Mimi Barks is one of alternative music's most unique creatives. Since crawling out of the Berlin club scene, her dark, propulsive mash-up of grimy trap beats, lurching edm and industrial crunch - she calls it 'doom trap' - has entranced the underground, recent single Dreamstate Of Hell another jarring but irresistible slab of noise. We asked Mimi to lay out the songs that have soundtracked her life so far, and were greeted with everything from pop royalty to depressive goth rock. Here's what she had to say.
“The first album I ever remember hearing was Michael Jackson’s HIStory, and I listened to it on my cassette player. He’s the first artist that I ever became obsessed with. The sense of rhythm and drama, the perfection that himself and his music brings with it is something that I felt long before I understood what artistry really meant. His song Rock With You especially stuck with me, it’s the one I enjoy the most, I love it. It’s just so smooth. Whenever MJ’s playing I have to sing along.
