The following is a list of books, films, music etc. that have afforded great inspiration... The names appearing in brackets are the titles of particular favourites.

Music

Adrian Sherwood (Mark Stewart and the Mafia, Tackhead, African Headcharge) *****
African Headcharge (Off the Beaten Track, Songs of Praise)
Akufen (Architextures, Skidoos)
Ali Farka Toure (Talking Timbuktu)
Aphex Twin (Ambient Works, Caustic Window, Universal Indicator) *****
Atom Heart (Flanger - Midnight Sound)
Basic Channel (BC-CD) *****
Bob Marley (Soul Rebel)
Bobby McFerrin ... for going out on a limb.
Brian Eno (On Land, Appollo - Atmospheres and Soundtracks, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts) *****
Burning Spear (Burning Spear, Rocking TIme, Dry and Heavy, Man in the Hills) *****
Culture (Two Sevens Clash, International Herb, Cumbolo) *****
Dave Brubeck (Time Out)
Dr Alimantado (Best Dressed Chicken in Town)
Ernest Ranglin (In Search of the Lost Riddim)
Fat Cat Records (Across Uneven Terrain)
Fluxion (Vibrant Forms)
Grain (Got to put the record down???)
Groove Technology (First two compilations)
Hakim Bey (T.A.Z.)
Happy Mondays (Wrote for Luck)
Hawkwind (Space Ritual)
Hula (Freeze Out/Black Wall Blue)
Ian Jazowy - the most awesome percussionist alive *****
Jack Dangers (Hello Friends)
Jah Lion (Columbia Collie)
Jeff Mills ...who simply understands (Purpose Maker).
John Peel ...for redefining open.
Joy Division (Closer) *****
Leaf Records ("Let's Forever" compilation)
Lee Perry (SuperApe, Return of the SuperApe) *****
LFO (Frequencies)
Manu Chao (Clandestino)
Mark Stewart (Learning to Cope with Cowardice) *****
Marty Segal (A Spy for God, Arthur's Coming Out)
Matthew Dear (Backstroke, Leave Luck to Heaven)
Matthew Herbert (Back to the Start)
Meat Beat Manifesto (Armed Audio Warfare, Storm the Studio, 99%) *****
Miles Davis (Kind of Blue)
Morgan Geist (Metro Area)
Mum (Finally We Are No One)
Neil Young (Harvest Moon)
New Order (Power, Corruption and Lies, Movement)
Orbital (Green Album, Brown Album) *****
Plastikman, (Close to the Edit)
Prince Far I (Message from the King, Under Heavy Manners) *****
Public Enemy (It'll Take a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet)
Public Image Limited (Metal Box)
Radiohead (Kid A, OK Computer)
Rebel MC (Black Meaning Good, Word Sound Power)
REM (Murmur)
Rhythm and Sound (Rhythm and Sound) *****
Robert Gorl (Sexdrops)
Roger Eno (Voices)
Roots Manuva (Witness the Fitness, Brand New Second Hand)
Serge Gainsbourg
Sex Pistols (Never Mind the Bollocks)
Sigur Ros (Lek)
St.Germain (Boulevard)
Stereo MC's (33-45-78, Supernatural)
Talking Heads (Remain In Light)
The Beat (Mirror in the Bathroom)
The Beatles (Revolver)
The Clash (Sandanista)
The Cure (Faith)
The Evocatives (Burning Up)
The Fall (Bend Sinister, Wonderful and Frightening World, Room to Live) *****
Violent Femmes (Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground)
Zap Mama (Sablysma) *****

Literature

Richard Bach (Illusions, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, One)
Hakim Bey (Ontological Study of Being) *****
Mick Brown (The Spiritual Tourist)
Carlos Castaneda (The Teachings... Journey to Ixtlan)
Jonathan Coe (The Rotter's Club)
Paulo Coehlo (The Alchemist)
Peter O' Erbe (God I Am) *****
Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)
Hermann Hesse (Siddharta, Journey to the East, The Glass Bead Game) *****
Milan Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
Peter Lemesurier (The Great Pyramid)
Michael Moore (Stupid White Men)
George Orwell (1984, Animal Farm)
Robert M Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lila) *****
William Shakespeare (Sonnet 116)
Irvine Welsh (Ecstacy, Filth, Acid House, Glue) *****
Robert Anton Wilson (The Cosmic Trigger)

Films

2001, 2010
Almost Famous
Amelie
Apocolypse Now (Director's Cut) *****
Bad Santa
Being John Malkovic
Children of a Lesser God
Chopper
Dark Days
Donnie Darko
Empire Strikes Back
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *****
Final Cut
Gazon Maudi
Goodfellas
Ils Se Marièrent et Eurent Beaucoup d'Enfants
It's All Gone Pete Tong
L'Auberge Espagnole
La Fille sur le Pont
Lenningrad Cowboys
Les Soeurs Fachées *****
Les Visiteurs
Lord of the Rings
Marriages
Mulholland Drive
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pi
Planet of the Apes (original)
Rabbit in the Headlights (Unkle) *****
Requiem for a Dream *****
Return of the Jedi
Rockers
Sin City
Star Wars (the original)
The Filth and the Fury *****
The Godfather (1,2)
The Green Mile (even if a bit Tom Hanks)
The Holy Mountain
The Hudsucker Proxy *****
The Killing Fields
The Life of Brian
The Matrix(1,2,3)
The Shining
The Truman Show *****
The Wall
Un Air de Famille
X-Men (1,2)