Member Since: 3/22/2006
Band Website: alphabetset.net
Influences: Inspiration at various times as opposed to Influence :
a cross-section in no particular order...
Alice Coltrane, Aphex Twin, Deework, Toumani Diabate, Kettel, Double Adaptor, Req, John Surman, Bjork, Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers, Keith Fullerton Whitman / Hrvatski, T-Woc, Rahsann Roland Kirk. Alan Stivell, Eric B & Rakim, Bluefood, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Squarepusher, Sarsparilla, Colleen, Ambulance, Schpampipe, Robert Johnson, Autechre, Miles Davis, Christian Marclay, Frog Pocket, Zakir Hussain, Adel Salameh & K Sridhar, Prince Douglas, Evan Zipyorn, Burnt Friedman, Digital Mystikz, Sun Ra, King Tubby, Root 70, Prince Jammy, Dirty Three, Scientist, Augustus Pablo, Boxcutter, Chicago Underground Duo, Linval Thompson, Niney The Observer, Ebauche, Atom, Isotope 217, Jaco Pastorius, Prince Kong, Herbie Hancock, Mouse on Mars, Chick Corea, Herv, DJ/rupture, Four Tet, Photek, Kila, Tom Waits, Daedalus, MF Doom, Madlib, Current Affairs, Random Number, Kila, Medeski, Martin & Wood, John Cage, Tep, Kraftwerk, Burning Spear, Parliament, The Fairfield Four, Matmos, Wevie Stonder, Lou Harrison, Konono No.1, Lee Perry, Reich, Charlie Parker, Stockhausen, Godspeed you black Emperor, The Muppet Show, Satie...more i cant think of
basically music of the twenty four corners of the world, spazz, interesting mistakes, found sounds, sample-herds, flutes, horns, whistles, elastic sound-physical shape-movement, mixers, tape machines, cello, bugles, xylophonus things, bass resonances, flex-release, harmonic overtones, detuned piano, copper pots and boilers, pipes, wooden boxes, old & diy instruments, an orchestra tuning, sound is music