
Amy Guy
she/herArtist and Maker
I’m an artist and jewellery maker with far too many creative interests. Living in the Scottish countryside with my husband and goldador pup, originally from the East Midlands, UK. I love to sew simple clothes for myself, mend and remake, paint and play with fire and metal. I’m constantly inspired by colour, texture and the world around me. I spend as much time as I can in my home studio enjoying my own little world.
What influence does music have in your life as a creative?:
I think music is an integral part of my creative process. It lifts my mood, helps my focus, calms me down and sparks inspiration for me. I love to shut myself in my studio and put on music to suit my mood, then immerse myself in my creative projects for the day. I often feel like my paintings can become a kind of collaboration with the music I’m listening to. As a highly sensitive introvert, music can deeply influence how I’m feeling and I have developed an eclectic mix of go-to sounds.
Tell us about your playlist:
This playlist has been a long term project for me (hence it being pretty lengthy), I like to add things little by little, and I often use Shazam to discover the things I’m really drawn to. It is a mix of a few different things but I would say there is an overall theme of chilled, ambient, upbeat and soothing sounds. A lot of the songs are without lyrics or have minimal voice samples, there are some reggae, soul, hip-hop and psychedelic influences which I have always been really drawn too. I just love a good beat. So yeah, hope you enjoy!
- Darkest Light – Remastered – Lafayette Afro Rock Band
- Underwater Love – Radio Edit – Smoke City
- Porcelain – Moby
- Cause We Undestand – Guts
- The Sea – Morcheeba
- You’re Goin’ Miss Your Candyman – Terry Callier
- Three Cool Cats – 2007 Remaster; Remastered – The Coasters
- El capitalismo foráneo – Gotan Project
- Look up in the Sky – Négro Nature – Francis The Great
- You Don’t Have To Worry – Guts Remix – Doris, Kelley
- Flutter – Bonobo
- Way down We Go – KALEO
- Soul Key – Proleter
- Cissy Strut – The Meters
- Friend City – Rozi Plain
- Hot Tamale – Jackie Mittoo
- 1000 Watts – Quantic, Flowering Inferno, Christopher Ellis
- Whole Lotta Love – The Dynamics
- Melody (Remix) – Blend Crafters, DJ Nu-Mark, Pomo, MF DOOM
- Lola – Blend Crafters
- Bad Luck Blues – Blend Crafters
- Until The Morning – Thievery Corporation
- Maläd – Chinese Man
- Move on Up – The Dynamics
- Get On Uppa feat. la Heidi – Waldeck, la Heidi
- And the living is easy! – Guts
- 1940 – AmpLive Remix – The Submarines, Amp Live
- Smoke & Mirrors – TOKiMONSTA
- No Talk – River Tiber
- No Eyes (Radio Edit) – Claptone, JAW
- Elwood – Keno
- The Night Garden – Waldeck
- Soubour – Songhoy Blues
- Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
- Wait – NoMBe
- Lucky Man – The Verve
- Black Swan – Thom Yorke
- Que Sera – Wax Tailor
- Ghostwriter – RJD2
- But I Do – Poldoore
- Say It – The Geek x Vrv
- Go Back Home – FKJ
- Urban Stories – Chill Cole
- Funk for Food – Moderator
- Dusk to Dawn – Emancipator
- Two Fish and an Elephant – Khruangbin
- Sunny’s Vision – Khruangbin
- Gatherings – Kikagaku Moyo
- Ararat Valley – Moderator
- Too Shy to Dance – Degiheugi, Astrid Van Peeterssen
- The Sound of Nature – Degiheugi
- Qu’attendez Vous De Moi ? – Degiheugi
- Harlem River – Moderator
- Baralku – Emancipator
- Southern Man – Akshin Alizadeh
- Staying There – L’Indécis
- Kerala – Bonobo
- Banana Hammock – Poldoore
- The Boss – James Brown
- The Other Side – Radio Edit – Public Service Broadcasting
- Petit Sékou – Bembeya Jazz National
- What’s a Girl to Do – Fatima Yamaha
- Que Sera – Wax Tailor