roachboy

this is tough. i have been thinking about it for a while now. best i can figure out is:

early on--king crimson, roxy music, exp. brian eno.
david bowie, esp, aladdin sane
john coltrane
weather report (mysterious traveller)
miles davis (on the corner, live/evil)
pink floyd (through meddle)
genesis (through the lamb lies down on broadway)
zappa and the mothers of invention, particularly freak out and absolutely free
black sabbath

later on:
john carter octet
sun ra
ornette coleman
art ensemble of chicago
cecil taylor
julius hemphill (rip)
steve lacy (rip)

still later
joy division
mad professor/lee perry
scientist
old burning spear/studio one more generally
fela anikulapo kuti (rip)
sonny sharrock (rip)
captian beefheart

recently

elaine radigue
can
james tenney
stockhausen
pandit pran nath
lamonte young
lots of persian/central asian classical music
acid mothers temple
aki onda

there is a load of hip hop in there somewhere.
lots of african music as well.
i cant figure out where to put it.

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