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Welcome to Rob Hakimian’s website, collecting together the best of his writing from over the years.

Musical Delicacies: Sébastien Tellier’s 13 favourite albums

Musical Delicacies: Sébastien Tellier’s 13 favourite albums

“I was a huge fan of Guns N’ Roses. I bought the cowboy boots, I bought a red bandana, I wasn’t topless because my body wasn’t muscled enough, I had long hair. I was a very lost teenager. I was always lost between Run-DMC and Guns N’ Roses, so for me it was really difficult to choose – am I a hip-hop guy or am I a rock guy? It was super ridiculous, but some days I was a kind of hip-hop guy with the big Adidas shirt, but the next day I was with my skinny trousers in my boots.”

-French composer and songwriter Sébastien Tellier told me all about his 13 favourite albums for The Quietus’ Baker’s Dozen. It was great fun to hear about, and hopefully is to read - head here to do that.

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Jessy Lanza’s take on pop music has found its own idiosyncratic niche

Jessy Lanza’s take on pop music has found its own idiosyncratic niche

In Conversation: Julianna Barwick

In Conversation: Julianna Barwick