What are your top 5 favorite musicians..

Impossible to answer, but some of my faves are Richard James, Pink Floyd, Philip Glass, Chris Clark, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Deerhunter, Autechre, Brian Eno, Stars of the Lid, Luke Vibert, The Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Beck, Tom Jenkinson, and Boards of Canada

I'll probably get some hate here, but oh well.

Autechre

Richard D. James

Venetian Snares

Kraftwerk

Boards of Canada

Honorable mentions: Aleski Perälä, Decomposure, Squarepusher, Ceephax, Benn Jordan, Datach'i, Daft Punk (from when I was a young'in, same with Eiffel 65), Frog Pocket, Kid606, Leila, LFO, OOO, Plaid, Mike Paradinas, Proem, Lexaunculpt, Richard Devine, Vorpal, Wisp, and Röyksopp.

This is hard.

Aphex Twin

Brian Eno

Erik Satie

Autechre

Auburn Lull

jesus

tiesto

muhammmmmed

mikael akerfelt

goat pervertor

MUHAMMMMMED!

Genesis P Orridge

Bank Calvatier

Mouse Rat

Camrostatle

YEAH!

Ravel

Debussy

Messiaen

Chopin

Scriabin

Of ALL TIME? Too hard too hard I've got nearly 4 decades of listening under my belt ...

And what do you mean by favourite? Like, listen to the most (which could be hard because I've listened to Sugar Sugar by the Archies something like 3000 times in my life but I'm not gonna put a cartoon as my favourite band!)? Or 'most indicative of your personality in defining you as an X fan' ??? ARGH.

-Stereolab

-Spacemen 3 & side projects but mainly Sonic Boom and the EAR/Spectrum continuum

-the whole early Kraftwerk -> NEU! -> La Dusseldorf -> Harmonia -> Cluster conglomeration

-BBC Radiophonic Workshop especially Delia Derbyshire & Daphne Oram

-New Order

oh yeah and some ginger dude who twiddles knobs on a load of homemade drum machines but I doubt any of you have ever heard of him ha ha haaa

  On 1/20/2010 at 7:13 AM, jefferoo said:

  On 1/17/2010 at 11:16 AM, beerwolf said:

Aphex Twin

Metallica

Pink Floyd

Autechre

Lee Scratch Perry

 

Led Zeppelin would be up there too.

We need to fuck... or at least hang out.

 

btw

 

read the rules.

 

 

 

 

If I read the rules it's more likley I will break them LoL. And apologies but no fucking allowed as I am man too!

  On 1/20/2010 at 7:41 AM, beatfanatic said:

Damon Albarn ( Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad & The Queen)

but not blur?

  On 1/20/2010 at 7:57 AM, karmakramer said:

Impossible to answer, but some of my faves are Richard James, Pink Floyd, Philip Glass, Chris Clark, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Deerhunter, Autechre, Brian Eno, Stars of the Lid, Luke Vibert, The Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Beck, Tom Jenkinson, and Boards of Canada

This is a good list, I'll use it for mine as it's close enough, give or take a couple

5 is really difficult

cocteau twins

stereolab

the orb

autechre

boc

fear factory

1) Andy Jenkinson

2) Richard D. James

3) Luke Vibert

4) Tom Jenkinson

5) Jochem G. Paap

  On 1/18/2010 at 3:33 PM, LUDD said:

afx

beefheart

jenkinson

stinson

codeine

 

and kramer

which one?

1. boards of canada

2. animal collective

3. aphex twin

4. autechre

5. panda bear, six organs, joanna newsom, and tunng.

1BoC

2Wisp

3Air

4QOTSA

5RDJ/Squarepusher

As with everyone else number 5 is quite hard.

I'm assuming (from reading everybodys posts) that this is a favourite bands/artists. If so, I guess this is a pretty close list. (occasionally a few might switch places but this is a about right)

1. Bear vs. Shark

2. Plaid

3. Boards of Canada

4. Moving Mountains

5. Every Time I Die

It's quite funny, I can't stand anything Damon Albarn's been involved with that isn't Blur. In fact, I'd like a Blur a whole lot better if they were an instrumental band. Without Albarn's annoying voice, it's Cardiacs style art-thrash which is brilliant.

emeritus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpzJgLzzX38

1. (and this is one of the most perfect songs evar made)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8G2x3ibDl8

(bonus from that tube show. you can't go wrong either way)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUkcloyRkmM

2. (the stark reality meet the hoagy carmichael workshop. get the 16")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86Ffwcc6Zk

3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=611wHXJz0dU

4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCNUOZG9974

5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHGzLZAJOYM

Underworld

Deftones

Squarepusher

Scar Symmetry

Pink Floyd

  On 1/29/2010 at 11:31 AM, AcrossCanyons said:

1. Bear vs. Shark

2. Plaid

3. Boards of Canada

4. Moving Mountains

5. Every Time I Die

Nice! I especially like Bear vs Shark's debut album. I enjoyed Terrorhawk as well but some parts just bug me, where as the debut was nearly perfect.

the polysics are on tour in america right now. i think their myspace page for america is something like http://www.myspace.com/polysicsna - the chick who plays the keyboards and does the vocoder voice is about to retire in march after a festival at the budokan (mindphone) to focus on "being a woman and not a musician" so this is the last time to check them out with their proper lineup.

these are a few proper music videos from the band that kick my ass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZKBFTCLLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9aL7tQhnwI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wSMuCJCkQ

  On 1/20/2010 at 7:42 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 1/20/2010 at 7:36 AM, Wall Bird said:

Tom Jenkinson

The Beatles

Igor Stravinsky

Frank Zappa

 

That was deceptively hard to answer.

so hard that you couldn't even make it 5.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really wanted to think about it before just throwing in any old person I like. In retrospect, though, Tom Waits has had a tremendous influence on me and it seems odd that I didn't think of him immediately. Consider him my #5.

  On 1/29/2010 at 7:46 PM, sidewinder said:

  On 1/29/2010 at 11:31 AM, AcrossCanyons said:

1. Bear vs. Shark

2. Plaid

3. Boards of Canada

4. Moving Mountains

5. Every Time I Die

Nice! I especially like Bear vs Shark's debut album. I enjoyed Terrorhawk as well but some parts just bug me, where as the debut was nearly perfect.

Oh hellz yea. Right Now You're In The Best Of Hands... is my favourite release in music history. I've never found a band that even rivals the passion and energy that Bear vs. Shark have/had. Terrorhawk is incredible too, but doesn't even touch Right Now...

1. AFX

2. Todd Rundgren

3. J Dilla

4. Luke Hazard (Not just for his music but Earstroke Records work)

5. Boards Of Canada

  On 1/28/2010 at 6:01 PM, kanarie said:

1) Andy Jenkinson

2) Richard D. James

3) Luke Vibert

4) Tom Jenkinson

5) Jochem G. Paap

 

  On 1/18/2010 at 3:33 PM, LUDD said:

afx

beefheart

jenkinson

stinson

codeine

 

and kramer

 

which one?

john