Soundtrack to my life

To my very pleasant surprise, Gilles Peterson is coming to Blå
here in Oslo next saturday for a dj gig. He is the number one
guy I look up to when it comes to music. Musical taste is, as
pretty much everything else in life, a learning process. And
Gilles Peterson is the master. He has endless knowledge of
music from so many different genres. One minute he is playing
some unreleased Roots or Justin song, and the next he is
playing caribbean folk music or some african jazz band you
would never have heard of unless for him playing it. And that
is when you realize that good music comes from everywhere,
and all sorts of genres, you just need to learn what to listen for.

Here are the top gems in my music collection:

Diplo & Tripledouble - Aeiou I & II
Pro Celebrity Golf & Jay Glaze - Three Sinister Syllables
Monkone - Breakin' Rocks
Mike the 2600 King - Heavy Session
RJD2 - Your Face or Your Kneecaps

I do have a lot of respect for what the A-Traks and Q-Berts out
there are doing technically, but the mixes listed above are the
best mixtapes out there, in my opinion. Although, there's a lot of
good stuff coming from these guys as well; Nick Catchdubs, DK,
Spank Rock, Ayres, DJ Eleven, DJ Moneyshot, DJ Oof, Spinbad,
Black Grass, Mark Ronson, Low Budget, Aaron LaCrate, Cosmo
Baker, Boca 45, Der Vinylizer, DJ Shadow, J.Mountain, Small
Change, Arthur King and Neil Armstrong. Many mentioned, many
forgotten.

All that set aside, I'm really a rocker which runs around listening
to everything from Slayer to Test Icicles to Forward Russia to
Death From Above. Of course, that's when I'm not listening to
jazz, world music, hip hop, electro, broken beat or something
else that suits my mood...