Haven't really seen a topic on this, apologies if it HAS been done. Anyone know what the man himself listens to for inspiration? What his formative tastes were? I imagine early on he listened to fair amounts of Metal/progressive stuff, and maybe orchestral/soundtracks.

I think I recall a few threads where he said he liked artists such as Ravi Shankar (Which is obvious, if you own Hummer), Paul Horn, Ulver, Meshuggah, Gojira, and Opeth. However, I'm sure that changes pretty often.

On a related note, I would give my left testicle to hear Dev and Kristoffer Rygg of Ulver collab. on something.

Grotus are a biggie. He also spent alot of time praising Enya and gangsta rap last time I ran into him (which was admittedly three years ago).

i'm more than happy to sing enya's praises also.....'how can i keep from singing?'

i'm more than happy to sing enya's praises also.....'how can i keep from singing?'

Yep, big Enya fan here too. Been listening to Watermark non stop recently.

Zoviet France [ambient/dark ambient]

Zoviet France [ambient/dark ambient]

Dark ambient what?

Devin and Kris Rygg are without a doubt my 2 favourite musicians. A collaboration? I would die and go to heaven

Zoviet France [ambient/dark ambient]

Dark ambient what?

Music

Zoviet France [ambient/dark ambient]

Dark ambient what?

Music

Yeah, very amusing....

Zoviet France [ambient/dark ambient]

Dark ambient what?

Music

Yeah, very amusing....

Dark ambient is a recognized genre of music.

I've read many times that Devin has been quoted saying that Meshuggah were the best band on the planet, and I'd not be one to disagree.

Zoviet France [ambient/dark ambient]

Dark ambient what?

Music

Yeah, very amusing....

Dark ambient is a recognized genre of music.

I've read many times that Devin has been quoted saying that Meshuggah were the best band on the planet, and I'd not be one to disagree.

Yeah but it's not very specific. You can have dark ambient Metal. Dark ambient orchestral. Dark ambient electronic.......

"Dark Ambient" refers to a subgenre of the straight-up ambient genre; not really metal in the slightest. The "dark" subgenre comes from the fact that it is simply darker than normal ambient.

To describe further, take the band _Algol_ as ambient - next to no musical structure, just lots of location recordings and a few really light synths. Then take Lustmord's Heresy as dark ambient - a twisted, structureless journey through hell with no real instrumentation, just really fucked up cave recordings, monster noises and strange satanic sounding horns.

Hope that helps.