my musical tastes have gone through a multitude of styles.
Jazz & Fusion: Potter & tielman,Jeff lorber, Norman Connors, Carlos Garnett, Horace Silver, Nat Adderley, David Axelrod, John Surman, Ian Carr, Don Rendell, Soft machine,Brian Auger, George Duke, Miles Davis, Return to forever, weather Report, marhavisnu orchestra, Alice & john coltrane, Jmmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Cal tjader, Ira sullivan, Al Haig, Mark murphy, herb geller, Mo Koffman and many more
Hip Hop New Skool: lightheaded, thes one, Maspyke, Pharcyde, Mos def,Talib Qweli,Kamal the Abstract, Madlib, Pete Rock, Foreign exchange, Premier, Crown City Rockers, Approach, diverse, Prefuse 73, Little brother, nicolay, 9th wonder, Kev brown, DJ Spinna, DJ Shadow, Common, NERD.La symphony, J rawls, J live, Orgone. Strange friut project, Geology, ty, Roots manuva, Moka only, Nextmen, Skitz, Skinnyman, Pete Philly & persquisite, Blackalicious, PUTS, raw produce, Prince Paul
Hip Hop old skool: Bam, Flash, DST, treacherous 3, Disco Four, Funky four plus one, Crash Crew, Cold Crush, Red Alert, mark the 45 king, pumpkin, Davy DMX, Melle Mel, Eric B and Rakim, Run DMC, B side, X clan, salt & Pepper, fat Boys, Dj born supreme Allah, DJ chuck chill out, B-Boys, Man Parrish, Doug E Fresh, slick rick, Just Ice, Spyder D, Jazzy Five, whodini, Mantronix, LL cool J, Beastie Boys, Bon rock, Bonzo Goes to Washington, double dee and steinski.soul sonic force, latin Rascals, Mark the 45 king, Malcolm X, Phase 2, rammellzee vs KRob, JVC force, ultramagnetics, captain Rock
NU Jazz and Modern beats: jazzanova, MAW, RSL, Gerado Frisina, Nicola conte, Five corners quintet, Les gammas, truby trio, Theo parrish, Moodyman, Larry Heard, Rebirth, Havanna, Hanna, Domu, NSM, Seiji, Brotherly, Visoneers, Marc mac, Sahdes of soul, Phlash, Incognito, bellaruche Reel people etc....
.Glitch, twitch and vague: Norken, pole, telefon tel Aviv, herbert, Four Tet, Plaid, autechre, aphex, Muziq,
Songstresses: Chaka, Aretha, della, Ella, billie, Erma, and loads of others
nu soul: Dwele, D'Angelo, lauren Hill, Jill scott, Meschell N'degeochello, Erykah Badu, sade, floetry, jaguar wright, rasshan patterson, Van Hunt, etc...more to come from rock, Pop, Funk, Soul, Boogie, punk. Breaks, house, techno, Go Go, folk, nu Jazz, bossa,etc....
Movies
SOME OF MY FAVOURITE FILMS< DIRECTORS AND DOCUMENTARIES
Sam fuller:Naked kiss, Shock Corridor, White dog, the Big red One,Orson welles:touch of Evil, Citizen kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and F for Fake.Jean pierre melville: Le samourai, Le cercle rouge and Le doublos;Ridley scott:Blade Runner, gladiator and The duellists;Jean Luc
Godard:weekend, Bande apart, a bout de souffle and Alphaville;Paul morressey:Blood for dracula, Flesh for Frankenstein, Heat, trash, Flesh, Chelsea girls and his classic 'Mixed Blood';Terrence malick: Badlands, Days of Heaven and The thin red line (did ayone else notice the lack of african americans in that film);Charles laughton: night of the hunter;Billy wilder: sunset boulevard, some like it hot,Casino royale, kiss me stupid, Double indemnity,Stalag 17 and Ace in the hole.
