... discs with me wherever I go, most of which consist of two or more albums. I find this a necessity as my choice of listening material can change a number of times between getting on a bus, and getting off at the end of a journey. The only umbrella comment that I can make is that all of the music that I am passionate about tends to be relatively obscure and, for the most part, verging towards the more extreme and boundary stretching areas of the genre. My favourite bands tend to blur these boundaries; and that is why I believe that I like them. A few examples of these bands would be: * Converge - a band renowned for ground breaking work that straddles both metal and hardcore, re-writing the rule book for each. * Kid 606 - an artist well known for moving between complete noise and beautifully ambient electronica, and usually ...

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