For the latest in our MixTate series, Seun Kuti responds to a painting by Uzo Egonu
Seun Kuti on Uzo Egonu
Uzo Egonu’s Northern Nigerian Landscape takes the musician and singer back to his own coming of age
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Flower Storm on Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Sepehr and Kasra V, the duo behind the music project Flower Storm, see themselves reflected in Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian’s mixed-media artwork
Zakia Sewell on Richard Wilson
The London-based DJ and broadcaster revisits her childhood landscape through the lens of Richard Wilson's On Hounslow Heath
Maria Somerville on Prunella Clough
The Galway-based musician finds parallels between Prunella Clough’s textured painting and the rocky terrains in the west of Ireland
Jeffrey Hinton on Adam Farah-Saad
Adam Farah-Saad’s sculpture transports the disco doyen back to nights of mischief, wild dance and Hampstead Heath revelry
Josh Caffé on Lionel Wendt
The DJ, vocalist and producer is seduced by the anonymous androgyny of Lionel Wendt’s photograph
Dennis Bovell on Horace Ové
‘The food of love’: the originator of the lovers rock sound echoes the joyful feeling captured in a photograph by Horace Ové
Don Letts on Horace Ové
A photograph of Carnival by Horace Ové reminds the London-born DJ and filmmaker of a time ‘when sound systems ruled the day'
Elena Colombi on Jannis Kounellis
The DJ and producer takes inspiration from Jannis Kounellis's 1993 sculpture, which chimes with their own definition of home
TYGAPAW on Wolfgang Tillmans
The artist, producer and DJ responds to turbulent times in their new sound composition inspired by Wolfgang Tillmans’s photograph of the Atlantic Ocean
Jeff Mills on Chris Ofili
Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills creates a mix inspired by Chris Ofili’s mystical watercolour Harvester
Shcaa on Paul Klee
Paris-based producer and composer Shcaa reflects on the many shades of mystery in Paul Klee’s watercolour
Helena Hauff on Robert Peake
For the eighth in our series of mixes, DJ and producer Helena Hauff takes inspiration from Robert Peake's Lady Anne Pope 1615
HVOB on Helena Almeida
Austrian duo HVOB take inspiration from the serenity and clarity of Helena Almeida’s series Drawing (with pigment) 1995–9
Kara-Lis Coverdale on Joan Miró
Montréal-based composer Kara-Lis Coverdale sees a story of engagement in Joan Miró’s etching
Visionist on Francis Bacon
London-based producer Visionist sees light through the darkness of Francis Bacon’s Study for a Portrait
Hieroglyphic Being on Wifredo Lam
Chicago-born Jamal Moss (aka Hieroglyphic Being) presents a new piece of music inspired by the work of Wifredo Lam
WIFE on Bill Viola
London-based multi-instrumentalist WIFE takes inspiration from Bill Viola’s Tiny Deaths
E.M.M.A on Eduardo Paolozzi
London-based producer E.M.M.A creates a mix of her own tracks influenced by Eduardo Paolozzi’s Bash
Claude Speeed on Matthew Barney
Berlin-based producer Claude Speeed takes inspiration from Matthew Barney’s Cremaster 5
Jan St Werner on Dieter Roth
Composer and one half of Mouse on Mars Jan St Werner takes inspiration from Dieter Roth’s Two Persons
FaltyDL on Ford Madox Brown
New York-based producer FaltyDL takes inspiration from Ford Madox Brown’s Take Your Son, Sir
Prayer on J.M.W. Turner
For the ninth mix in our series, experimental producer Prayer takes inspiration from J.M.W. Turner’s The Fall of Anarchy (?) c.1833–4
Lixo on William Hogarth
London-based producer Lixo takes inspiration from William Hogarth’s Gin Lane
Minor Victories on Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
Minor Victories’ Justin Lockey approaches The Soul of the Soulless City with dread and wonder