Three influences off the top of your head

[swamptooth]

Can you pick just 3?
off the top of your head name 3 composers/artists that had a major impact on you or how you listen to music

1. Swans
2. John Carpenter
3. Foetus/JG Thirlwell

[8cros]

3 composers

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Alexander Borodin

[Trefor]

1. The Blue Nile
2. Camel
3. Gong

[4filegate]

1. Mike Oldfield
2. Eloy
3. Supermax

[Mylor]

1. Michael Cretu
2. Vangelis
3. Kai Tracid

[Kov]

1. Darkthrone
2. Spicelab
3. Bohren und der Club of Gore

[16BitBear]

1. Jean Michel Jarre
2. Dieterich Buxtehude
3. Thelonious Monk

[Ahornberg]

1. the birds tweeting in the garden
2. cars on the street
3. people talking

yes, that are all noises but that's what makes up my music

[gak]

Jack Daniels
Evan Williams
Jim Beam

[moneykube]

brian eno... #1
tangerine dream
pink floyd
king crimson.... robert fripp...
sorry... had to do 4

[Pinkbox]

Andy Stott
Powell
Samuel Kerridge

[8cros]

[tibah]

[swamptooth]

Man I knew there would be an awesome variety here!
Love finding new music this way.

Been listening to a lot of Coil lately as well...

[platzangst]

Wire:

Negativland:

The Adrian Sherwood production on 80s industrial acts like Ministry and Cabaret Voltaire:

[pushedbutton]

1) Jarvis Cocker
2) Thom Yorke
3) Burt Bacharach

[zeebot]

1. Jean Michel Jarre
2. The Future Sound of London
3. Radiohead

[frog974new]

1 - John Williams
2 - Vangelis
3- Astral Projection

[am0eba]

Brian Eno
Todd Rundgren
Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing)

[Aggie]

1. Air
2. Vangelis
3. Chas and Dave