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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.

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 :-)
• Doris Lessing - read her energising book "Shikasta" and the other CANOPUS IN ARGOS novels
• Lots more great writers
• My favourite painters

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