Music:
Member Since: 10/3/2006
Band Website: not-i.com/djnoti.htm
Band Members: not-I (a.k.a. Knoteye a.k.a. Sôhan a.k.a. The Sôhei a.k.a. Torabisu a.k.a Travis) & a motley assortment of turntables, computers, keys, microphones, and guitars.
Influences: AFROBEAT, Bhangra, Classical, Downtempo, ELECTRONIC, Funk, Grime, HIP-HOP, Indie, JAZZ, Klezmer, Latin, MASH-UPs, NuMetal, Opera, PROGRESSIVE, Qawwali, Ragga/Reggae/Reggaeton, ROCK, Synthpop, TURNTABLISM, UrbanFolk, Viennese, WORLDBEAT, Xoomii, YangChant, ZEN, and all points between.To wit (including non-musical influences): Abbie Hoffman, Acharya Nagarjuna, Adrian Belew, African Head Charge, Afrika Bambaataa, A Guy Called Gerald, Akira Kurosawa, Albert Kuvezin, Alexis de Tocqueville, Al Green, Amon Tobin, Ananda Shankar, Animals On Wheels, Antonio Gramsci, Aphex Twin, Aretha Franklin, Arrested Development, Art Blakey, Art of Noise, Asian Dub Foundation, A Tribe Called Quest, Autechre, Avram Noam Chomsky, Azeem, Baruch Spinoza, Beastie Boys, Béla Bartók, Ben Harper, Bertrand Russell, Betty Davis, Between, Big Daddy Kane, Bill Bruford, Bill Hicks, Billy Cobham, Björk, Blackalicious, Blancmange, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bodhidharma, Bo Diddley, Bomb The Bass, Boogie Down Productions, Brand Nubian, Brian Eno, Bruce Lee, Burning Spear, Busta Rhymes, Can, Carlos Santana, Cedric Im Brooks, Charles Mingus, Cheech & Chong, Chuck Berry, Cinematic Orchestra, Cold Crush Brothers, Coldcut, Common, Conny Plank, Curtis Mayfield, Cypress Hill, Daisetz T. Suzuki, Dälek, Dan the Automator, Daoism, Dave Chappelle, David Bowie, David Byrne, David Hume, David Lynch, David Sylvian, David van Tieghem, Dead Prez, Definitive Jux, Deftones, De La Soul, Depth Charge, Devo, DJ Krush, DJ Muggs, DJ Premiere, DJ Red Alert, DJ Vadim, Dmitri Shostakovich, Donald Barthelme, Don Hicks, Drahdiwaberl, Dr. Dre, Dr. John, Duran Duran, Echo & the Bunnymen, Eddie Murphy, Elmore James, El-P, Emiliano Zapata, Eminem, Ennio Morricone, EPMD, Epy, Eric B & Rakim, Eric Dolphy, Ernest Gellner, Erykah Badu, Eurythmics, Fairuz, Faithless, Falco, Fela Kuti, Frank Zappa, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fugees, FunDaMental, Funkadelic, Futurama, Gang Starr, Gary Numan, Gautama Buddha, Genesis, Genro Koudela Osho, George Clinton, George Gershwin, George Martin, Gershom Scholem, Ghostface Killah, G.I. Gurdjieff, Gil Scott-Heron, Goodie Mob, Grace Jones, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Flash, Gravediggaz, Guy Debord, György Ligeti, GZA, Hakim Bey, Hakuin Ekaku Zenzu Daiosho, Hans Zimmer, Herbie Hancock, Huang Po, Hunter S. Thompson, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Igor Stravinsky, Immortal Technique, Jacqueline Lehtonen neé Flores, Jaco Pastorius, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, James Brown, James Cameron, James Joyce, Jam Master Jay, Japan, J. Dilla, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jefferson Airplane, Jello Biafra, Jet Li, Jill Scott, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Tenor, Jim Jarmusch, Jimmy Smith, J.J. Cale, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Cage, John Cale, John Coltrane, John Gray, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, John Woo, John Zorn, Joni Mitchell, Joseph Campbell, Joshu Sasaki Roshi, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Jungle Brothers, Kanye West, Karl Popper, Kate Bush, Keiji Nishitani, Ken Wilber, Kid Frost, Kid Koala, Killah Priest, Killarmy, King Crimson, King Tubby, Kitaro Nishida, Kodo, Kohachiro Miyata, Kool G Rap, Kool Herc, Kool Keith, KoRn, Kraftwerk, KRS-One, Lalo Schifrin, Lao Tse, Laurie Anderson, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Lee ’Scratch’ Perry, Leftfield, Lena Lovich, Lenny Bruce, Leon Redbone, Les Claypool, Lin-Chi, Little Feat, LL Cool J, Lords of the Underground, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lyrics Born, Madness, Maische, Malcolm X, MARRS, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Mary Ann Griffin née Abeyta, Massive Attack, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Max Roach, MC Lyte, Method Man, Michel Foucault, Miles Davis, Ministry, Missy Elliott, Miyamoto Musashi, Mobb Deep, Mos Def, Muddy Waters, Naughty By Nature, Nelson Mandela, New Order, Nightmares On Wax, Nina Simone, Ninja Tune Records, Nirvana, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ol Dirty Bastard, Omori Sogen, Optical, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Ornette Coleman, Outkast, Paris, Parliament, Pat Metheny, Paul Feyerabend, Paul Krassner, Paul Robeson, Paul Verhoeven, Peshay, Pete Rock, Peter Gabriel, Peter Sloterdijk, Peter Tosh, Pharaoh Sanders, Photek, Poor Righteous Teachers, Portishead, Primus, Prince, Prince Paul, Prodigy, Public Enemy, Queens of the Stone Age, Raekwon, Randy Newman, Ravi Shankar, Rick Rubin, Richard Pryor, Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Fripp, Robert Johnson, Roots Manuva, Run-DMC, Rush, Ryuichi Sakamoto, RZA, Sabotage Communications, Sage Francis, Samuel Beckett, Saul Williams, Seal, Shakti, Shunryu Suzuki, Sly & Robbie, Sly & The Family Stone, Soundgarden, Space Battleship Yamato, Spike Lee, Split Enz, Squarepusher, Stanley Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Biko, Stevie Wonder, Sufism, Sun Ra, Sun Tzu, System of a Down, Talib Kweli, Talking Heads, Talk Talk, Tego Calderon, Terence McKenna, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Beatnuts, The Clash, The Coup, The Crusaders, The Dave Pike Set, The Dust Brothers, The Fixx, The Isley Brothers, The KLF, Thelonious Monk, The Meters, The Orb, The Perceptionists, The Pharcyde, The Pixies, The Police, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, The Simpsons, The Smiths, The Soulsonic Force, The Stranglers, The Who, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Dolby, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Pynchon, Timbaland, Tinariwen, Tom Tom Club, Tone Loc, Tony Levin, Tool, Tori Amos, Tortoise, Tricky, Tupac Shakur, Tuxedomoon, Ultravox, Underground Resistance, Underworld, Universal Zulu Nation, Van der Graaf Generator, Vangelis, Visage, Voltaire, Voltio, Wall of Voodoo, Walter Benjamin, Warp Records, Wendy Carlos, William A. Lehtonen, William James, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wu-Tang Clan, X Clan, Yazoo, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yes, Yma Sumac, Yoko Ono, Zen Buddhism (incomplete list)
Sounds Like: Rockin' blocks of tofu, smooth noodles and fresh fat vegetables mashed, mixed and fried up with secret super-sauce in the Sonic Wok.
Record Label: Mexikotrax
Type of Label: None
