Stuff Mixtape #24 is a collection of random music that crossed my path in April 2024, and I think there are some great tunes here.
Here's why each of these amazing tunes made it into my playlist.
- Fu Manchu | Desmond Dekker and The Aces - one of the finest rocksteady tunes that popped up on a UK TV programme during April.
- Wake up Everybody | Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes - I dug up a copy of the Wake Up Everybody LP at a second hand shop in April, I love Teddy Pendergrass' voice.
- The Harder they Come | Olivia Dean - a great modern version of an old classic.
- Daddys House | Marie 'Queenie' Lyons - I'd never heard of this singer but discovered this 'belter' of a soul classic on a random soul playlist. Excellent tune.
- Remember Me | The Trinikas - Released in 1969, another slab of classic soul that should not be overlooked.
- Wrong side of Town | Joe Armon-Jones and Hak Baker - Only London could produce this collaboration, stunning stuff.
- Abomination | Lynks - neo R&B, great production.
- Baddy on the Floor | Jamie XX & Honey Dijon - to the dancefloor immediately with this one, the sound of summer for sure.
- Turn the Page | Overmono + The Streets - classic flow meets significant production chops. I love the way this just builds and builds.
- cyanotype memories | Hinako Omori & Joe Goddard - essential funky house with an awesome vocal
- Phil's First Tear | Kolonel Djafaar - Ethiopian Jazz via Belgium, an infectious groove that keeps on giving.
- Gedächtnis | Soap and Skin - experimental soundtrack music from Austria.
- Starburster | Fontaines DC - Dublins finest back with a panic attack inspired grinder.
- Are Friends Electric | Tubeway Army - been thinking a lot about Gary Numan and his genre defining 1980's sound.
- I was the thief | Mike Lindsay and Anna B Savage - Tuung supremo combines with Stuff favourite for an eerie, unique sounding tune.
- Being | Viktor Orri Arnason - Beautiful Piano poems to send us homeward.
