Art nouveau design, red wine, francesca woodman. Film making, Cuban salsa. Music and dance in many forms, Frida Kahlo, her art and her story, Russian spy movie music. The Sea, bathing, Green Fields, cooking things for other people,documentaries and books revealing new truths about the world we live in. Good conversations with my friends and my love, Classical Music and the feeling I get when listening. The incredible talking cat. Cuddle and play with my nieses and nephews. Travel to warm and distant places, Produce photographs which I haven't produced yet. Basically enjoying the small things in life.
Music:
You could say that music is a really big part of my life, and I use a lot of time listening to it. I have as you may notice, a really hard time choosing who is my favorite artist so here it goes.. :-)Prefuse 73, Gustavo Santaolalla, Bonobo, Amon Tobin,Dee Dee Bridgewater, Thelonious Monk, Yusef Lateef, Ibrahim Ferrer,One Self, Madlib (I love your producing), Dizzie Rascal, Eric Satie, Debussy, Puccini, Merial, Lila Downs (The world is yours), Augusto Pablo, Gentleman (you are amazing), Cibelle, Basque Dub Foundation,
Beatnuts, Madeleine Peyroux, Billie Holiday, Aesop Rock, Lizz
Wright, Cecaria Evora( your stage presence and music is alive and wonderful) Nina Simone, Bill Withers, Donnie Hathaway (genuine soul), Blackmoon, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Big up to my brother Howard Maple, Brand Nubian, Capleton (your voice is powerful) Common, Curtis Mayfield, Calexico, The Cure (nice childhood memories)
Tribe Called Quest, Dead Prez (it`s all about hip-hop) Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Diplo,
Dj Krush, Dj Shadow, Yarah Bravo, Dj Vadim, JayDee/J Dilla, (Jaylib), Dub Syndicate, Emiliana Torrini, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Femi Kuti (afrobeat heroes, you sure make me wanna dance)
“Shigeru Umebayashi, Morricone, Mancini, Tan Dun, and Gustavo Santaolalla†(all amazing filmcomposers)
Herbaliser, Isaac Hayes, Kate Bush, Killa Kela (crazy beatboxing), King
Tubby, Lady Sovereign, Lee Perry, Lyrics Born, M.I.A,
Madvillian, Matthew Herbert and the big band Project, MF
Doom, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nitin
Sawhney (nice combination of cultures) Quasimoto, RjD2, Michael Nyman, Roots Manuva, Roy Ayers, Saian Supa Crew, Seeed (wooho, really kicking german dancehall)
Squarepusher (love your weird stuff) Balkan Beat box, Millie Jackson, The Abyssinians, Marisa Monte, The
Roots and other Okayplayer artist, Vibronics, Yesterday`s new quintet, Shuggie Otis, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Horace Silver, Miles Davies, Astor Piazolla (maybe one day I will dance tango to your music in Buenos Aires), Aphex Twin
Bill Coltrane, Jacqueline Fuentes, Susana Baca, and the list goes on and on..
