Geraldpsyche (from psychefolk.com)

.. Favourite '50's artists : Yma Sumac & Moondog (both are outside any time perspective). One of my all time favourites : Clara Rockmore's only cd (theremin performances with piano)(I just read there's another recording out now ??!!!) favourite pop band : Pavlov's Dog Top psychfolk album ever : Comus : First Utterance. Favourite 60's album : White Noise Favourite '70's bands from Italy (in correct order): Jacula, Saint Just, Opus Avantra, Pierrot Lunaire, Goblin (for Suspiria), Quella Vecchia Locanda, Osanna, Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno, Campo Di Marte, Devil Dol, early Alan Sorrenti, RRR, ... Favourite Italian male voice : Demetrio Stratos. Some top ‘70’s singer-songwriters : male : Bobb Trimble, Bob Theil, Tom Rapp, John Martyn, David Stoughton, Leonard Cohen, Tim Buckley, ... Favourite spoken word performer : Lord Buckley. Most surprising talent of singer-songwriters : Greg Weeks. Some of my favourite new singers : Marissa Nadler, Josephine Foster, Fern Knight, Greg Weeks, Anthony and the Johnsons (on his first album), Andrew Sweeny, ... Other favourite singers : Diamanda Galas (especially until 'the singer'), Yma Sumac Favourite Belgium singers : Ann Christy (Dutch) & Soeur Sourire (French) and as a live performer Jacques Brel (French) & Luc Bral. Some favourite guitarists : Bert Jansch, Sir Richard Bishop, Robbie Basho, Steffen Basho-Junghans, John Renbourne, Paul Metzger, .. late '60's, early 70's heroes in music : Soft Machine, Magma, Residents, Univers Zero, White Noise, ... Top metal band : Genghis Thron. (Check also Elend, ..) Favourite Japanese musicians : Yoshida Tatsuya (and all his projects), Ayuo. Favourite new South-Korean musician : Kim Doo Soo. Favourite ‘70’s Turkish musician : Cem Karaca. Favourite new Turkish releases : Replikas (first two) & Gevende. Favourite Iranian ‘70’s musician : Kourosh Yaghmaie. Favourite Iranian new musician : Farzad Golpayegani (one of the best guitarists ever). Favourite Lebanese artists I know of : Omar Khorshid, Soeur Marie-Keyroutz. Most interesting Spanish musician : Gualberto for his idea of flamenco-sitar, and group : Fusioon, and the folkpsych from the Basque scene. Favourite '70's musicians Germany : Withüser & Westrupp, Brainticket, Popol Vuh & Gila, Amon Düül II, Embryo, (mostly early) Kraftwerk, Cosmic Jokers, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Emtidi, ... Favourite Belgium band : Present. Favourite Canadians : (many) Ptarmigan, Raôul Duguay and L'Infonie, ... Favourite Indonesian band : Discus. Favourite jazz musician : (early) Pharoah Sanders. Favourite medieval artists : Bernard De Ventadorn, Guilhaume de Machaut, some favourite performer : Esther Lamandier Favourite classical composer : Henry Purcell (I adore the performances by Alfred Deller) Some favourite new composers : Scelsi, Stockhausen, Ligeti, Schnittke, Einojuhani Rautavaara, .. Info on interests are on homepage : http://psychefolk.com. I forgot to mention too much !!