Nokia

The science of love explained by a woman who continues to churn out the chemistry of cool on her solo albums after Moloko.

She’s my favourite female artist, inspiring on every level and this is one of her more delicate and uplifting songs off the Bare album.

Simple and beautiful Danish acoustic pop that has become a regular on the rotation list, discovered after a collaboration with another favourite, Zero 7.

I just love how the word 'destiny' sings, and the idea in this song that a force will predetermine what will happen but in a lovely gentle way. More importantly, my introduction to SIA..

An artist whose voice, videos, ideas, songwriting, artwork and production are all pretty unique in their perspective. This rather uncomfortable video (Kris Moyes who created works for Presets, Wolfmother) really pushes my buttons.

Pick a song, any song… she’s the greatest musical writer I know of because everything she writes evokes such lush imagery.

Judie Tzuke is the feature vocalist on this track and having written with her for my album I quickly became a huge fan of her folky smokey tones and love the whole sentiment of the song. A very cool animated clip too..

Neneh Cherry is powerhouse of ideas, styles and has had many amazing collaborations over the years, and this is a particularly beautiful and powerful arrangement.

From the album 'Room For Squares' this is an early offering of college boy pop that I still play, but it’s also the name of his environmental fund 'Back to You' focusing on concerns of global warming.

This album was loaded with great tracks and she’s an artist who translates just as strongly live. This song has a great melody I never get tired of hearing.

So much sound, energy and talent in this virtual pocket rocket. This is the song and the album that really launched him, and I was hooked from the intro..

Fear of failure and success teamed with loads of layered guitars, rhodes and a gorgeous voice.. and the whole song just soars. Every song on the album is a gem.

Two women who make the sweetest and strongest harmonies I’ve hever heard.

The cello section in this is heavenly…. A raw and gorgeous arrangement helped along by a rich voice.

Mildly tortured souls produce some stunning songs on this album, lots of heavy synth layers and textures. This was the start of my long term love affair with all of their music.