Member Since: 10/08/2006
Band Website: www.peacelounge.com
Band Members: dj peacelounge - weathertunes - jasmon - green empathy - thomas kessler - dao - intakt - mind soup - under pressure - sidharth sharmaa - sonic senses - human art engine - la tirana - m.age.project - dj nartak - hyusfall - gerrit van der meer - loopaland
Influences: Too many to mention, but then again... Let's give it a try: Kraftwerk (the almighty Mensch Maschine ,-), Tangerine Dream (really only the "Logos" Live Album - still gives me goose bumps), Yellow Magic Orchestra, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Boards Of Canada, Massive Attack, John Beltran (mainly "Ten Days Of Blue" - awesome!), Sven Van Hees (thank you for "Tsunami"!), Inner City, Incognito, Carl Craig, Wim Mertens, Minimal Compact, Georg Philip Telemann, J.S. Bach, Erik Satie, Brian Eno, New Order, The Art of Noise (" to be in England, in the summertime..."), Afrika Bambaataa, A Tribe Called Quest, People Under The Stairs, Beastie Boys, Kruder & Dorfmeister (Depeche Mode have never sounded better...), Mo'Horizons (hello Foh, thanks for introducing me to Flamingo Star!), Lamb (from "Cotton Wool" to "What Sound"), Moloko (Yes, I do like your tight sweater very much!), Thievery Corporation (ever since "Shaolin Satellite"), A Guy Called Gerald, LTJ Bukem, Lemongrass ("Drumatic Universe will always be one of my top ten albums, Roland!), DE:Phazz (first album), Etienne De Crécy ("Relax..."), Daft Punk, Thomas Kessler (proud to have "egolution" on my label, Thomas!), DAO (Soham!), not to mention Intakt ("First contact") and so the story goes on and on... In fact, new influences and inspirations keep coming every new day...Ok folks, and now come the "other side" of our musical "heritage" ... Hüsker Dü, The Pixies, RHCP (mainly for "Californication"), Vic Chesnutt, Outkast (from Atliens to Idlewild), Buster Rhymes ("Turn it up, fire it up!"), Linkin Park (still "crawling in my skin"), some Wolfsheim ("Spectator"), Schiller & Heppner, Westbam, RMB (thank you for the everlasting "Spring"), Fehlfarben, Blumfeld ("Verstärker"), Smashing Pumpkins, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Goebbels & Harth, Cassiber.Lately: Peter Fox, Black Eyed Peas (redux ;-), Röyksopp
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Record Label: peacelounge recordings
Type of Label: Indie