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Musicians to write home about

These musicians inspire me (bold links are my own pages on this website). Although I've not actually worked with them (yet...) (for those such people, see my teachers), their recordings and performances have been a constant source of wonder and joy. Check out their work; numbers 17-44 can be found at the world's best record shop Ultima Thule in Leicester.

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. Joseph Haydn
3. Ludwig Van Beethoven
4. Anton Bruckner
5. Gustav Mahler
6. Gustav Holst
7. Gyorgy Ligeti
8. Alfred Schnittke
9. Andrzej Panufnik and his daughter Roxanna
10. Mauricio Kagel (listen to this interview)
11. Gian-Francesco Malipiero
12. Luigi Dallapiccola
13. Luigi Nono
14. Dave Smith (list of works)
15. Veljo Tormis
16. Toru Takemitsu
17. Francois Bayle
18. Delia Derbyshire
19. Klaus Schulze
20. Tangerine Dream
21. Robert Schroeder
22. Neuronium (see also this unofficial page)
23. Kraftwerk (Discography)
24. Ashra (Tempel)
25. Amon Duul II
26. Faust
27. Magma (on Seventh Records) (see also this interview, footage and links, web press book, pictures, Le site web du Journal Kobaien and an older site)
28. Univers Zero (on Cuneiform Records) (see also Phil Kime's history of UZ)
29. Shub Niggurath (Phil Kime's history of the band)
30. Bernard Szajner
31. Peter Frohmader
32. Henry Cow
33. Art Bears (on Recommended Records)
34. Bob Drake
35. Miriodor (on Cuneiform Records)
36. Stereolab (and an unofficial site)
37. Nurse With Wound (Audion guide)
38. Algarnas Tradgard
39. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
40. Popol Vuh
41. Stephan Micus
42. Robert Rich and his sleep concerts
43. Brian Eno (biography)
44. Jon Hassell (on Lovely Music)
45. Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino
46. Ketama
47. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
48. Giovanni Hidalgo (conguero supremo)
49. David Oladunni and all of my teachers
50. Ayub Ogada
51. Nana Tsiboe
52. Fela Kuti (check his complete discography - Warning: 6.36MB page! Disable images in your browser first)
53. Osibisa
54. Cymande
55. African Head Charge (on ON-U Sound)
56. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
57. The New Rotary Connection
58. Charles Stepney
59. Parliament/Funkadelic
60. Sun Ra
61. Miles Davis
62. Duke Ellington
63. Chico Hamilton
64. Mike & Mark Mondesir
65. Nikki Yeoh
66. Flora Purim
67. Joyce
68. Joni Mitchell
69. Mary Hampton
70. Mara Carlyle
71. Goldfrapp
72. Bjork
73. Prince
74. Talk Talk
75. Gary Numan
76. David Byrne
77. David Sylvian
78. Massive Attack
79. Patrick Forge's "Cosmic Jam"
80. Nobukazu Takemura & Spiritual Vibes
81. Maurizio and Basic Channel Recordings
82. Underground Resistance
83. Cristian Vogel
84. Keith LeBlanc
85. ON-U Sound (back catalogue)
86. Bill Laswell (on Axiom Records + 1999 interview)
87. Bob Marley
88. Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Dub Syndicate
89. The Celestials

You also may like to see my lists of Top Toons.

Other essential artists

• Aidan Andrew Dun - supercool songsmith & weaver of words; read his critically acclaimed epic poem "Vale Royal" about London's mystical history
• Andrei Tarkovsky - see his breathtaking films "Solaris", "Stalker", "Nostalgia" & "The Sacrifice" at the NFT's Tarkovsky Retrospective season in March 2005 :-)
• Yves Tanguy - visionary painter of amorphous landscapes
• Hieronymus Bosch - Medieval master of gothic demonic worlds
• Doris Lessing - read her energising book "Shikasta" and the other CANOPUS IN ARGOS novels
• Lots more writers

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