Sylvan Esso

Clark

Clark ·2014

"He's like a master of the spectrum of what you can hear. He just knows how to manipulate every tiny little part of that. He just has his own entire world of sound that you live in."

Human Voice

Dntel ·2014

"This record is just the best thing I've ever heard him do. He's really, really good at making electronic music feel like it was made by a person. And it's like imperfect, and it's so textural and different."

The Invention of Animals

The John Lurie National Orchestra ·2014

"Everything he makes is good. Yeah, we're huge fans of that Marvin Pontiac record too that he did."

We've Got Some Singing to Do

The Folksmiths ·1958

"‘We’ve Got Some Singing To Do,’ another Folkways record. It was recorded all around where I grew up. Massachusetts, right there."

Madvillainy Instrumentals

Madvillain ·2004

"Madvillainy Instrumentals. One of the best hip-hop records of all time. I totally don't have the instrumentals. 'Accordion,' I think is like just my favorite beat of all the beats."

Born of Another Time: Songs of the Sailors, Songs of the Sea

Jacek Sulanowski & Tom Goux ·1982

"I've been feeling drawn to sea shanties in general and this was also recorded right next to where I grew up."

Extinguished: Outtakes

Prefuse 73 ·2003

"It's all the b-sides from 'One Word Extinguisher,' which is one of my favorite instrumental hip hop records. Unlike almost every other b-sides record, it's almost as good, if not a little better, than the original record. It's just really inventive and weird and playful."

A Chance To Cut Is a Chance To Cure

Matmos ·2001

"This is this really heady record that Matmos made where they sampled surgeries and then made tracks out of just samples from one individual surgery. So there's a track called 'Lasik' on here. 'California Rhinoplasty.' It's a pretty heady record, but the sounds are like amazing."