Music:
Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: jeromekugan.blogspot.com
Band Members: Two arms, two legs, one brain, one heart. Stir until something smells funny.
Influences: I wouldn’t say these are my influences, because they change from day to day. Every song I write draws from various sources. But these are some albums I’ve heard and keep returning to.
In alphabetical order:
Adem - "Love And Other Planets"
Air - "Moon Safari", "Talkie Walkie" and "Late Night Tales"
Alice Coltrane - "Ptah The El Daoud", "Journey In Satchidananda" and "Universal Consciousness"
All About Eve - "Scarlet & Other Stories"
American Music Club - "Mercury"
Andrew Bird - "Armchair Apocrypha"
Animal Collective - "Sung Tongs"
Annie - "Anniemal"
Annie Lennox - "Diva"
Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Black Orpheus"
Antony & The Johnsons - "I Am A Bird Now"
Architecture In Helsinki - "Fingers Crossed"
Arthur Russell - "Calling Out Of Context" and "The World Of Arthur Russell"
Arto Lindsay - "Salt" and "Prize"
Astrud Gilberto - "Verve Masters 9"
Autechre - "Amber", "Tri Repetae" and "LP5"
The Band - "Music From Big Pink"
Bark Psychosis - "Hex"
Basia - "Time And Tide"
Beastie Boys - "Check Your Head", "Ill Communication", "Hello Nasty", "Paul’s Boutique" and "The Sounds Of Science"
The Beatles - "Revolver", "Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club", "White Album" and "Blue Album"
Bebel Gilberto - "Tanto Tempo"
Beck - "Mutations" and "Midnite Vultures"
Belle & Sebastian - "The Boy With The Arab Strap", "The Life Pursuit" and "Push Barman To Open Old Wounds"
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - "Out Of Season"
Beth Orton - "Central Reservation"
Billie Holiday - "Lady In Satin"
Billy Bragg - "Must I Paint You A Picture? Essential Billy Bragg"
Bjork - "Debut", "Post", "Homogenic", "Vespertine", "Selmasongs" and "Volta"
Boards Of Canada - "Music Has The Right To Children" and "Geogaddi"
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "Master And Everyone", "The Letting Go", "I See A Darkness" and "Superwolf"
Bonnie Raitt - "Nick Of Time"
Brian Eno - "Another Green World"
Brian Eno & David Byrne - "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts"
Bruce Springsteen - "Nebraska"
Cassandra Wilson - "Blue Light Til Dawn"
Cat Power - "You Are Free" and "Moon Pix"
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" and "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady"
Chet Baker - "Best Of Chet Baker Sings"
Cibo Matto - "Viva! La Woman" and "Stereo Type A"
The Clash - "London Calling"
Cocteau Twins - "Four Calendar Cafe"
Coldplay - "Parachutes"
Cornelius - "Point"
Cowboy Junkies - "The Trinity Session"
The Cure - "Disintegration"
Daft Punk - "Discovery"
Dani Siciliano - "Likes" and "Slappers"
David Bowie - "Best Of 1969/1974"
David Sylvian - "Secrets Of The Beehive" and "Blemish"
Deacon Blue - "When The World Knows Your Name"
Depeche Mode - "Violator", "101", "Black Celebration" and "Remixes"
Devendra Banhart - "Rejoicing In The Hands" and "Nino Rojo"
DJ Krush - "Milight" and "Zen"
Doves - "The Last Broadcast", "Some Cities" and "Lost Souls"
Dusty Springfield - "Dusty In Memphis"
Earlies - "These Were The Earlies"
Eddi Reader - "Mirmama"
El Perro Del Mar - "El Perro Del Mar"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Sings The Cole Porter Songbook"
Elliott Smith - "Elliott Smith" and "New Moon"
