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Alex Final
San Clemente, California, United States
- Crafts:
- composer
- Instruments:
- computer (pc)
- Genres:
- electronica
- Influences:
- Cocteau Twins
Clay T.
Asheville, NC, United States
- Instruments:
- nylon guitar (classical), electric guitar
- Genres:
- indie pop
- Influences:
- Cocteau Twins, The Smiths
Kat B.
San Francisco, CA, United States
- Genres:
- industrial, ambient, gothic rock, ethnic
- Influences:
- Scorn, Cocteau Twins, Coil, Laibach
Johan Baskara
Bandung, West java, Indonesia
- Crafts:
- songwriter
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Influences:
- Cocteau Twins, Air, The Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, Sting
Robert Bishop
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Instruments:
- Synthesizer (All)
- Genres:
- electronic, ambient, blues
- Influences:
- The Orb, Harold Budd, Cocteau Twins, Royksopp, TV on the Radio, Morphine, Talking Heads
Randy M.
Geneva, IL, United States
- Crafts:
- web developer
- Instruments:
- synthesizer, electric guitar, computer (pc), electric bass
- Influences:
- Vangelis, Pink Floyd, Rush, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Klaus Schulze, Cocteau Twins, Skinny Puppy
Derek W.
vancouver, Canada
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass (All), drums, voice (backing)
- Influences:
- Ride, Cocteau Twins, Blonde Redhead, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths
John Pallister
Wellington, New Zealand
- Crafts:
- musician, recording engineer, producer
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, voice, synthesizer
- Influences:
- Tool, Steely Dan, Tori Amos, Cocteau Twins, Curve, Shihad, Soundgarden
Matt L.
United States
- Crafts:
- singer, songwriter, musician
- Instruments:
- voice (male), Guitar (All), Synthesizer (All), sequencer
- Genres:
- Alternative, electronic, rock, Pop, Indie
- Influences:
- Built To Spill, Cocteau Twins, Portishead, Nirvana, BT, Jeff Buckley, Hum, Dinosaur Jr., The Mars Volta
Aram K.
New Orleans, LA, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, keyboard, Voice (All)
- Genres:
- Alternative, progressive electronic
- Influences:
- Elliott Smith, Cocteau Twins, Radiohead, beatles, The Zombies, Lou Barlow, Neko Case, Panda Bear, Brian Wilson
David F.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Crafts:
- web designer, graphic designer, photographer, videographer, musician
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass
- Genres:
- Alternative, alternative rock, rock, experimental, instrumental, shoegaze, gothic rock
- Influences:
- The Mission, Peter Murphy, Cocteau Twins, U2, Radiohead, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Def Leppard, Rush, Oingo Boingo, The Cult, Lush
pg cd
Milano, MI, Italy
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, Percussion (All), computer (pc), sequencer, voice (baritone)
- Genres:
- industrial, techno, ambient, modern classical, indie rock
J. Wukotich
Toledo, OH, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, acoustic guitar, trumpet, electric bass
- Genres:
- acid rock, alternative rock, acoustic, ambient
Kyle Crawford
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Piano (All), Voice (All), loop programmer, drum machine
- Genres:
- rock, noise, art punk, psychedelic, electronic, funk (all)
Isaac Schmidt
Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Instruments:
- Drums (All), acoustic guitar, voice (male), computer (mac), electric drums, drums
- Genres:
- rock, Pop, indie pop, indie rock
- Influences:
- Beirut, Blonde Redhead, Spoon, Ra Ra Riot, Mos Def, Jeff Buckley, The Smiths, Radiohead, Cocteau Twins, Fleetwood Mac, Elliott Smith, Tom Waits, Al Green, The Cure, Morrissey, Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Sigur Ros, Beck, Mew, Bloc Party, Glasvegas, The XX, mikael simpson, The Pixies, Handsom Furs, The National
Garrett Miller
Visalia, California, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, musician, programmer, recording engineer, songwriter
- Instruments:
- Synthesizer (All), acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Drums (All), Bass, computer (pc)
- Genres:
- electronic, Alternative, acoustic
- Influences:
- Cocteau Twins, New Order, OMD, Sarah Brightman, Thomas Dolby, David Bowie, bel canto, Astrud Gilberto, Ultravox, The House of Love, Electric Light Orchestra, Kraftwerk, The Sundays, Tears For Fears, The B-52's, The Police, everything but the girl, Poe, Missing Persons, A Flock of Seagulls, Berlin, Thompson Twins, Talk Talk, The fixx, Depeche Mode, Sixpence None The Richer
The Sunday Mourners AP
Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass (All), drum machine
- Genres:
- post punk, new wave, shoegaze, gothic rock, classical
- Influences:
- Wire, Xmal Deutschland, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cure, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Wall of Voodoo, Brian Eno, The Smiths, Can, Cocteau Twins, Ride, The Chameleons, Dead Can Dance, The Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Birthday Party, Nico, Leonard Cohen, The Pretty Things, Sad lovers and giants, The Poets, The names, Minny pops, The wake
Tydal C.
