Working Class Woman: Marie Davidson's Favourite Albums | Page 2 of 14 | The Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

1. Giacinto ScelsiNatura Renovatur

My first serious boyfriend, who was much older than me, put me onto this record. I would go visit him because I was still living with my mother at the time. I guess I was about 18 and he played that at his house and I was like ‘wow, this is really intense but I love it’. It was not easy listening but it sounded so natural to me. It was my first exposure to contemporary classical music and from that I started to get into other similar stuff. I still listen to lots of that now, and I listen to a lot of classical music in general. It’s not the kind of music I do of course because I’m not a trained musician but I’ve been listening to this stuff for over 10 years now so I guess in some way, maybe melodically, it has influenced me.

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