MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Tunde Adebimpe
The TV On The Radio frontman on his formative transmissions: “It’s great when a show feels a little bit dangerous”
STEVIE WONDER
Talking Book TAMLA, 1972
I remember this record playing in our house when I was very young, particularly “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life”. It’s an absolute skill to write lyrics that are so simple and so effective, even if it could only have been written in that time, because no-one had used that set of lyrics before! But it’s such a gorgeous record. My mom would also play me things that Stevie Wonder had done in the ’60s when he was a kid, and it’s interesting at a young age to have an idea of how an artist can evolve. Something that’s stuck with me is the realisation that there are a million different ways to be an artist, and as you get older, your ability and willingness to do different things increases.
KING SUNNY ADÉ AND HIS AFRICAN BEATS
Synchro System ISLAND, 1983