Ireland
- Crafts:
- musician, graphic designer
- Instruments:
- synthesizer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Genres:
- experimental noise, space rock, neo-folk, space, psychedelic, experimental, ambient
- Influences:
- Michael Gira, The Angels of Light, Swans, Voivod, Angel in Heavy Syrup, Lycia, Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie, Gordon Lightfoot, Celtic Frost, Skinny Puppy, Kristy Thirsk, Lush, Venom, Wire, Fates Warning, John Arch, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt, Coil, Black Sabbath, Loreena McKennitt, Low, Hedningarna, Kosmos
Kyle O.
near Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, keyboard
- Genres:
- electropop, britfunk, electrofunk, trip-hop, noise rock, post-rock, dream pop, instrumental rock, progressive rock
- Influences:
- Bjork, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Brian Eno, Happy Mondays, Led Zeppelin, Lush, Massive Attack, My Bloody Valentine, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Slowdive, The Stone Roses, Talking Heads, Tool, Arcade Fire, Asobi Seksu, Battles, Blonde Redhead, The Field, Interpol, Mastodon, Mew, Sigur Ros
Erika Lloyd
New York, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
Isabella .
Florida, United States
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, electric bass, double bass, voice (soprano)
- Influences:
- Deerhoof, My Bloody Valentine, Nina Nastasia, Neko Case, Big Star, Wire, The Breeders, David Bowie, Drive-By Truckers, PJ Harvey, Shannon Wright, Brian Eno, 13th Floor Elevators, Half Japanese, Tom Waits, Cocteau Twins, Mogwai, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dinosaur Jr., Eric Satie, The Clash
Contest Honorable Mentions
David Forlano
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Crafts:
- remixer, video editor, videographer
- Instruments:
- Electronic (All)
- Genres:
- free improvisation, free, beatnoise, ambient, organic ambient, dark ambient, ambient dub, soft ambient
- Influences:
- Brian Eno, Bjork, Ikue Mori, Cocteau Twins, Howie B, Zeena Parkins, Derek Bailey, Aphex Twin, Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Robert Fripp, Jon Hassell, John Zorn, Djivan Gasparyan, Yes, Fred Frith, David Sylvian, Harold Budd, Syd Barrett, Jan Garbarek, Laraaji, Ralph Towner, John McLaughlin, Daniel Lanois, Korn, Laurie Anderson, Kate Bush, Gavin Bryars, Matmos, Robin Guthrie, David Bowie, Otomo Yoshihide, Ruins, Philip Glass, Pandit Jasraj, Steve Reich
ANDY L.
Sacramento, CA, United States
- Instruments:
- Voice (All), Guitar (All), Bass (All), Drums (All)
- Influences:
- Muse, Ours, U2, Depeche Mode, The Sneaker Pimps, Nine Inch Nails, Front 242, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, circle of dust, Marilyn Manson, Clash, Elvis, Cocteau Twins, IAMX, Art of Noise, A Perfect Circle, Slipknot, Skinny Puppy, Social Distortion, Static X, System Of A Down, The Black Angels, The Cure, Portishead, Zero 7, Amon Tobin, RJD2, Prefuse 73, Wax Tailor, Sixtoo, Massive Attack, FGFC820
~ D R E X E R ~ Guy Jamison Wood
Ballston Spa, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- composer, artist relations, producer, illustrator, painter, web producer, web designer, instrument collector, music equipment technician, music equipment repair technician, audio technician
- Instruments:
- guitar-synth, fretless bass, percussion, trombone, voice, piano, Synthesizer (All), electric bass, acoustic bass, electric drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
- Genres:
- dark ambient, dream pop, alternative rock, punk rock, industrial, electronic, emo, drum and bass, techno, trip-hop, folk, rock and roll, rock, modern rock, gothic rock, jazz (all), big band, classical, classic rock, bluegrass, World Music, celtic, celtic rock
- Influences:
- Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, Siousxie and The Banshees, The Cure, Tones on Tails, Bauhaus, Curve, Garbage, Foo Fighters, Pink Floyd, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young), The Allman Brothers Band, Jethro Tull, Phish, The Chemical Brothers, Pigface, The Beatles, Clannad, The Sneaker Pimps, Republica, New Order, Depeche Mode, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, Fugazi, Better Than Ezra, Paul Mccartney
Victim Longmont
Portland, OR, United States
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, electric drums, keyboard
- Genres:
- rock and roll, post punk, alternative rock, indie rock
- Influences:
- Wire, KISS, The Clash, Sonic Youth, The Fall, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, Joy Division, Pere Ubu, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Cocteau Twins, New Order, concrete blonde, Tones On Tail, The Cult, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Gun Club, Redd Kross, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Roy Harper, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Skin Yard, Roxy Music, King Crimson, Devo, Minutemen, The Glove, Gary Numan, Deconstruction, Led Zeppelin, Syd Barrett, Interpol
gaby g.
