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A linked list of influences


Beatles
Harry Nilsson
John Hartford

XTC
Paul Simon
Adrian Belew
King Crimson

Self
Jellyfish
Owsley
The Grays

10cc
Steely Dan
Cat Stevens
Supertramp
Billy Joel
the Police
Elvis Costello
Joe Jackson
Jerry Harrison
Tom Tom Club
David Byrne

Japan
David Sylvian
Jansen/Barbieri
Bill Nelson
Shriekback
The Cure
U2

Jason Falkner
Willie Wisely
Brendan Benson

They Might Be Giants
Ben Folds Five
Robyn Hitchcock

Tears For Fears
Peter Murphy
Beck

Bill Laswell
Material
Foday Musa Suso
Ginger Baker

Talking Heads
Peter Gabriel
Brian Eno
David Bowie

Scott Joplin

Yellow Magic Orchestra
Kraftwerk
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Haruomi Hosono
Masami Tsuchiya

Simon and Garfunkel
Elton John
Badfinger
Yes
Led Zeppelin
Robert Palmer
Stevie Wonder
The Cars

"Rhapsody In Blue"

Moroccan Street (Berber) Music
Egyptian top 40
Balinese gamelan and ketjak

African drumming
tribal music
King Sunny Adé
Olatunji
Alhaji Bai Konte

Nine Inch Nails
Jesus Jones

Parliament/Funkadelic
Run D.M.C.

Stewart Copeland's The Rhythmatist
Jean-Michel Jarre's Zoolook
Wally Badarou's Echoes


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