| Influences | Labels: Six Degrees, Real World, Nation, Interchill, Ninjatune, ECM, countless independents who champion so-called "world" music
In Rock/Pop/Jazz/'tronica, etc. : Talvin Singh, Luke Vibert, Visit Venus, Fila Brazillia, Afro-Celt Soundsystem, Minus 8, Amon Tobin, Transglobal Underground, the singular genius Björk, Boards of Canada (who are Scottish), Ozric Tentacles, Jah Wobble, The Orb, Curve, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Psychedelic Furs, Eno, Robert Fripp, XTC, McCoy Tyner, Oregon/Ralph Towner, Mwandishi-era Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Joni Mitchell (her original approach to music - alternate tunings, etc. - not her lyrics, though excellent), Zappa, Hendrix, 60's San Francisco (Dead, Airplane, etc.), Beatles
Indian classical: Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Ramesh Mishra, Sultan Khan, Shafqat Ali Khan (the best voice I've ever heard in any tradition), the late Vasant Rai
Arabic/Middle Eastern: The late great Om Kalsoum (see the film "A Voice like Egypt"), Fairuz, Cheb Khaled, Hassan Hakmoun, Natacha Atlas (formerly with Transglobal), just about any Turkish string instrument players
African (a big category): any music from Senegal & Mali (esp. from Baaba Maal, Habib Koite, Rokia Traore, Ali Farka Touré [peace be upon his memory], Salif Keita); Thomas Mapfumo, Femi Kuti
Celtic and Nordic folk musics, esp. DeDanaan, Mary Jane Lamond, Emer Mayock, Rita Eriksen, Kirsten Bråten-Berg
Eastern European: Bulgarian folk musics, Hungarian (esp. Marta Sebestyen, who sings in many Eastern European styles)
Classical: Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Ives, Gorecki, Aarvo Pärt
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