Tapes seem to have made a comeback in certain Punk/Rap scenes, but a lot of it seems mostly aesthetic/an attempt to replicate some period l (see Memphis phonk:

Tapes seem to have made a comeback in certain Punk/Rap scenes, but a lot of it seems mostly aesthetic/an attempt to replicate some period l (see Memphis phonk: where home recorded tapes were a cornerstone of the genre and have had a bit of a revival in the last years)