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George FitzGerald / Influences

“You listen to a lot of music in a lifetime. A lot of it terrible; some of it life-changing. It’s hard to distil from that vast edifice just what your “influences” are. My mind usually goes blank when people ask me the question. The truth is that the list of artists who have influenced my musical outlook is never static, so it’s quite hard to pin down. I don’t have a list written down somewhere with all of my favorite musicians.

“So when putting together this mix, I focussed on a formative period when I perhaps consumed more music than ever before or since in my life—my late teens and early twenties. I wanted it to be a true reflection of what I was listening to then—at that age, you haven’t quite mastered being a snob.

“There’s so much I couldn’t fit into one hour, but these are the records I couldn’t leave out. I keep revisiting them both for inspiration and relaxation, and their mark is all over my music.”— George FitzGerald 

Tracklisting

01. Portishead “Humming”
02. Tricky “Aftermath”
03. DJ Shadow “Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt”
04. GZA “4th Chamber”
05. Arovane “Tokyo Ghost Stories”
06. Caribou “Brandon”
07. 69 “Desire”
08. Thom Yorke “Atoms For Peace”
09. Orbital “The Box”
10. Boards Of Canada “Music Is Math”
11. Nathan Fake “You Are Here”
12. Jehst “ESP”
13. Susumu Yokota “Kodomotachi”
14. United Future Organization “His Name Is…”
15. Nick Drake “River Man”