| Influences | Jeff Buckley, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Meat Beat Manifesto, Dead Can Dance, Sneaker Pimps, Duran Duran, Prince, The Doors, Nine Inch Nails, NIN, Michael Jackson, Old School Hip Hop, 4AD, Wax Trax, early U2, early Clan Of Xymox, The Police, Brian Eno, Bowie, Prince, the chemical brothers, prodigy, boom boom satellites, your dog, portishead, lamb, monk & canatella, the clash , I AM X, Elysian Fields, Michael Jackson, triphop, massive attack, portishead, jack dangers, david bowie, adam ant, love and rockets, tones on tail, xymox, trent reznor, pop will eat iteself, pwei, brendan perry, frank sinatra, morcheeba, Jack Dangers, The Stone Roses, Thrill Kill Kult, Blur, Big Black, Steve Albini, PJ Harvey, Mute Records, Lunatic Calm, Woven, My Bloody Valentine, Machines Of Loving Grace, Killing Joke, Billy Idol, Kiss, The Doors
The new French Electro revolution aka Industrial for indie rockers and modern new wave meets whatever:
Ed Banger/ Kitsune/ etc. = SebastiAn, Surkin, Justice, Mr. Oizo (flat eric from 99),
Moulinex, Boys Noize, Digitalizm, White Rose Movement, Siouxsie, Puscifer, Morphine, Richard Cheese, Perry Farrell, Tech Itch, Einsterzende Neubauten, Matt Johnson, Elysian Fields, Johnette Napolitano, Red Light District, The Real Tuesday Weld, Adam Freeland, Bassbin Twins, Mstrkrft, Alterego, Nouvelle Vague, Ministry, Renegade Soundwave, Nitzer Ebb, James Lavelle, The Bloody Beetroots, BSOD, Felix Cartal,
Random Vocal Stylings:
Sue Denim, Dave Gahan, old Bono, Pavarotti, Chris Corner, Chris Cornell, Chris Connelly, Martin L. Gore, Jennifer Charles, Beth Gibbons, Elizabeth Frasier, Jeff Buckley, Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard, John Crosby, Beth Orton, Jim Morrison, Matt Johnson, Juliette Storace, Alexandria Amethyst Seeley, Adrianne Louise Hecker, Carol
ine Crawley, Dot Allison, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Johnette Napolitano, Abby Travis, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Douglas McCarthy, David Bowie, Prince, Emiliana Torrini, Roland Orzabal, Rufis Wainright, Al Jourgenson, Roger Waters, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Lou Rawls, Nusrat Fateh Ali-Khan, Horace Andy, Bjork, Ronnie Moorings, Ivo Watts, Daniel Ash, 3D, Jack Dangers, Joe Strummer, Damon Albarn, Jane Fishon Kantor Castagna, Potsy (from Happy Days), Pieter Nooten, Anke Wolbert, Brian Ferry, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Freddy Mercury, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Michael Hutchence,
Various Percussion Pepperings:
Stewart Copeland, Larry Mullen Jr., Sly Dunbar, Martyn Atkins, Ringo Starr, John Densmore, Topper Headon (The Clash), Stephen Morris (Joy Division/ New Order), Boris Williams (The Cure, Babacar), Dave Grohl (his work for Killing Joke especially), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), John "Jabo" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Will Anvers (Xymox), Steve Gadd, Stephen Perkins, Kenny Arnoff, Earl Harvin, Will Calhoun, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Gene Krupa, Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Criss (I loved Kiss as a child), Tim Alexander (Primus), Phil Collins (excellent drummer, brittish version of Robin Williams in both size and humour factor, too many songs filled with cheese when he became a singer), David Westlake, Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Roget Taylor (Queen, the only band EVER to have all members write a top ten song). This list will continue.
-- Everything from creative experimental music to classical symphonic to dark indie to electronic dance, jazz, rock and more. --
Below is a list generated by what has just most recently played on Shok's machine.
Material Influences:
synthosistamination
Arp 2600, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland Jupiter 6, Prophet 600, Oberheim Xpander, Virus Proto-type, other Roland synths & Korg, Moog, FM Synthesis, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Steinway D Baby Grand, etc.
synth de virtuale
Absynth, Albino, Arturia, DFX VST, 4 Front, NI, Image-Line, FL, Ableton, Live, more to be listed
twangation
Hagstrom SuperSwede Guitars, Fender, Fernandes, Ibanez, Hofner, Yamaha, Gibson
perco-shione'
Pearl Drums, Tama, Taye, Sonar, Vic Firth Sticks, Remo, Evans & Aquarian drum heads, Zildjan, Sabian, Paiste, Ufip crashes
hornaszun
unknown wodden piece, silver rod flute, african long stem, santa monica saxanet (saxaphone meets clarinet), Amati Kraslice, Czechoslovakian Trumpet & Harmon Mute
effection
Neve, Focusrite, TL Audio, Ensoniq, Behringer, Johnson, MXR, Alesis Quadraverb GT, Line 6 FM 4, Fliter Pro, etc.
microphonage
CAD Equitek E-200, AKG D112 BD, EV, ADK Mic, Shure, Audio Technica
Soft Wearings Warnings
Imageline's FL Studio, Reaper.fm, Abelton's Live, SoundForge, Melodyne (great to chop apart organicly grown, live instruments and rebuild into fantasy machines and other worldly lifeforms), Vegas, Final Cut (until someone makes something as powerful in either linux or winxp), more vsts than anyone should have.... then again, who can ever have enough!!!
CINEMATIC INFLUENCES - Random part 1
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You can read more about the influences via the adventures posted to the blog, MYLIVETUBE
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| Sounds Like | The Sneaker Pimps, IAMX, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The The, Love And Rockets, Tones On Tail, Tears For Fears, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Wax Trax, 4AD, Massive Attack, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Shok, Good Music, nothing, everything, your favorite music, Martin Gore, Meat Beat Manifesto, Boom Boom Satellites, Evil Nine, Lunatic Calm, Dave Gahan, Roland Orzabel, Brendan Perry, God Lives Underwater,
Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, The Stone Roses, Massive Attack, Duran Duran, Die Warzau, Zeitmahl, Calidelphia, Anita Haxsaw, Lavender Hill Mob, Michele Mortem, Big Black, Steve Albini, Fugazi, 16 Volt, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Blur, The Killers, Machines Of Loving Grace, Woven, Killing Joke, Cop Shoot Cop, The Faint, Garbage, Simon Lebon, Snake River Conspiracy, Recoil, Jane's Addiction, VHS or BETA, Soft Cell, Prince, The Young Gods, The Neptunes
The Infadels, The Editors, This Mortal Coil, Primal Scream, Mount Sims, Thomas Dolby, The Doors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, The Verve, Jeff Buckley, James Hall, The Police, Jack Dangers
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