Sounds Behind The Power: Lotic's Favourite Albums | Page 3 of 14 | The Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

2. M.I.A.Maya

I wasn’t an M.I.A fan when Arular came out. It was too weird and too lo-fi for me. But then Kala blew my mind. Then Maya came out and I was like: ‘okay, this is what I wanna do’. Honestly this record is one of the main reasons I’m still doing what I do. I wanna use chainsaws, I wanna use printers, I wanna use all the shit you’re not supposed to put in a beat. I’m a fraud, I just copied that album!

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