101 FAVE MUSIC MAKERS
For whatever it is worth & in no particular order & from ALL
"ear-aahhs" that my ears were listening. what i actually Listen(ed) to
not just appreciated for who they were or what they did. An example of
this is the Minutemen. I appreciated them, listened to them a bit but
couldn't really listen to them much after their heyday. The Clash, on
the other hand, especially Sandinista, remain very listenable as do
the Ramones and Sex Pistols. Why some artists remain fresh, or of any
time is a process that remains a mystery and only incidentally has
something to do with quality.
This list includes
- ancient influences such as the Dave Clark Five and Dylan. Popular
does not mean out and i did not try to be obscure to create a rarefied
list which is then pushed forward as a sign of one's avant gardeness.
- I chose many who earmarked a period of time. Certainly in the case
of someone like Dylan i have found it really difficult to like most of
his newer stuff but still, he was someone i spent a lot of time with
in formative years.
- When scanning through old playlists it seems there are certain
musicians which thread through all the various styles of the various
times. I just kept turning back to for instance, On-U Sound material.
- Also included are discs that put you in or took you out of certain
moods, trances, funks.
- Artists by whom I maybe even only like one song but became stuck or
hooked in the aural sector connected to the nostalgia region of the
brain.
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Curd Duca
- Miles Davis
- John Coltrane
- Zoviet France
- Don Cherry
- Charlie Parker
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Hank Williams
- Gavin Bryars
- Joy Division
- Anita O'Day
- Billy Holiday
- Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
- Orb
- Robert Ashley
- Zap Mama
- Art of Noise
- Sainkho
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Tom Waits
- War
- Neil Young
- Simon Fisher Turner
- Crawling With Tarts
- Aphex Twin
- Astrud Gilberto
- Sub Dub
- Hendrik Gorecki
- Carl Stone
- Mark Stewart & the Maffia
- Mad Professor
- Adrian Sherwood
- Bill Laswell
- Tranquility Bass
- African Head Charge
- Muslimgauze
- Un Drame Musical Instantané
- Beastie Boys
- Hector Zazou
- Skylab
- Les Oidgts
- Zion Train
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Stan Getz
- Van Morrison
- Augustus Pablo
- Prince Far I
- Coldcut
- Slits
- Fugs
- Bush Tetras
- Social Interiors
- Francis Dhomont
- Bomb the Bass
- Bjork
- The Hombres
- Glenn Branca
- Barry Adamson
- John Lurie
- Andy Fairley
- Ramones
- Sex Pistols / PiL / Jah Wobble
- Durutti Column.
- Clash
- Dimension Holofonic Sound
- Dave Clark Five
- Woob
- Subsurfing
- Brian Eno
- KLF
- Chet Baker
- Mose Allison
- Some More Crime
- Pharoah Sanders
- Eric Satie
- Antonin Dvorak
- Pop Group
- Cypress Hill
- Fall
- Arthur Russell
- MC Solaar
- Nonplace Urbanfield,
- Mouse on Mars
- Annie Anxiety
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux
- Peggy Lee
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin Wolf
- Tallis Scholars
- Spike Jones
- Jackie Wilson
- ESG
- Big Stick
- David Cunningham / Flying Lizards
- Jimi Hendrix
- Holger Czukay
- Sinead O'Connor
- Television / Tom Verlaine
- Che Washes Whiter
{Coming soon: FAVORITE SAMPLES / FAVORITE SONGS / FAVORITE SPOKEN
WORD}
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