Comment by spacechild1
Comment by spacechild1 2 days ago
I think Zappa was mostly influenced by Varese. I can't see much Satie in his work. However, Satie's music and ideas had a big impact on John Cage, who in turn was obviously a very influential figure in experimental music.
Aphex Twin's Avril 14th [1] reminds me a bit of Satie. A bunch of songs in the same album, Drukqs, use John Cage's prepared piano technique [2]. A lot of Aphex Twin's music is ambient like Satie's, but I prefer his more in-your-face stuff.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxTdTaNIUxo
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc2HCxUQ12s