Embrace - "Out Of Nothing"
Emmylou Harris - "Wrecking Ball"
Erasure - "The Innocents"
Everything But The Girl - "Amplified Heart" and "Walking Wounded"
Fairground Attraction - "The First Of A Million Kisses"
Feist - "Let It Die" and "The Reminder"
Ferns - "On Botany"
Fiery Furnaces - "Blueberry Boat"
Final Fantasy - "He Poos Clouds"
The Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" and "The Soft Bulletin"
Four Tet - "Rounds"
Futureheads - "Futureheads" and "News & Tributes"
George Michael - "Faith" and "Listen Without Prejudice"
Getz/Gilberto - "Getz/Gilberto"
Goldfrapp - "Felt Mountain", "Black Cherry" and "Seventh Tree"
Grace Jones - "Island Life"
Grizzly Bear - "Yellow House"
Hector Zazou - "Songs From The Cold Seas"
Herbert - "Bodily Functions", "Goodbye Swingtime" and "Scale"
Interpol - "Turn On The Bright Lights" and "Antics"
Iron & Wine - "Woman King EP", "The Creek Drank From The Cradle", "Our Endless Numbered Days" and "The Shepherd’s Dog"
Jamie Lidell - "Multiply" and "Jim"
Jamiroquai - "The Return Of The Space Cowboy" and "A Funk Odyssey"
Jana Hunter - "Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom"
Jeff Buckley - "Grace" and "Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk"
Jennifer Warnes - "Famous Blue Raincoat"
Jens Lekman - "Oh You’re So Silent Jens" and "Night Falls Over Kortedala"
Jim Croce - "Photographs & Memories"
Joan Armatrading - "Greatest Hits"
Joan Baez - "Best Of"
Joanna Newsom - "Milk Eyed Mender" and "Ys"
John Coltrane - "My Favourite Things"
Johnny Hates Jazz - "Turn Back The Clock"
Joni Mitchell - "Hejira", "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns", "Blue" and "Night Ride Home"
Jose Gonzalez - "Veneer"
Joy Division - "Unknown Pleasures" and "Closer"
Julia Fordham - "Porcelain"
Junior Boys - "So This Is Goodbye"
k.d. lang - "Ingenue"
Kahimi Karie - "K.K.K.K.K."
Kate Bush - "The Dreaming", "Hounds Of Love" and "The Sensual World"
Kings Of Convenience - "Riot On An Empty Street" and "Quiet Is The New Loud"
The Knife - "Silent Shout" and "Deep Cuts"
Kraftwerk - "Man Machine"
LCD Soundsystem - "Sound Of Silver"
Leonard Cohen - "Greatest Hits"
Liars - "Drum’s Not Dead"
Little Jimmy Scott - "The Source"
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - "Rattlesnakes"
Low - "Drums & Guns"
M.I.A. - "Arular" and "Kala"
Madonna - "Like A Prayer"
Marissa Nadler - "Songs III: Bird On The Water"
Marvin Gaye - "What’s Going On"
Massive Attack - "Protection", "Mezzanine" and "Collected"
Matmos - "The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast" and "The Civil War"
Meredith Monk - "Book Of Days", "Mercy" and "Volcano Songs"
Miles Davis - "Sketches Of Spain", "Miles Ahead", "Bitches Brew", "On The Corner" and "In A Silent Way"
Missy Elliott - "Miss E... So Addictive"
Momus - "Forbidden Software Timemachine"
Morelenbaum2 & Sakamoto - "Casa"
Morrissey - "Vauxhall & I" and "You Are The Quarry"
Mum - "Summer Make Good", "Finally We Are No One" and "Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy"
My Bloody Valentine - "Loveless"
Nearly God - "Nearly God"
Neneh Cherry - "Raw Like Sushi"
New Order - "Substance 1987"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "The Boatman’s Call", "Tender Prey" and "The Good Son"
Nick Drake - "Five Leaves Left" and "Pink Moon"
Nico - "The Marble Index", "Desertshore" and "The End"
Nina Simone - everything...
