Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing

There's something so utterly bizarre and alienating about this album that reaffirmed my faith in music. It sounds unlike anything else in the world because it brings together various disparaging styles with singular intent, and blends them into something unique. The very notion that there would always be music like this out there, so distant from experience and challenging in nature, waiting to be found by me, is what keeps me looking for new music. This album represents my first true interest in the possibilities of music.

Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles

This album taught me that there is something intensely beautiful and alluring about dissonance; its haunting melodies still echo in my mind.

Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come

I blame this album for getting me into jazz and improv.

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Introduced the idea of using a guitar for providing texture rather than melody or rhythm, which, once embraced, leads the way to countless other forms of music.

Merzbow - Aqua Necromancer

Challenged my concept of music by reducing it to noise. This is an album which you must either reject or it renders music boundless.