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Baker's Dozen

New Pathways: Takiaya Reed Of Divide & Dissolve's Baker's Dozen
Ned Raggett , July 12th, 2023 09:04

From the mentorship of Low and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, to the world-changing experimentalism of FKA Twigs, Takiaya Reed of Divide & Dissolve picks the thirteen records that shaped her

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Karen Dalton – In My Own Time

My friend Meade, he put this album on for me and I was like 'Whoa, there is something about this.' I heard the song ‘Katie Cruel’ and I was so taken aback, it was so visceral. I felt the suffering, the purest pain I'd ever felt, it was wild. It was energetically intoxicating music. Of course, I dig and dig and dig and do research on her. It's complicated and beautiful and it makes me long for more.