| Influences | The Aggrovators, Althea & Donna, Horace Andy, Cannonball Aderley, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Dario Argento & Goblin, The Beatles (I guess, I was brought up on a strict diet of The Beatles), Beastie Boys, Bjork, Bomb The Bass, LTJ Bukem (although it gets me told off by bus drivers), Tim Burton, Beck, Bob & Marcia, Joan Baez, mainly Sid Barrett's Pink Floyd but also like some of their later stuff, Prince Buster, Jean Binta Breeze, B-52's, Burning Spear, Booker T and the MG's, The Beta Band, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, Alex Cox, Carl Cox, Ivor Cutler, The Chemical Brothers, Coldcut, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Crystalites, Cypress Hill, Ornette Coleman, Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band, DRUM @ BASS AND HEAVY DUB, Bob Dylan, Deathracenineteenseventysix, Dee-Lite, Desmond Dekker, Death in Vegas, Donovan, Miles Davis, Alec Empire, Earthling, The Ethiopians, Freestylers, Fatboy Slim, Flying Rhino Records, Future Sound Of London, Ghostface Killa, Goldfrapp, Gotan Project, Marvin Gaye, Gorillaz, Get The Blessing, Harry J. All-stars, Gemma Hayes, Hot Chip, Iration Steppas, Isaac Hayes, David Holmes, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Ice-T, Ice Cube, I-Roy, Jeru the Damaja, Prince Jammy, John and Alice Coltrane, King Tubby, Kraftwerk, Love, Laika, Lamb, Phillip Larkin, David Lynch, Leftfield, L.F.O, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Morcheeba, The Mad Professor, The Maytals, Curtis Mayfield, Massive Attack, Bob Marley, Money Mark, Murt, Turt & Purt, Mungo's Hi-Fi, Thelonious Monk, Moving Shadow Records, Os Mutantes, Moloko, Ennio Morricone, The Melodians, New Kingdom, N.W.A, Nightmares on Wax, Count Ossie, Orbital, Orb, Beth Orton, George Orwell, The Paragons, Augustus Pablo, Prince, Photek, Pig, The Pioneers, The Pharcyde, Portishead, Lee 'Scratch' Perry (The Super Ape), Public Enemy, Pulp, George A. Romero, Radiohead, Roots Radics, Ananda Shankar, Mongo Santamaria, The Slickers, Saint Etienne, Skinny, Michelle Scally-Clarke, Sun Ra, Spring Heel Jack, The Terrorists, Tricky, Tricky Disco, Tip Records, Roni Size, Space Raiders, The Streets, Super Furry Animals, Scientist, Traffic, Martina topley-Bird, Underworld, U-Roy, The Uniques, Jackie Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Amy Winehouse, Wu-Tang Clan, Wax Doctor, The Upsetters, Zero 7, Frank Zappa (and the Mothers Of Invention).
The sounds around me and within me are also big influences. I am also influenced by detuned, untuned and tuned-in, turned-up musical instruments
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