When we were making Watchful, we had already been seduced by such artists as:
Nico (Marble Index)
Legendary Pink Dots (Maria Dimension)
Talk Talk (specifically Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock)
The Orb
Robert Wyatt
John Martyn
Gong
Tom Waits
Blue Nile
Crowded House
Micheal Hedges
Hamza El
Din
Richard Thompson
Future Sound of London
Frank Zappa
Beatles
XTC
Robyn Hitchcock
mid-70's Eno (Another Green World &
Before & After Science)
Wire's 154
Elvis
Costello
Ry Cooder
David Sylvian
David Torn
The Telling
Thanks go to Jon Drukman (Bass Kitten) for turning us onto LPD, Talk Talk, the Orb, and FSOL
Now, we recommend you also check out:
ORang
Bark Psychosis
Radiohead
Bjork
Portishead
David Yazbek
Eric Matthews (note that he worked with Richard Davies, not Rick)
Finn
Crowded House (yeah, I know we listed them
above, too, so sue us!)
The Sundays
Morphine
Stewart/Gaskin
Suzanne Vega
Anything
produced my Mitchell Froom
Anything recommended by Jon Drukman