Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

12. PortisheadDummy

I’m trying to remember records from when I was going through the most teenage, the most angsty periods of my life. I’ve got kids now, I listen to the radio sometimes, a I feel like as a teenager, what are you into? When I was at that age it was Portishead, I remember it soundtracking weird parties I went to where some kids were being more experimental with drugs. I remember it being quite an odd soundtrack to that time. And I think they’re a really brilliant band, one of a few uniquely British propositions, only Britain could produce that kind of group.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Gazelle Twin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rat Scabies, Agnes Obel, , , Cee Lo Green
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