According to a quick look at my record collection and iTunes library, I also like...808 State, ABBA, Dennis Alcapone, Ashford & Simpson, A Tribe Called Quest, Roy Ayers, Afrika Bambaataa, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Blondie, Bonde Do Role, Boney M, Booker T & The MGs, David Bowie, James Brown, Bugz In The Attic, Kate Bush, Cerrone, Kerri Chandler, The Chemical Brothers, Chic, The Clash, Jimmy Cliff, George Clinton, Coldcut, The Count Of Monte Cristal, Crookers, Daft Punk, Fred Deakin, Desmond Dekker, De La Soul, Depeche Mode, Dilemn, Dimitri From Paris, Diplo, DJ Format, Coxsone Dodd, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric B & Rakim, Evil Nine, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Adam Freeland, Funkadelic, Goldfrapp, Grandmaster Flash, Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Isaac Hayes, Headman, Larry Heard, The Herbaliser, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holiday, David Holmes, Hot Chip, Norman Jay, Jazzy Jeff, Marshall Jefferson, Grace Jones, Quincy Jones, Jungle Brothers, Edu K, Kelis, Chaka Khan, King Jammy, King Tubby, Gladys Knight, Frankie Knuckles, Kool & The Gang, Kraftwerk, Krafty Kuts, Patti LaBelle, Byron Lee, Leftfield, Lemon Jelly, Larry Levan, Madonna, Annie Mac, David Mancuso, Bob Marley, Michael Mayer, Curtis Mayfield, Mekon, The Meters, M.I.A., Missy Elliott, Joni Mitchell, Giorgio Moroder, Mr Scruff, MSTRKRFT, Mylo, The Nextmen, Nifty, Annie Nightingale, The Orb, Maceo Parker, Parliament, Peaches, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Gilles Peterson, Plump DJs, Stuart Price, Prince, Prince Paul, Professor Longhair, Public Enemy, Radioclit, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Rufus & Chaka, Run DMC, Roxanne Shante, Simian Mobile Disco, Nina Simone, Sinden, The Skatalites, Sly & Robbie, Sly & The Family Stone, Patti Smith, Soulwax, Phil Spector, Dusty Springfield, Stanton Warriors, The Staple Singers, Riva Starr, The Sugarhill Gang, Donna Summer, Switch, Sylvester, Talking Heads, The Temptations, Harry Thumann, Tiga, Toots & The Maytals, Touche, Ike & Tina Turner, Ultramagnetic MCs, U-Roy, Luke Vibert, Visage, Fred Wesley, Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, Wu-Tang Clan, Yazoo, and Neil Young.

Festival favourites include Dreadzone, Mungo's Hi Fi, Samba Ya Bamba, Shlomo and Transglobal Underground. I'm also partial to a bit of loud drum 'n' bass in a muddy field.