Mark Guiliana on the album that sounds like innocence – The Start podcast
The drummer and composer talks about Locked in a Basement, the album he recorded with his band Heernt, before facing the pressures of adulthood
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Shirin Neshat on the video art that reconnected her with Iran - The Start podcast
The visual artist reveals how her installation Turbulent built a community among the Iranian diaspora in New York, and expressed her feelings for her homeland
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Will Self on the cartoon strip that set him on the road to writing – The Start podcast
The novelist and journalist shares how living a life of austerity inspired his first professional work, Slump
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Peaches on the song that defined her new sound – The Start podcast
The electronic musician relates how a breakup, a new keyboard and a hunger for feminist rock’n’roll led to her signature track Lovertits and album The Teaches of Peaches
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Lemn Sissay on the 'radical' poem born of heartbreak – The Start podcast
The poet shares the story behind Invisible Kisses, a poem that impressed on him the true value of family
The Start is a podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. Focusing on one piece, they share how these early moments of creativity shaped them, the influence it had on their subsequent work, and what the piece now means to them in retrospect