Like the poet says (way far down on this mix) “The end is near.”
Hope this finds you in the best possible condition after getting smacked around like you owed 2020 money.
Here, now, then, is my best of the best of the absolute worst – 100 tracks pulled from the 13 Steel Ape Sessions this year.
Friendos, I give you:
Polite Notice: The Steel Ape Sessions 2020
WITH!
- FREEPORT – Ludwig Göransson
- TANK! Virtual Session 2020 – Yoko Kanno & Seatbelts
- Fight the Power: Remix 2020 – Public Enemy ft. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG & Questlove
- Puppy for Hanukkah – Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes
- Laventile Road March – Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
- Magic – JR JR
- Face Down in Ecstasy – Number
- Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene – beabadoobee
- Crown on the Ground – Sleigh Bells
- Turntables – Janelle Monáe
- International Woman of Leisure – La Roux
- ファイアークラッカー – Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Once I Had a Love (The Disco Song) – Blondie
- Tempted – Eyrkah Badu & James Poyser
- Light in the Atoll – Beirut
- Piano Jam – Beastie Boys
- Mambo Gallego – Tito Puente & His Orchestra
- Oye – Aerolux
- Oh Lord, Pt. 3 – Josh Ritter
- M-I-LL-E-R Lite – Adam Kurtz
- Ten Things – Paul Baribeau
- Miguel’s Happy Dance – Thundercat
- Soul Makossa – Manu Dibango #RIP
- diskhat1 – Aphex Twin
- Bird’s Lament – Moondog
- White Boy – Jensen McRae
- E Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo – Erasmo Carlos
- Lonely World – Moses Sumney
- Smash Hit – Potty Mouth
- CROWN – CHIKA
- raingurl – Yaeji
- Ass Level – Santina Muha
- Body – Megan Thee Stallion
- No Time To Die – Billie Eilish
- Femme Fatale – Skylar Gudasz
- I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) – Da’Vine Joy Randolph
- Hold On – H.E.R.
- Black Ego – Digable Planets
- God Gave Rock and Roll to You – Argent
- How Have I Lived (Reprise) – Neal Francis
- Why Not – Unloved
- Lockdown – Anderson .Paak
- Starlight – Cassowary
- Scared to Live – The Weeknd
- Congregation – Low
- The Way You Make Love – Gena Rose Bruce
- Mothaland Bounce – Nissim Black
- Young Shahrukh – Tesher
- Cookie Scene – The Go! Team
- Be My Guest – Millie Small #RIP
- Fly Guy – Doug Hream Blunt
- 54-46 (That’s My Number) – Toots & the Maytals #RIP
- King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown – Augustus Pablo
- I Paint a Design – Michael Hurley
- the 1 – Taylor Swift
- my future – Billie Eilish
- In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine #RIP ft. Iris DeMent
- I’m Only Breaking Down Again (Did I Offend You) – Bombay Beach Revival
- Hammond Song – Whitney
- It’ll All Work Out – Blake Mills
- Aquarius – Mary Lou Williams
- AG Baby – Adekunle Gold ft. Nailah Blackman
- Hit Different – SZA ft. The Neptunes, Pharrell Williams & Ty Dolla $ign
- Count On My Love – SmilesDavis ft. Alice Smith
- EARFQUAKE – Tyler, The Creator
- Fast Life – Htiekal
- nowhere, man – tUnE-yArDs
- Time Moves Slow – BADBADNOTGOOD
- Hey Kids – Molina ft. Late Verlane
- Mascaram Setaba – Mulatu Astatke
- Je t’aime encore – Yelle
- Apartment Wrestling – Maximum Balloon ft. David Byrne
- Guava Jelly – Johnny Nash #RIP
- Ceilings – beabadoobee
- Some People Call Me Sam – Martin Landström
- Dreamland – The B-52’s
- Nanã – Polo & Pan
- Nautical Twilight – Bruce Fallsteen
- Misty Roses – Colin Blunstone
- Kill The Lights – El Michels Affair
- 4 Wings – Tierra Whack
- Kapernick Effect – JAG
- Nothing Is Safe – clipping.
- Delicious – Pabzzz
- We Can Get By Baby – Giacomo Trivelli & Matthew Sibley
- Angel of the Morning – Nina Simone
- Rainy Days and Mondays – The Intruders
- look up – Joy Oladokun
- Strange – Celeste
- Time Tick – Tessa Thompson
- All Kinds of Time – Fountains of Wayne #RIP
- Under Pressure – Karen O & Willie Nelson
- A luz de tieta (live) – Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil
- A Beautiful Noise – Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile
- The Pure and the Damned – Oneohtrix Point Never
- Clair de Lune – Kamasi Washington
- 316 – Van Halen #RIP
- Century Plant – Victoria Williams
- One Fine Day (Live) – David Byrne
- I Know the End – Phoebe Bridgers
So ends six years of Steel Ape Sessions, and I hope you’ll stick around for more.
Wishing you health and strength, and a happy new year.
Yours in Apes,
AG.
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