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Mecano was a huge pop band from Spain during the 80s and early 90s. They were a really cool, ahead of their time band and I think some of their music still sounds pretty relevant today. I was exposed to their music because my older sisters listened to them a ton, and their songs played a big role in my childhood...

I think I might be one of Sean’s biggest fans. I think he is so great in such an indescribable way. I played a show with him in Montreal last year and that was my first time seeing him...it was unlike any live experience I’ve had before, his performance feels like a Lynchian dream...

Luca is probably the single reason that I ever put any of my music out to begin with. He is many things to me, but all around has been my number one supporter & has been a huge part of both of my EPs/Tei Shi in general. But he also makes all sorts of his own crazy amazing music, and I look forward to the day he puts some of it out...

Jess Chen is an artist and graphic designer who kicks ass. Jess did the artwork for my EP, she is really really talented and also incredibly sweet and adorable. Her artwork features a lot of geometric, collage and abstract mixing of all of these planes into really beautiful creations...

There’s nothing cooler to me than someone who has real chops at whatever it is they do. Beyond all cool factor in music, and all that, there is nothing sweeter than an insane ability with an instrument or voice. I’m a huge appreciator of big, interesting voices, and this chick has one of the sickest contemporary voices I’ve come across...

Nick Hakim is truly great and you should check out his music. It’s smooth and soulful and created with real care and emotion. And his voice is out of this world. Nick and I met during a summer camp where we performed Mariah Carey and Musiq Soulchild duets together in front of a bunch of parents...

Show Me The Body is really fucking weird and cool. I don’t know what else to say about them. They’re really young, smart New York punkies (not to categorize them as punk specifically) — the banjo is pretty central in their stuff. There’s something really hard to pin down about their music but what’s for sure is that they’re cooler than I ever knew was possible at their age...

Pete Drake was a really well known pedal steel guitar player in Nashville in the 60s, He played on some of the biggest songs/for the biggest artists ever. But he also came up with the idea of basically using your mouth as the amplifier for a guitar...

The Danger Boys is Jack McNutt and Julian Master. They are ridiculous and amazing. I got to know of them because they created an instagram page called dead animals I killed and started trolling me hard with it. The instagram page was horrible but also makes sense when you get to know their persona better, and realize they are these two really insane, hilarious and talented beef cakes...

Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer who put music out predominantly during the 60s and 70s. I love Brazilian music and especially Brazilian female vocalists. There’s something about the language and how beautiful it is from a feminine perspective...