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Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:40 pm

Random prominent influences; ask tomorrow and you'll get a different list.

Leonard Bernstein, especially his "West Side Story" score

beatniks

klezmorim

Bob Moog and W. Carlos, with a nod to Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jacques Perrey

Led Zeppelin

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

Tomita, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre

Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis

Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Meffy <-- not an influence but the influencee

torhan · Post by **torhan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:41 pm

Growing up, I'd have to say:

Asia (their first 3 or 4 albums)
Bruce Hornsby (his first 3 or 4 albums)
Depeche Mode

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:46 pm

Little Jimmy Osmond
Black Lace
St Winifreds Girl School Choir
Joe Dolce
Genesis
The Cheeky Girls
The Spice Girls
Yes
Venga Boys
Aqua
BT
Hoddle & Waddle

Glassback · Post by **Glassback** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:48 pm

Astralasia - gave me my love of hand-percussion and ethnic sounds / rhythms in my music.

Banco De Gaia - heavy influence on a few of my tunes, always in the back of my mind on others.

Tangerine Dream - even though I don't do that type of modular soundscape, these guys (early stuff particularly) helped get me all fired up over electronic music (along with Brainticket, White Noise etc etc).

Klaus Schultze - see above.

Prog Rock bands for psychedelic ideas.
Space Rock bands for sfx ideas.

Eat Static - because they're leaders (imo) in the Sci-Fi trance genre that I love.

I like Whyterabbyts mention of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Growing up on a diet of Dr Who, Blakes Seven and the ilk and having seen many a documentary on how they put their sounds together, I'd have to agree that these guys definitely helped me get into sound-creation and manipulation.

Glassback · Post by **Glassback** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:51 pm

nuffink wrote:Little Jimmy Osmond
Black Lace
St Winifreds Girl School Choir
Joe Dolce
Genesis
The Cheeky Girls
The Spice Girls
Yes
Venga Boys
Aqua
BT
Hoddle & Waddle

hehe - if you miss out early Genesis and Yes who were both great, all these guys encouraged me to listen to decent music too.

Musn't forget the Bay City Rollers, too.

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:55 pm

The Beatles!! (recordings between 1965-70)

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:55 pm

nuffink wrote:Little Jimmy Osmond
Black Lace
St Winifreds Girl School Choir
Joe Dolce
Genesis
The Cheeky Girls
The Spice Girls
Yes
Venga Boys
Aqua
BT
Hoddle & Waddle

I think you missed out Ferry Cuntstain.

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:58 pm

donkey tugger wrote: I think you missed out Ferry Cuntstain.

I thought that was just a Brian Trousers alias.

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:08 pm

Glassback wrote:Brainticket

jeez! don't think I've ever encountered anyone else who's actually heard them!

Scot Solida · Post by **Scot Solida** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:13 pm

clueless wrote:
Glassback wrote:Brainticket
jeez! don't think I've ever encountered anyone else who's actually heard them!

Now you've encountered someone else...I love that stuff. Cottonwood Hill and Celestial Ocean are big influences on me...

Majken · Post by **Majken** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:17 pm

Influenced the most huh? Well I'd have to say these people:

Janne Valtonen (aka PM futurecrew), Peter Hajba (aka Skaven futurecrew), Trent Reznor (aka NiN, heh), Mike Oldfield.. There's a bunch of others but those are some of the really big ones.

/Majken

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:32 pm

Glassback wrote:I like Whyterabbyts mention of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

They'd have been formative for me too -- except being a Usonian, I never heard more than tiny bits of their work until long after getting the hang of things.

A penalty of living on this side of the pond. :-(

Meffy

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:49 pm

Meffy wrote:
Glassback wrote:I like Whyterabbyts mention of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
They'd have been formative for me too -- except being a Usonian, I never heard more than tiny bits of their work until long after getting the hang of things.

A penalty of living on this side of the pond.

Meffy

If you're interested in this stuff, you might want to try and track down the 3x10" Rephlex released with tons and tons of Radiophonic Workshop stuff.

Groet, Erik

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:42 pm

Ok..had to have my coffee before answering this one.

*note to self* keep it short & sweet..

Metal:

Black Sabbath

Alice Cooper (up until Go to Hell's first track

)

Celtic Frost

Entombed

Paradise Lost

Cathedral

Godflesh

Pitchshifter

Filter

Fu Manchu

Eye Hate God

Alice in chains

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Non-Metal:

Pink Floyd

Portishead

Massive Attack

Sneakerpimps

Dead can dance

Depeche mode

Morphine

The Police

garret · Post by **garret** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:46 pm

hmm... some of my influences are...

miles davis (especially stuff with gil evans)
the beatles
r.e.m. (my first crush)
velvet underground
wire
poster children & hum (local indie rock bands)
the sea & cake (I can't help but sing like Sam)
stereolab
paul simon
yo la tengo

Who influenced your music the most?