Inspiration.
808 state, a certain ratio, angelo badalamenti, antiloop, aphex twin, apoptygma berzerk, assemblage 23, autechre, bauhaus, bjork, blut engel, boards of canada, bola, brian eno, brothomstates, cocteau twins, curve, daft punk, daniel lanois, das ich, datathief, david bowie, depeche mode, die form, dj shadow, duran duran, durutti column, electronic, erasure, everything but the girl, explosions in the sky, frou-frou, halou, harold budd, hooverphonic, imminent starvation, imogen heap, ivy, jeff buckley, jimi hendrix, joy division, kraftwerk, kmfdm, lamb, lfo, lords of acid, lucien-n-luciano, m83, massive attack, mazzy star, meat beat manifesto, mogwai, mum, new order, nine inch nails, nitzer ebb, orbital, paul van dyke, pet shop boys, pink floyd, placebo, plastikman, prodigy, radiohead, recoil, robin guthrie, roy orbison, sade, saint etienne, shpongle, sigur ros, squarepusher, the cranes, the cure, the doors, the future sound of london, the smashing pumpkins, the stone roses, the sundays, this mortal coil, u-ziq, u2, underworld, u.n.k.l.e, velvet acid christ, violet indiana, vnv nation, wolfsheim, wumpscut, yunx.
(in no particular order) Lost In Translation, This is Spinal Tap, Adaptation, Godfather I+II, Donnie Darko, Moster's Ball, Mulholland Dr, Lost Highway, Pi, The Million Dollar Hotel, Wings of Desire, Until the End of the world, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Vol.1+2, Taxi Driver, Blue Velvet, Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, The Life Aquatic, The Warriors, 28 Days Later, Night of the Living Dead, The Good;The Bad;and The Ugly, Scarface, Se7en, The Royal Tennenbaums, Jacob's Ladder, Stay, Dancer in the Dark...and Half Baked.
robot chicken and anything on the history channel