Well, personally his music speaks to me. I create ambient music also and I'm influenced by him as well as some of the other artists I mentioned. I can't speak for anyone else. His music just has a familiarity that seems to come from a place that says he understands me or what I like. Like some strange deja vu that I can't explain beyond that. It has nothing to do with his current popularity or his history with other musicians. I discovered him on college radio back in the late 70s though I had been listening to him and his influence for several years unbeknownst to me via Bowie's Berlin trilogy.
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