The bevy of music bubbling out of the London underground still doesn’t have a proper name, but we here at XLR8R are happy to keep lapping up the infectious mix of house, garage, funky, and bass sounds being produced by artists like Shortstuff. With only a handful of proper releases to his name—albeit on top-flight labels like Planet Mu, Ramp, and Berkane Sol—Shortstuff (a.k.a. Richard Attley) also runs the Blunted Robots label (with fellow XLR8R fave Brackles) and has quickly risen to the top of this nebulous scene.
Shortstuff -XLR8R Podcast
01 Joey Beltram “Upper” (Novamute)
02 Scratcha DVA “Natty” (Hyperdub)
03 Martin Kemp “Wot U Got”
04 Shortstuff “Swine Time” (Ramp)
05 Hem feat. Terrible Shock “On a Mission (Shortstuff Remix)”
06 TRG “Tribal Flex”
07 Deadboy “If U Want Me (Brackles & Shortstuff Remix)”
08 Brackles “6am El Gordos” (Brainmath)
09 Shortstuff “Galaxy” (Ramp)
10 Steve Poindexter “Work That Muthafucker” (Musique)
11 Mosca “Square One (Roska Remix)” (Night Slugs)
12 Brackles & Shortstuff “Roots & Berries”
13 Doc Daneeka “Drums in the Deep” (Fabric)
14 Shortstuff & Hyetal “Crayola”
15 Bok Bok feat. Bubbz “Citizens Dub” (Blunted Robots)
16 Dizzee Rascal “Live O” (XL)
17 Untold “Bad Girls” (Fabric)
18 Geiom “Spiral Weave”
19 Lauren Pritchard “Stuck (Guido Remix)”