Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Scientist was King Tubby’s sorcerer’s apprentice, and learnt his dub skills from the master well. On his own records, he took the craziness further with a more-is-always-better approach to the crazy cutting and dicing in his dubs yet the space he leaves is massive. For me, dub is all about taking things out… it’s about the space.
Recorded at Channel One with The Roots Radics Band, this still sounds fresher than fresh.
Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality
Before he releases his Late Night Tales compilation, the pianist, composer and new classical ("I never liked it, but I'm stuck with it now; give me something cool like 'neo jazz'") pioneer gives Karl Smith a tour of his favourite overlooked records, by musicians "that deserve a little afterglow"
Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way
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