San Francisco, CA, United States
- Instruments:
- air guitar, electric guitar, Bass, Synthesizer (All), Voice (All)
- Genres:
- death pop, horror punk, shoegaze
- Influences:
- Dinosaur Jr., Curve, barry adamson, The Afghan Whigs, Throwing Muses, The Sisters of Mercy, the autumns, east river pipe, Bauhaus, Built To Spill, The Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Cocteau Twins, Electric Wizard, heatmiser, Lush, Lustmord, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pavement, PJ Harvey, Red House Painters, Roxy Music, The Stone Roses, sugar, Talk Talk, Telefon Tel Aviv, Ulrich Schnauss, Unwound, Young Marble Giants, Frontline Assembly, Front 242, Sleep, Gza, Apparat, Guided by Voices, Suicide, Bratmobile, Pixies, alias
alex m.
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Bass, voice (male)
- Genres:
- Alternative, acoustic, alternative rock, rock, rock and roll, groove, ballad, ambient acoustic, electroacoustic, electrofunk, blues-rock, funk (all), garage, glam rock, trip-hop, ambient, ambient dub, improvisational, indie pop, instrumental, World Music, new age, electro
- Influences:
- Blondie, Love and Rockets, Tones on Tails, The Pretenders, The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Pixies, Buzzcocks, Roxy Music, The Cars, Cocteau Twins, Devo, Dee-Lite, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Al Green, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Dire Straits, The Doors, Elvis Presley, Enya, The Fall, The Future Sound of London, Gary Numan, Lonnie Liston Smith, Lou Reed, Orbital, The Police, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Talking Heads, Television
Kristi P.
New York, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter, song stylist, lyricist, melody maker
- Instruments:
- keyboard, voice (backing), voice (female), voice (lead)
- Genres:
- Indie, ambient, art rock, electronica, alternative country
- Influences:
- Sully, Bright Black Morning Light, 4-AD, Jeff Buckley, Cocteau Twins, Neko Case, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, The Smiths, Duran Duran, A Perfect Circle, Radiohead, Roxy Music, Arthur Russell, Joy Division, Pylon, Claude Von Stroke, Elliott Smith, The Knife, Love and Rockets, Daniel Ash, Mazzy Star, Likke Li, Nouvelle Vague, Martha Wainwright, Serge Gainsbourg, Fleetwood Mac, The Sundays, Harriet Wheeler, T. Rex, Talking Heads, Throwing Muses
Featured Artist
Sierra H.
Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter, singer, producer, lyricist
- Instruments:
- voice (female), keyboard
- Genres:
- Pop, rock, Indie, soul rock, world, jazz, trip-hop, electroacoustic, electronica, alternative rock
- Influences:
- Sting, Jeff Buckley, Ella Fitzgerald, Fiona Apple, Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Bird and the Bee, Martha Wainwright, Colin Hay, Thom Yorke, Dead Can Dance, Damien Rice, Jill Scott, Interpol, Metric, Rufus Wainwright, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Zero 7, Sia, Skunk Anansie, Xtc, Radiohead, She Wants Revenge, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Loreena McKennitt, Clannad, Mellowdrone, Remy Zero, Lauryn Hill, Jazmine Sullivan, Amos Lee, David Gray, Tori Amos, Level 42, Des'ree, The Police, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Smiths, Snow Patrol, Dashboard Confessional, Bright Eyes, Tool, Joni Mitchell, Ok Go, Mark Ronson, Morcheeba, Feist, Lisa Gerard
Arjuna 808
Honolulu, HI, United States
- Instruments:
- electric bass, electric guitar, electronics
- Influences:
- Echo & the Bunnymen, David Sylvian, Gorillaz, Air, The Doves, Fatboy Slim, Fennesz, Brian Ferry, Blur, Beck, Boards of Canada, Cocteau Twins, Bill Nelson, Neko Case, Radiohead, Bill Laswell, Steve Tibbetts, New Order, The Sisters of Mercy, Nine Inch Nails, Thievery Corporation, Thomas Dolby, Zero 7, 808 State, Four Tet, Spoon, The Shins, R.E.M., Propaganda, Peter Murphy, The Orb, Nick Drake, Neil Finn, Crowded House, Massive Attack, Maps, The Lucy Show, Leftfield, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse, Gary Numan, David Bowie, The Blue Nile, Einstuerzende Neubauten