alexander Mackendrick: sweet smell of success, lady killers and Whiskey galore;Claude chabrol: Le butcher;Henri-george Clouzot:Les Diaboliques, Le Salaire de la peur( The wages of fear);Kubrick:Killer's Kiss, The killing, 2001, Barry lyndon, Dr Strangelove,A Clockwork Orange, sparticus;Sergio leone:My Name isNoboby(as producer), Once upon a time in the west, Once upon a time in America, Dollars Trilogy;Michael Haneke:Funny Games, benny's video,Piano teacher;Gasper Noe: I stand alone, irreversible;pasolini :everything;takeshi Kitano: everything;Takeshi Miike: three extremes, ichi the killer, Dead or alive, Audition and MPD Psycho;Mario bava:twitch of the death nerve, danger Diabolik;dario argento : everything ;Chan woo park: Revenge trilogy, three extremes;Antonioni:Zabriski point, blow up ;Fellini: la strada, amarcord;David Cronenberg: everything!!!!!;vincent gallo:brown Bunnie, Buffalo 66;Samuel jackson, QT , Van sant's 'Elephant, and Michael Moore's ' Columbine' and any john carpenter up to 'they'live' Wes anderson films 'rushmore', Royal tenumbaums, The life aquatic with Steve Sizzou and all bill Murray films cause he's genius.........Documentaries include 'Moog', 'Freestyle -art of rhyme', Dogtown and the Z boys'(alva rocks!!!), 'Columbine', The Kid stays in the picture', 'The work of director series -Gondry, Cunningham and Spike Jonze',Block party, Easy riders raging bulls, corporation, All Nick Broomfield, and loads more
Television
Volvic adverts with Tyrannesaurus Alan
Books
THE BOOKS THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME ARE:
Behold a Pale Horse,
Any david Icke,
any Charles Bukowski,
any Robert Anton Wilson,
conspiracy books,
Political books,
The good Company,Perfume,
One hundred years of Solitude,Like water from Chocolate,
No one here gets out Alive....Hemingway......
Chomsky....burroughs......Peter biskind....
hunter S Thompson...
CHECK OUT THESE
WEBSITES FOR QUALITY MUSIC AND RADIO SHOWS:
About me: Check me online at MILKAUDIO.COM for the forwardsbackwards radio show with my bro Nik Weston. we play everything from jazzy Hip hop to spiritual jazz with a few surprises thrown in for good measure( think Maspyke, Daedelus, theo parrish,Dj mitsu and the beats, jazzanova, broken beat, David axelrod, Rodney franklyn, Plaid ..the list in endless) show is syndicated to Singapore, France, Italy, australia etc.. and seems to be popular (Touch wood!)
check the link below.
You can also catch the shows @ the DANCE & SOUL & RigHT ON FM WEBSITES: Check the links below!
Now playing on Radiopellenera in Italy!
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The Forwardsbackwards Show is presented by Nik Weston & Nigel Prankster
Show 85 is up on radiopellenera, milkaudo, Dance and soul, Zero gravity, Right on FM and Headz Fm soon!!
Here's the playlist
forwardsbackwards show 85 with nik weston & nigel prankster
nik's hour
1. mr beatnick feat ahu-i kno all the bitches -altered vibes
2.grooveman spot -you,music featuring mika arisaka -planet groove
3.grooveman spot -message to the future featuring iona -planet groove
4. sv -mystery of man -unreleased
5.aarone jerome -brighter days -sonar kollektiv
6.nonameko-ive got you under my skin-loud minority
7.2 banks of four-shadowlands-sonar kollektiv
8.gagle -eastern voyage -mukatsuku
9.hipsters-spiritual dance-hipster productions
10.the boogoos-the journey ghana 74-perfect toy
11.akoya afrobeat -fela kuti lives on ! -this is not a banksy limited edition print re edit by guynamukat -mukatsuku
12.mantecao y su combo -achilli funk -black beard edit -love monk
13ken & ra moo orchestra -moos warrior -columbia japan
nigels hour
1.bob james -tappan zee-cti
2.flying lotus-massage situation-warp
3.perplexo-salsacut 45
4.benga-someone 20 -tempa
5.sofritos specials -music is the world -sofrito
6.paolo zavallone and his orchestra-yellow fever-bosworth
7.pleasure-no matter-fantasy
8.jeremy steig-firefly-cti
9.francesco tristano - the melody carl craig rmx-k7
10.perplexo-disco cut 45
11.grupo fantasma-bacalao low pan-freestyle
12.jazzy jeff -fess and jeff -bbe
Also DJ @ the big chill bar
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London . UK
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