Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
A unique visionary album that came out of nowhere, it seemed. He used the trumpet in a way no one had heard before. What struck me is how it wasn’t jazz, it wasn’t world music , it was something in between – or outside – of all that. It’s not trying to impress you or make a point, it just unfolds, and if you stay with it, it gets under your skin. It’s music that operates on a different clock.
In the wake of his debut solo album, the TV On The Radio vocalist looks back to his longstanding love of mixtapes for an eclectic Baker's Dozen – taking in 60s psychedelia, hip hop, krautrock, dub, IDM, and his eight-year-old daughter's love of Lightning Bolt
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, exclusive to tQ subscribers, Jennifer Lucy Allan guides us through a selection of transportive releases from DIY synth voyagers of the near past
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm Puja Nandi celebrates five pioneering artists, from Asian Dub Foundation (pictured) to Osmani Soundz, who enriched the soundtrack of the pre-millennial UK by mixing drum & bass and electronica with the sounds of the Bengali diaspora
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