| Influences | musick: black metal, trip hop, electro, 80s synth pop, 70s rock, film soundtracks, jazz, down beat, post rock, avant garde
bands: Mike Oldfield, Ulver, Coil, New Order, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Squarepusher, Brutal Truth, Mouse On Mars, Anathema, Opeth, Akercocke, Satyricon, Emperor, Abigor, Yes, Nargaroth, Blut Aus Nord, In The Woods, Summoning, Morbid Angel, Cluster, Antimatter, Ministry, Soft Machine, Gorgoroth, Led Zeppelin, Nurse With Wound, Negura Bunget, Faust, Pink Floyd, Ephel Duath, Can, Steely Dan, Death, Cannonball Adderley, Massive Attack, Smith & Mighty, Thelonious Monk, Tangerine Dream, Roni Size, Nightmares On Wax, To Rococo Rot, Dead Can Dance, Francis Dhomont, Aphex Twin, Underworld, King Crimson, Current 93, dEUS, Depeche Mode, Neu!, J.S. Bach, Nico, Duran Duran, Wolves In The Throne Room, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tosca, Fila Brazillia, Herbie Hancock, Thievery Corporation, Tortoise, Joy Division, Zita Swoon, U2, REM, Laibach, Talk Talk
fascinations: the rise and fall of 60s hippie culture, the action of hidden power structures in critical times (e.g. economic crisis, war), the limits of knowledge obtained by the scientific method (Immanuel Kant, free will, the subconscious, unexplained phenomena), the philosophical problems of quality and morality (Kant, Nietzsche, Robert M. Pirsig).
currently reading:
Jonathan Littell - De Welwillenden
NRC Handelsblad (newspaper)
Groene Amsterdammer (newsmagazine)
Gonzo (magazine for new and experimental music).
currently listening:
Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
Nurse With Wound - Spiral Insana
Francis Dhomont - Forêt Profonde
Current 93 - In Menstrual Night
Squarepusher - Numbers Lucent
Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger
Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
ESTM on compilations:
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