Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Another childhood record that my mum was into. It permeated the house when she was cooking. There’s something about childhood records that are private – there’s not necessarily a logical connection, but he’s someone I’ve come to admire more and more the older I get. His voice is so guttural and there’s no veneer on it, it connects directly to the core. I never get tired of it. I feel like I’m going to love his music forever.
From teenage awakenings at the hands of Björk and Stereolab via English folksong, a lockdown obsession with Dead Can Dance and a newfound love of Lili Boulanger, Patrick Wolf takes Luke Turner through the thirteen records that have defined his life
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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