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The Cassette Revival is on. Arctic Monkeys and Harry Styles push sales of Cassettes to their highest since 2003!
Discover the history, resurgence, and future of cassette tapes with our in-depth look at the analog format that just won't quit. From the rise of cassette tape art to the best cassette tapes for audiophiles, we've got you covered. Find out why cassette tapes are making a big comeback and how you can get in on the action.
Ever wondered how companies used to promote their cassette players and cassette tapes back in the day? Take a step down memory lane as we showcase 10 cassette commercials which you might have seen on the family TV if you were a child of the 70s or 80s.
There are only a few things more iconic than the boombox - before portable speakers, before the ipod, before the Walkman and MP3 players there was the boombox. The boombox played a pivotal part in the gap between the home stereo and the portable walkman and it did certainly did it with style.
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Creature. Blends UK jazz, broken beat, and electronic textures, Creature creates immersive, rhythm-led music inspired by the likes of Yussef Dayes, Kamaal Williams, and Flying Lotus. Having toured and recorded with artists including Katie Tipper, Yaya Bey and Cosmo Pyke, Creature. now steps forward with a bold new project, Life in Bloom, a live audio-visual album capturing his distinct fusion of club culture and improvisational energy. With a monthly residency at Ronnie Scott’s and deep roots in London’s underground scenes, Creature. is fast becoming a vital new voice in the future-jazz movement.
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Track Listing
01 Diamonds Are Made Under Pressure
02 Where I’m at (Feat. Tarju Le_Sano)
03 Mind Running
04 Growth
05 Stay Fly
06 Tempest
07 ByMyself
Dive into the world of cassette collecting with our exclusive 50-page book, "Cassette Culture: Starting a Cassette Collection in the Digital Age" – now available as part of Chalkpit Cassette Club's Christmas Collection! Perfect for new cassette collectors and seasoned enthusiasts alike, this comprehensive guide explores the magic of building a collection in today’s digital world. Inside, you'll find tips on finding rare tapes, preserving your collection, and connecting with a global community of like-minded music lovers.
Whether you're gifting this to someone new to cassette culture or adding it to your own library, this book is an essential read for anyone passionate about analog music. Start your cassette journey today and become part of the thriving cassette collector community!
The GB-001 brings the boombox into a whole new era. Inspired by the iconic ‘80s design, this neo-retro gem is packed with cutting-edge technology. Following the success of the WE-001 cassette player, it arrives just in time — with cassette sales skyrocketing by over 400% in the past decade — to bring analog sound roaring back.
With 104 watts of power delivered through four Hi-Fi speakers(two woofers for deep bass, two tweeters for crisp highs), the GB-001 turns any space into a full-on concert hall. It plays and records both Type I and Type II cassettes with a premium-grade mechanism, and an adjustable motor for ultra-stable playback.
But this boombox is more than a retro revival — it’s fully modern: Bluetooth 5.4, a rechargeable and replaceable battery, microphone input, fine-tuned sound controls(bass, treble, balance),backlit VU meters, and even an amp function for your guitar. Ready for a rap battle or a karaoke night? Plug in two wireless mics and put on a show.
The Ultimate Cassette Starter Kit for Music Lovers
Everything you need to start your cassette collection and discover your next favourite artist.
The Next Wave Discovery Box is the ultimate introduction to cassette culture. Designed for music lovers who want to experience music beyond playlists and algorithms, this premium collector's set includes everything you need to begin your analogue music journey.
Inside you'll find a Next Wave portable cassette player, three volumes of Next Wave Cassette Magazine featuring 36 emerging artists, and a collector's storage box to start building your archive.
Whether you're completely new to cassettes or searching for the perfect gift for a music fan, the Discovery Box offers a unique way to connect with new music and support the next generation of artists.
What's Included
Next Wave Portable Cassette Player (AA Batteries not included)
3 x volumes of Next Wave Cassette Magazine
Next Wave Collector Storage Box
Exclusive 15% Off Next Wave Subscription Sign Up Voucher
Why You'll Love It
Discover 36 exciting new artists handpicked by Next Wave
Everything you need to start collecting cassettes
A premium unboxing experience designed for music lovers
The perfect gift for fans of music, vinyl, and analogue culture
Join a global community passionate about discovering new music
Leave the scroll behind. Press play, discover something new, and Keep It Analogue.
