Member Since: 17/01/2006
Band Website: www.the-silent-coup.org
Band Members: Me. The Silent Coup. The Universal Spirit.
Influences: The beauty of life itself, but when that turns ugly, i turn to the following for comfort: Bebop Jazz & Funk - Dizzy Gilespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Weather Report, Paulo Fresu Quartet, Sun Ra; Ambient stuff - Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Vir Unis, Vidna Obmana, Hearts of Space radio; Traditional religious music from Asia - Ravi Shankra, Zakhir Hussain, Tibetan monks chanting (some proper mind-altering music!!!), Indonesian gamelan; Early electronic noise - Stockhausen, John Cage, Oskar Sala, Isao Tomita; Drum orientated and ambient Jungle - Reinforced records (pre-2nd Wave - 4 Hero, Rufige Kru, Immortal Minds, Tek 9, Doc Scott/Nasty Habits, Low Key Movements, Arcon 2/Leon Mar, Alpha Omega, Sonar Circle, Paradox, Nucleus, G Force & Seiji), Spore Recordings (RIP!!! Search Engine & Eniac), Good Looking records (pre-2000), Inperspective records (Chris Inperspective, Equinox, Breakage, Senses, Fracture & Neptune), Source Direct, Intense; mad electro/breakcore bizniz - Ebola & all Wrong music, Planet Mu, Warp, Sound Murderer, Bunkore (A.Point - Fr), Hekate...and an ocean of other sounds whose names have long been forgotten
Sounds Like: Gods and Demons kicking down the walls of your consciousness
Type of Label: Major