Young Fathers - Tape One / Tape Two

Young Fathers - Tape One / Tape TwoMusic fans often imagine that, if they had been around at the time, they would have been one of the very few thousands of people who bought The Velvet Undergrounds banana debut album, or Loves Forever Changes. Hindsight casts such albums as classics but, at the time of their respective releases they were hardly noticed. The re release of Young Fathers debut mixtape TAPE ONE and its follow up TAPE TWO gives us a chance to reappraise two albums that sat

They also release a new track

and Madelyn Grant

Swedish-born and Berlin-based

delivering a string of releases (including the much loved Tongue and Truths EPs for Norman Cook’s Southern Fried Records) crafted through an incredible studio ethic at their rural bolt-hole “The Shack in the Back”

propelled by the candid and relatable lyrics - “I don’t want to check my bank account

“I had no idea why I’d been asked to do a Red Hot Chili Peppers tour and I was backstage in Rome at the gig still none the wiser as to why I was there

Roots Manuva lays out a trademark stream of consciousness performance

Wayne has produced for Roots Manuva since 'Brand New Second Hand'

” On “you up

subtle hip-hop and a kaleidoscope of sound

In 2018 Thundercat and Flying Lotus composed an original score for an episode of Golden Globe and Emmy award winning TV series “Atlanta” (created and written by Donald Glover)

jazz and ambient music