Music!
I always have something playing as I work. With gigabytes of music here at home I usually listen to CDs ripped
to my hard-drives. Here's a few links to groups/artists I listen to. Mind you, this should be seen more as a
snapshot than anything else as I gradually migrate between genres and artists. I won't bother putting the one-hit-wonders
or DJ mixes here. I tend to overdose on certain mixes, often listening to a single track till I'm sick of it. I remember
leaving Jakarta's "American Beauty" plus Sister Bliss on repeat for an afternoon once - haven't listened to them since :-)
- Kosheen Drum'n'bass with a twist...
- Massive Attack Still love Mezzanine and Bue lines.
- Nine Inch Nails Hard and fast techno-rock when you need a jolt!
- Leftfield Leftism was one of the best CDs I ever bought.
- Paul Van Dyk Remixer, DJ.
- Underworld I still think Pearl's girl is one of the best driving tracks ever. Did you know that the track "Pearl's girl" was named after a racing greyhound?
- Daft Punk At times, ludicrous - but still good...
- TheThe TheThe is one guy named Matt Johnson. His early works, "Infected" and "Soul Mining" are two of the most powerful albumns of all time. I still listen to them religeously! These would be my "desert island disks".
- Aphex Twin What to say? At times just plain disturbing. Percussion-heavy techno.
- David Holmes Some pretty dark tracks from this guy. The "Let's get killed" album is an audio-tour through the seedier side of New York city.
- CJ Bolland Some fantastic dance tracks, plus wierd stuff (obviously). "The Analogue Theatre" is a good place to start. The tracks "The prophet" and "Sugar is Sweeter" are real floor shakers :-)
- SquarePusher More frantic drum'n'bass. Tracks from the "Hard Normal Daddy" CD are normally in my MP3 playlists.
- Talvin Singh Some stunning work from this guy. A mixture of d'n'b and Bhangra that just "works". The track "Butterfly" from the CD "OK" is pretty breathtaking. A really tight, almost perfect piece of music (if there could be such a thing).
I'll change some of these when I realise I hate them at some point in the future...