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Release Date: 16-10-2026 / PRE ORDER TODAY
Fontaines D.C. announce their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released on 16th October via XL Recordings. Produced by James Ford, it is the follow-up to 2024’s UK platinum-certified Romance – and the sound of a band moving decisively away from the guitar language of their early records into something colder, stranger and more synthetic. It arrives today alongside lead single “Marianne” and its accompanying video, directed by Dave Meyers.
Dopamine Chamber arrives like a constellation behind undulating sighs of smog: potent balladry, anthemic melodies glinting through the murk. In a world tipping towards collapse, it asks how pleasure mutates amid peril—and what our pursuit of it reveals about us. Across the album, Fontaines D.C. – Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll – move between gratification and dread until the two meld together, reflecting the overwhelm of artificial intelligence, environmental collapse and political violence all riding the same algorithms as memes, jokes and celebrity culture. “The album itself is a dopamine chamber,” says Chatten. “You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you.”
Where Romance held its tension in balance, this record tips it. “I think Romance was maybe 60 per cent human and 40 per cent corrupted by automation, and a loss of feeling,” says Chatten, who spent time among the faded grandeur of Venice, Vienna and Sicily in search of lyrical inspiration. “This one feels more like 60 per cent corrupted — the mask is wearing the face a little more.” He resisted any pull towards easy optimism: “I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly. This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning.”
“Our albums have always questioned a sense of place,” says bassist Conor Deegan. “First Dublin, then being away from Dublin, and then trying to find the romance elsewhere. On this record, the question became: where do you escape to?” Into the self, perhaps – or hedonism, fantasy, cosmetic perfection, eternal youth or the endless refresh of a screen.
Fontaines D.C. have spent five albums refusing to repeat themselves – from Dogrel (2019) through A Hero’s Death (2020), the No. 1 Skinty Fia (2022) and the anarchic, kaleidoscopic Romance (2024). Dopamine Chamber is their most radical turn yet: cold synthesiser tones, marching drums, samples and triggers, several songs with no guitars at all, and the swooning strings of 1960s Italian pop pulled into something synthetic. For guitarist Conor Curley, the aim was to break from the band’s own reference points: “I was trying to find stuff that pointed into the future.” It was made with James Ford between London, the English countryside and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions.
“There’s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity,” says Chatten. For their fifth album, Fontaines D.C. have built the chamber. What happens to the listener inside it will be the experiment.
The Ultimate Cassette Starter Kit for Music Lovers
Everything you need to start your cassette collection and discover your next favourite artist.
The Next Wave Discovery Box is the ultimate introduction to cassette culture. Designed for music lovers who want to experience music beyond playlists and algorithms, this premium collector's set includes everything you need to begin your analogue music journey.
Inside you'll find a Next Wave portable cassette player, three volumes of Next Wave Cassette Magazine featuring 36 emerging artists, and a collector's storage box to start building your archive.
Whether you're completely new to cassettes or searching for the perfect gift for a music fan, the Discovery Box offers a unique way to connect with new music and support the next generation of artists.
What's Included
Next Wave Portable Cassette Player (AA Batteries not included)
3 x volumes of Next Wave Cassette Magazine
Next Wave Collector Storage Box
Exclusive 15% Off Next Wave Subscription Sign Up Voucher
Why You'll Love It
Discover 36 exciting new artists handpicked by Next Wave
Everything you need to start collecting cassettes
A premium unboxing experience designed for music lovers
The perfect gift for fans of music, vinyl, and analogue culture
Join a global community passionate about discovering new music
Leave the scroll behind. Press play, discover something new, and Keep It Analogue.
PHOEBE BRIDGERS is a singer-songwriter from Pasadena, CA. Beloved in equal measure for her deceptively subtle voice and her meticulous, incisive lyrics, her solo records Stranger in the Alps (2017) and Punisher (2020) have been accompanied by a number of collaborations, including the supergroup boygenius, with whom Bridgers won three Grammys for 2023’s the record. Her songs are hallmarked by a kind of intimacy that’s hard-found in contemporary music, and scale between the macro and the micro with an ease that’s matched only by her towering, prodigious way with words.
Release Date: 14-08-2026
Genre: Alternative
Discover the history, resurgence, and future of cassette tapes with our in-depth look at the unforgettable format making a comeback. From the warm, analog sound to the tangible nature of the format, find out why cassette tapes are more popular than ever and how you can get in on the action.