Nine Horses - "Snow Borne Sorrow"
Nirvana - "Unplugged"
The Notwist - "Neon Golden"
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - "Shahen Shah"
Oleta Adams - "Circle Of One"
Oval - "94 Diskont"
Patrick Wolf - "The Magic Position"
Patti Smith - "Horses" and "Dream Of Life"
Peggy Lee - "Black Coffee: Best Of Decca Years"
Pet Shop Boys - "Pop Art"
Peter Gabriel - "Us"
Phonophani - "Genetic Engineering"
PJ Harvey - "To Bring You My Love", "Songs From The City, Songs From The Sea", "Rid Of Me" and "White Chalk"
Plaid - "Not For Threes" and "Double Figure"
Portishead - "Dummy" and "Portishead"
The Postal Service - "Give Up"
Public Enemy - "Power To The People And The Beats"
Pulp - "Different Class"
R.E.M. - "Automatic For The People" and "Out Of Time"
Radiohead - "OK Computer", "Kid A" and "The Bends"
Randy Crawford - "Raw Silk"
The Rentals - "Return Of The Rentals"
Richard Swift - "Dressed Up For The Letdown"
Rickie Lee Jones - "Flying Cowboys", "Pop Pop", "Pirates" and "Naked Songs"
Robert Wyatt - "Comicopera" and "Cuckooland"
Robyn - "Robyn"
Roisin Murphy - "Ruby Blue" and "Overpowered"
Roland Kirk - "I Talk With The Spirits"
Roxy Music - "Avalon"
Ryan Adams - "Gold"
Ryuichi Sakamoto - "1996", "Beauty", "The Last Emperor" and "US (Ultimate Solo)"
Sade - "Stronger Than Pride", "Promise", "Love Deluxe" and "Lovers Rock"
Sally Shapiro - "Disco Romance"
Sarah Vaughan - "Definitive Sarah Vaughan"
Scritti Politti - "Provision" and "White Bread, Black Beer"
The Shins - "Oh Inverted World"
Simon & Garfunkel - "Greatest Hits"
Sinead O’Connor - "I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got"
Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Once Upon A Time" and "Twice Upon A Time"
Sly & The Family Stone - "Greatest Hits"
The Smiths - "Singles"
So - "So"
Sonic Youth - "Goo" and "Daydream Nation"
Spiritualized - "Let It Come Down"
Stereolab - "Emperor Tomato Ketchup"
Steve Jansen - "Slope"
Steve Reich - "Music For 18 Musicians"
Stevie Wonder - "Talking Book", "Where I’m Coming From" and "Fulfillingness’ First Finale"
Sting - "Nothing Like The Sun", "Dream Of The Blue Turtles" and "The Soul Cages"
Sublime - "Sublime"
Suede - "Singles"
Sufjan Stevens - "Seven Swans", "Illinois" and "Michigan"
Sun Kil Moon - "Ghosts Of The Great Highway"
Suzanne Vega - "Solitude Standing", "Days Of Open Hand", "99.9F" and "Nine Objects Of Desire"
Talk Talk - "Spirit Of Eden"
Tanita Tikaram - "Ancient Heart" and "Lovers In The City"
Tears For Fears - "Tears Roll Down"
The The - "Mind Bomb"
Tina Turner - "Foreign Affair"
Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs" and "Bone Machine"
Tori Amos - "From The Choirgirl Hotel", "Under The Pink", "Scarlet’s Walk" and "To Venus & Back"
Tortoise - "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"
Tracy Chapman - "Tracy Chapman" and "Crossroads"
Travis - "The Man Who" and "The Invisible Band"
Tricky - "Maxinquaye" and "Pre-Millennium Tension"
U2 - "Achtung Baby", "The Joshua Tree" and "The Unforgettable Fire"
Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks"
Ween - "The Mollusk"
Wolf Parade - "Apologies To The Queen Mary"
Xiu Xiu - "Fabulous Muscles"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell"
Yoko Ono - "Walking On Thin Ice - Best Of"
Yungchen Lhamo - "Coming Home"
and there were more... but got sick of typing... peace!
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Record Label: Still waiting to be a real whore.
Type of Label: None
