ARTIST Patrick Gabriel Doyle

Influences: Specifically and in general, but in no specific order. . . .'School's Out', 'Elected', 'Hello Hooray', 'Generation Landslide', 'Halo of Flies' - Alice Cooper. . . ..'Close To The Edge', 'Tales From Topographic Oceans', 'Relayer' - Yes . . .'Dark Side Of The Moon' - Pink Floyd. . .A guy jumping repeatedly into a swimming pool when I was a wee boy. . .'Flying Teapot Trilogy' - Gong. . ..Bagpipe drones. . . .The sights and sounds of nature. . .Trains. . .Tibetan Chant music recorded on location in the fifties and heard 30 years later in a flat in Manchester. . .Drummers from the Upper Voltaire Mountains (similar situation to previous). . .'Canton', 'Ghosts', 'Nightporter' - Japan. . . .Mid-eighties electro megamixes. . .Dub. . .'Hounds Of Love' album - Kate Bush. . .'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' - Tears For Fears. . .Trancey-Dance 90's stuff like Out of The Blue - System F. . . .Some turn of the century Rock/metal chords and distortion (in sound if not in spirit!). . .Acoustic Indian, Arabic and Chinese Stuff. . . . .Scottish Stuff. . . .Rhythms of the World and Rhythms of the Earth. . . .Caroline, my wife. . .Life, the Universe and Everything. . . . . . . . .There,that's not comprehensive, but it fills a bit of space - and there's always stuff that one likes but isn't necessarily an influence, but that can wait 'til an other time.