Member Since: 23/11/2006
Band Website: www.summerrainrecordings.net
Band Members: Jake Skinner - Guitars, drums, bass, keyboards/piano, synths/samplers, programming and production, mandolin, random things that make sounds, percussion.
Some tracks also feature collaborations with various musical/vocal friends.Masthead Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own! Make your own banner at MyBannerMaker.com!
Influences: Life, love, friends, good times, bad times. Musically, at the moment i'm mostly influenced by the likes of Bonobo, The album leaf, Four tet, Cinematic orchestra, Blockhead, Amon tobin, Hint, RJD2, Nitin sawhney, Aim, Fink, DJ shadow, DJ Krush, Mr Scruff, Boards of Canada, Lemonjelly, Royksopp, Sigur ros, David Axelrod, Portishead, Quantic, Cire, Egdirt, Jon Kennedy, Edit, Ninja tune, Tru thoughts, all the great artists on Summer Rain, Neutral milk hotel, Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens, Kings of convenience, Adem, Tunng, Kate Rusby, John Martin, David Ford, Jehst, Roots Manuva, Phi life cypher, Task force, The Roots, Squarepusher, Aphex twin, Fat Freddy's drop, Oliver 'tuku' Mtukudzi, Salif Keita, Baaba Maal, Cheikh lo, Coco rosie, Anthony and the johnsons, Simon and Garfunkel, Medeski martin and wood, Jonny rabb, Jojo mayer, Luke flowers, Kj sawka, Carlton Barrett, loads of different reggae and dub artists, ska, folk, psychedelia, jazz, jungle, tribal riddims, bangin beats, rolling jazzy grooves and beautiful melodies and soundscapes. My music collection spans pretty much all genres, so everything i listen to undoubtedly has an influence on the music i write.