On Tuesday we are joined by the very exciting talent that is BABii who jumps on stage before !!! (Chk Chk Chk) as part of their recent album tour. The UK Electropop artist from Margate touches down in Manchester after a very exciting year including the release of the incredible ‘HiiDE’ on Deathwaltz Originals as well as collaborating with the enigmatic Iglooghost. We can’t wait for her to take to Gorilla bringing her unique live set to our main room.

She kindly put together a list of some tracks that have inspired her over the years which you can listen to below and also read a little about what she has to say about each. Don’t miss out on her this Tuesday at Gorilla.

 

ALL OF THESE SONG HAVE FOR SURE HAD AN iiNFLUENCE ON ME, BECAUSE THEY ARE SONGS WHiiCH ii HAVE LiiSTENED TO ON REPEAT FOREVER. ii HAVE LOTS OF SONGS iiN MY LiiFE THAT STiiCK LiiKE THAT, AND THiiS iiS JUST A LiiL iiNSiiGHT.

Grouper – Heavy Water/I’d Rather be Sleeping

THiiS SONG HAS ALWAYS MOVED ME, ii LOVE HOW DELiiCATE iiT iiS. ALSO ONCE ii PUT GROUPER ON WHiiLE ii WAS FALLiiNG ASLEEP AND WOKE UP TO THE MOST TERRiiFYiiNG MUSiiC ii EVER HEARD, AND ii WAS SO SCARED, THAT ii COULDN’T GET UP iiN THE DARK TO TURN iiT OFF. SHE iiS A SPOOK, BUT ii LOVE HER.

Rustie – Afterlight

ii REMEMBER WHEN THiiS CAME OUT AND ii COULDNT BELiiEVE HOW HD AND EXCiiTING iiT WAS. iiT 100% CHANGED HOW ii THOUGHT ABOUT MUSiiC AND PRODUCTiiON. ALSO ii DONT THiiNK RUSTiiE GETS ENOUGH CREDiiT SOMETiiMES FOR HOW HE CHANGED ELECTRONiiC MUSiiC FOR THE BETTER.

Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move

ii THOUGHT iiT WAS SUPER COOL HEARiiNG R’N’B ViiBE VOCALS A WEiiRD MiiNiiMAL iiNSTRUMENTAL WiiTH REAL iiNSTRUMENTS AND ii AM STiiLL ALWAYS TRYiiNG TO MAKE A VOCAL MELODY THAT COMPARES TO iiT, iiTS SO GOOD! ALSO ii ALWAYS SiiNG THiiS SONG AT THE TOP OF MY VOiiCE WHEN ii AM BY MYSELF, SHHH DONT TELL ANYONE, iiM SHY.

Arca – Broke Up

ARCAS PRODUCTiiON iiS ALWAYS 10/10. THiiS SONG SOUNDED SO ALiiEN WHEN iiT CAME OUT AND iiT SOMEHOW STiiLL DOES DESPiiTE EVERYONE TRYiiNG TO CLONE THE SOUND FROM THESE EARLY EPS.

Why? – The Hollows

ii JUST WENT ON TOUR WiiTH WHY? AND iiT WAS SO SURREAL, MOSTLY BECAUSE WHEN ii FiiRST STARTED MAKiiNG MUSiiC, THEY WERE PROBABLY ONE OF MY BiiGGEST iiNFLUENECES. THE WORDS ARE SO CLEVER, ALL THE MUSiiC iiS REAL, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE KiiNDA WiiTHiiN THE LiiMiiTS OF A NORMAL BAND SET UP, iiN A LOT OF WAYS THEY ARE ALL SO CREATiiVE WiiTH THE WAY THEY PLAY THiiER iiNSTRUMENTS.

Joanna Newsom – Bridges and Balloons

THiiS iiS ANOTHER ARTiiST WHO HAS iiNFLUENCED ME LYRiiCALLY, AS WELL AS MOVED ME EMOTiiONALLY. NOT ONLY THAT BUT KiiNDA GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO SiiNG BECAUSE WHEN ii WAS SMALLER ii THOUGHT ii HAD A WEiiRD SOUNDiiNG VOiiCE AND iiT WAS COOL TO HEAR SOMEONE WHO JUST OWNED SiiNGiiNG WEiiRD.

FKA Twigs – Water Me

THiiS iiS AN OBViiOUS ON BUT ii DONT CARE. FKA TWiiGS iiS THE MOST TALENTED PERSON iiN THE WORLD, AND iiTS TOTALLY RiiDiiCULOUS THAT ii GET COMPARED TO HER, BECAUSE ii FEEL LiiKE ii DONT DESERVE iiT. BUT SHE iiS EVERYTHiiNG AND ii DONT THiiNK ii CAN EVEN START TALKiiNG ABOUT HER RiiGHT NOW BECAUSE iiT WOULD RESULT iiN 1000000000000 WORDS.

Lightning Bolt – Dracula Mountain

ii SECRETLY LOVE REALLY LOUD NOiiSEY SONGS AND LiiGHTiiNG BOLT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORiiTE SiiNCE ii WAS LiiKE 15 YEARS OLD. ii USED TO ALWAYS CRAVE LiiSTENiiNG TO THiiS SONG WHEN ii WOKE UP iiN THE MORNiiNG, ii THiiNK iiT WOULD GET ME PUMPED

Iglooghost – Chinchou / Melon Lantern Girl’s Choir

DONT TELL iiGLOOGHOST, BUT ii HAVE LiiSTENED TO THiiS SONG 1000000 TiiMES, EVEN THOUGH HE iiS MY BOYFRiiEND ii ALWAYS PLAY iiT COOL WiiTH HOW MUCH ii LOVE HiiS MUSiiC. BUT HE iiS PROBABLY MY BiiGGEST iiNFLUENCE iiN LiiFE AND iiN MUSiiC, HE GiiVES ME SO MUCH POWER, AND HE HAS SUCH A BiG BRAiiN AND HEART, AND ii LOVE GETTiiNG EXCiiTED ABOUT iiDEAS WiiTH HiiM. HES THE BESTEST EVER.