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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

10. Boards Of CanadaMusic Has The Right To Children

Boards Of Canada. Who the hell are they? They’re a mystery band. I couldn’t believe it when I read that they lived in the Scottish Borders. Where did they come from and where do they go? Nobody seems to know. They burned brightly then went, but the albums they put out… If my writing’s not going so well, I can put on Music Has A Right To Children and then I’m in a good place again. The writing seems to go better when they’re on, I’ll put them on a loop and it’ll play for five or six hours. It drives my wife crazy. It puts me a bubble, and blocks out the noises of the everyday, outside world. I once had ‘Rage Man’ by Mogwai on for 12 hours.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Hannah Peel, Max Richter, Ekoplex
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