Blasts

“This is the track that made me fall in love with UK bass. The way it breathes — nothing sounds like this. Twenty years later and it still hits different at 2am.”

“She took a John Coltrane composition and made it feel like a memory you haven't had yet. This is what soul sounds like when it's not trying.”

“Every single line lands. The production is so restrained it hurts. Nobody was talking about this record when it dropped — now everyone claims they were.”

“DJ Premier flipped a Joe Chambers loop and Nas wrote what might be the greatest rap verse ever recorded. Every time I play this I hear something new.”

“Four minutes of solo piano. Richard James at his most vulnerable. This is the piece that proves ambient music can break your heart.”

“The chord progression alone should be illegal. If you don't feel this in your chest the first time, listen again. And again.”