John Coltrane
Autechre LP5
Colleen “Captain of none”
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I read this topic earlier today and have been kicking the idea around all afternoon. Ultimately I think people who make music that is unlike the music I make inspire me to want to make things.
- Jim O’Rourke makes me want to process sounds through hardware synths (yes, modular, but I don’t really have modular)
- Simon James (aka The Simonsound) makes incredible, skewed, organic (largely beatless) things with his Buchla. There’s an air of Radiophonic-ness about it that I love - especially his “Two Knocks For Yes” (under the name Black Channels) and his soundtracks for the Akiha Den Den podcast radio drama
- The Books / Nick Zammuto stuff make me want to sample ALL the sounds & then process them through random household objects whilst chopping up random recordings from cassettes I find in charity shops (I never find cassettes in charity shops, alas, which is why this is a non-starter)
- Hainbach, musicking with non-music things, is often very inspiring, although maybe part of that is his infectious enthusiasm / sense of wonder regarding sound
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FSoL, usually does it… there was a while where I couldn’t listen to a BoC album without stopping to make a track.
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There’s a LOT in that short set, great stuff!
Always. Still chucking out original ideas to this day:
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I get more inspired by live sets & performances, since that’s what I focus on trying to produce with my kit (When I can be bothered to do anything at all that is):
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That Disrupted set sealed the deal on my ideas about getting into Elektron gear.
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…i always have my ears in the global underground/subcultural progress of ALL kinds…
and i’m aware of the fact that overall popculture is the fastest medium of whatsoever art might and can be when it comes to signs of their times and natural evolution…
but it’s pretty rare, that i’ll find and have the time and muse to dive into some certain artists piece of work…
if i listen…i really ONLY listen…
while most of the time i pretty much avoid realtime influence from all sonic outsideworld…
to stay always in most possible focus on what’s my next mission…
therefor, in those rare moments, when i just wanna fill the room with some sonic background, i’ll end up with classical music…
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Surrender by the Chemical Brothers is still probably my “perfect” electronic dance album. While I do love their break beat stuff as the Dust Brothers (if I remember correctly) Surrender is a like a perfect dance/Top 40 crossover.
Also, even though I don’t make much DnB anymore. Timeless by Goldie (and his producer) is just fucking excellent. Also Wormhole by Ed Rush and Optical, Acen Date Tapes…(sorry old DnB/Jungle head)
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I was about to say the Dust Brothers and Chemical Brothers were too different bands (which they are) but I didn’t know this little tidbit about the latter, so you did me a learnin 
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This is the story behind the name of their first album (“Exit Planet Dust”).
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I wasn’t 100% on the back story here so I will look into it, so thanks back to ya. Exit Planet Dust is also an excellent album imho.
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It also reminded me to water my plants.
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This is why all the hipster vloggers have succulents.
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Whilst we’re on inspiring albums/artists(movies/books)…
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Great stuff.
Just wait till he discovers kick drums… 
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I’m often more inspired by going to a club and hearing basic tracks and think ‘ I must be able to do better’ …
tracks id consider demos , loops , album fillers but they’re actually being played in clubs …
If I do make something similar I then think ‘ not worth finishing as it’s a bit derivative and been done before ‘
I’m not claiming I make anything innovative or clever , and easily get bored.
There’s a lot of resurgence of jungle tracks , they sound nice but are ‘the same old loops with nice strings and bass ‘
Inspiring good things could be a loop from a specific track , a bass sound , pads , processing.
In the spirit of this thread
Recent gcom album is nice , ambient and has some interesting glitch and beats in it
Telefon tel aviv - decades old but still holds my attention
Roel funcken material
Fsol old material
Plaid and their weird time signatures
A lot of artists on touched music compilations
Trent Reznor
Mark bell
Early autechre
Early/mid underworld
Modeselektor
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I know I answered this thread previously but it got me thinking today seeing the question again. As someone that has been an intimate participant in all aspects of dance culture from just being a dancer, to DJing, putting up PA systems and gear, planning and promoting events…those experiences and memories inspire me.
I think of all those best and worst moments and it makes me want to make music that could be a part of that culture. Sometimes it is a second step to inspiration. I’ll have a part of an idea, I’ll remember another DJ’s set or one of my own and think, “aw man, that song that got played worked so well in that moment, I want to to make something like that. how do I get this track there?”
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Many to name, but Vril is one of them
PS Surgeon’s Raw Trax for making making music sound accessible
The Field
Four Tet
My Morning Jacket
Radiohead
Gold Panda
RJD2
DJ Shadow
J Dilla
Neil Young
Flying Lotus
Flaming Lips
The Postal Service
Massive Attack
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