dustin off the cobwebs...hmm...in no particular order:
1. Eon: Spice
It didn't really change me, but it at least opened my ears to this stuff people called "techno." That must have been back around eighth grade or so...and it stuck with me through all the little musical "phases" I've been through since then.
2. Toad The Wet Sprocket: Pale
Drew me away from grungy angst-rock towards music with a bit more thought put into it.
3. Big Audio Dynamite - Rush EP
Track 3 - City Lights mmmm nice
4. Aphex Twin - ICBYD (of course)
5. Black Dog - Spanners
The album which set me firmly into the musical rut I'm in now.
6. v/a: Necropolis: The Dialogic Project
7. Electric Company: Studio City
still not quite sure just what this one's all about, but it does my head right in every time.
8. B12 - Electro Soma
9. Radiohead - OK Computer
Made me realize that not all mainstream rock is crap, along with the best use (and hopefully the last) I've heard of that one Macintosh voice ("Fred", I believe?).
10. Autechre - Autriche
Unfortunatly, this is the track that made me realize that Ae is in fact capable of writing something I don't like. It's the dippy faux bassoon sound that does it.
There's plenty more I'm sure, but ten is enough for now.
C.M.