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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 17-45 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. Bruno Nicolai
  18. Francois Bayle
  19. Delia Derbyshire
  20. Klaus Schulze
  21. Tangerine Dream
  22. Robert Schroeder
  23. Neuronium (see also this unofficial page)
  24. Kraftwerk (Discography)
  25. Ashra (Tempel)
  26. Amon Duul II
  27. Faust
  28. 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)
  29. Univers Zero (on Cuneiform Records) (see also Phil Kime's history of UZ)
  30. Shub Niggurath (Phil Kime's history of the band)
  31. Bernard Szajner
  32. Peter Frohmader
  33. Henry Cow
  34. Art Bears (on Recommended Records)
  35. Bob Drake
  36. Miriodor (on Cuneiform Records)
  37. Stereolab (and an unofficial site)
  38. Nurse With Wound (Audion guide)
  39. Algarnas Tradgard
  40. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
  41. Popol Vuh
  42. Stephan Micus
  43. Robert Rich and his sleep concerts
  44. Brian Eno (biography)
  45. Jon Hassell (on Lovely Music)
  46. Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino
  47. Ketama
  48. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  49. Giovanni Hidalgo (conguero supremo)
  50. David Oladunni and all of my teachers
  51. Ayub Ogada
  52. Nana Tsiboe
  53. Fela Kuti (check his complete discography - Warning: 6.36MB page! Disable images in your browser first)
  54. Osibisa
  55. Cymande
  56. African Head Charge (on ON-U Sound)
  57. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  58. The New Rotary Connection
  59. Charles Stepney
  60. Parliament/Funkadelic
  61. Sun Ra
  62. Miles Davis
  63. Duke Ellington
  64. Chico Hamilton
  65. Mike & Mark Mondesir
  66. Nikki Yeoh
  67. Flora Purim
  68. Joyce
  69. Joni Mitchell
  70. Mary Hampton
  71. Mara Carlyle
  72. Goldfrapp
  73. Bjork
  74. Weyes Blood aka Natalie Mering
  75. Matt Berry from The IT Crowd
  76. Prince
  77. Talk Talk
  78. Gary Numan
  79. David Byrne
  80. David Sylvian
  81. Massive Attack
  82. Patrick Forge's "Cosmic Jam"
  83. Nobukazu Takemura & Spiritual Vibes
  84. Maurizio and Basic Channel Recordings
  85. Underground Resistance
  86. Cristian Vogel
  87. Keith LeBlanc
  88. ON-U Sound (back catalogue)
  89. Bill Laswell (on Axiom Records + 1999 interview)
  90. Bob Marley
  91. Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Dub Syndicate
  92. Henry Rollins - YEAH!
  93. The Celestials

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

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