Late Night Tales: BADBADNOTGOOD

Canadian quartet BadBadNotGood are tasked with curating the definitive ‘after hours’ track selection from their record collections.

The original trio of Matthew Tavares, Alex Sowinski & Chester Hansen met whilst studying music at Toronto’s Humber College (they’ve recently added Leland Whitty to the line-up). A shared appreciation for hip hop and instrumental covers of Gucci Mane & Earl Sweatshirt suggested a worldview and reciprocal love from Tyler The Creator and Ghostface Killah, with whom they made ‘Sour Soul’ in 2015. Their last album, the acclaimed ‘IV’, raised eyebrows and their collaborators continue to multiply: Snoop Dogg, Kaytranada and Kendrick Lamar, among others.

You can even hear little snippets of BadBadNotGood throughout this mix, as if they are transmitting parts of themselves through the music they select. Perhaps the keyboards on Admas’ hilariously expensive ‘Anchi Bale Game’, maybe, or the arrangements on Delegation’s mighty britsoul song ‘Oh Honey’ or the groove on ‘Vida Antiga’, Erasmo Carlos’ Brazilian classic. As Janis almost sang, take another little piece of my art.

This is an international effort: Velly Joonas’ Estonian take on ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’, Kiki Gyan, Admas and Francis Bebey representing Africa (Ghana, Ethiopia and Cameroon respectively), Les Prospection from France, Scottish Boards Of Canada and fellow Canadians River Tiber and Charlotte Day Wilson.

Finally, there’s the not-so-small matter of the Late Night Tales cover version, with BadBadNotGood transforming Andy Shauf’s ‘To You’ into a melancholic delight, whilst the Queen of Siam herself, Lydia Lunch, delivers a sexual sermon involving only you, her and Jim Beam.