Music, Pianos, Keyboards in general (and the way they work!), Cooking, divergent musical styles, the sciences (esp. Biology), Computers, the Human Condition in all its forms and Quality Bass Lines...
RiddleR/RemembeR collaboration video
New Shuuz, New Life
Just some alphabetical thoughts late at night...
Music influences include:
J.S. Bach
Banco de Gaia
Beck
Earthling
Ben Folds
Moloko
Portishead
Propellerheads
Radiohead (Who isn't?)
Rachmaninov
Jason Rebello
Shostakovich
Jimmy Smith
Stravinsky
Sqaurepusher
Sublime
Amon Tobin
Playing influences include:
Chick Corea
Ruben Gonzalez
Herbie Hancock
Vladimir Horowitz (it's not just a little finger thing!)
Jason Rebello
Jimmy Smith
And just music I like... but probably influences...
Aphex Twin
Bjork
Blind Melon
Blur
Cream
Gorillaz
Morcheeba
Pink Floyd
Jamiroquai
Jack Pearson
Queen
Ween
You can see what I'm listening to at the moment
here !
Radio and Television!
BBC Nature Programs (T)
Ed Reardon's Week (R)
Family Guy (T)
Futurama (T)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (R)
Jools Holland (T)
Little Britain (R&T)
Messiah (T)
Old Harry's Game (R)
People Like Us (T&R)
Spaced (T)
Rigor Mortis (R)
The Consultants (R)
The League of Gentlemen (T&R)
The Mark Steel Lectures/Revolutions (R)
The Simpsons (T)
Think The Unthinkable (R)
Douglas Adams -
The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Louis De Bernieres -
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
Arthur Conan Doyle -
Sherlock Homes
Umberto Eco -
The Name of the Rose
Herodotus -
The Histories
Steve Jones -
Almost Like A Whale
Arturo Perez-Reverte -
The Dumas Club
The Flanders Panel
The Seville Communion
Willans & Searle
The Compleet Molesworth