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Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)

"I've talked about this record so many times that I worry that people get bored of me talking about it. But it really is the record that turned me on to music."

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)

"Her voice is just incredible and unique. Very different, and all kinds of weird s*** going on in the background. Wild sounds, enormous guitar solos, and saxophone, and pretty trippy. Still beautiful songs as well."

The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 (1973)

"Every song on there is incredible, it's got eight-minute guitar solos, and Moog synthesizers, and incredibly beautiful songwriting. Every track on it is breathtaking."

Steely Dan - Aja (1977)

"I just gave you a copy of my last record, and you won't hear any of those influences; it's just a crazy mindf*** electronic freak-out. But that's not actually what I like to listen to... I can't make music like the Isley Brothers or Steely Dan so what am I gonna do."

Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon for Electronic Music Synthesizer (1967)

"It's just amazing, the sounds that he's coming up with and the intensity of them. It's like Aphex Twin in some ways in that it's so extreme sonically, rather than just sort of weird. It's very powerful."