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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
When I first heard this, I thought of all the best soul / R&B masters rolled into one. Understanding his genius with minimalism and abstract arrangements that developed in such a way to make you feel and hear a full-blown church band with choir robes swaying in time. The way this song builds in anticipation from the least amount of parts. You are gripped by tension.
The diaristic title of the Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno and Nico's live record demands it be put into some kind of historical context. Michael Bellis looks at a highly unusual album released in a time of great cultural and social change
The Velvet Underground co-founder and longstanding experimental outlier reflects fondly on his 18-hour long debut US performance, producing for The Stooges and writing an ode to Brian Wilson, and makes a case for the avant-garde genius of Snoop Dogg
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