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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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‘I run screaming and crying from karaoke’: Skin’s honest playlist

Skin.
‘Born Slippy makes people happy in any situation – they like a bit of aggression’ … Skin. Photograph: Tom Barnes

The first song I remember hearing
I was brought up in a nightclub in Brixton that was owned by my grandfather. Aged five or six, I remember sitting at the top of the steps, looking down and everybody doing these strange, jerky ska, swing moves to Al Capone by Prince Buster.

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