loop on Bitter Turns To Sugar slowly warps as if the tape is physically melting.

The sudden, nostalgic transition into Local on The 8's, mimicking the comforting, sterile vibe of late-2000s cable television weather forecasts.

The hypnotic, repetitive vocal loop of All Night Long that feels like a distant memory of a dance floor heard through a concrete wall.

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