We all have inspirations in our life, and Kipster is no different. A broad spectrum of music tastes influences everything he does, often seizing excerpts of music not usually associated with hard trance :

Metal/Hard Rock
Avenged Sevenfold
Breed 77
Bullets & Octane
Disturbed
Dropkick Murphys
Faith No More
Guns n Roses
Rise Against
Silent Descent
Slipknot
Stone Sour
The Wildhearts

Dance
Apollo 440
BT
Eryk Orpheus
K90
Kevin Energy
Sean Tyas
Steve O'Brady
Technikal
Trevor McLachlan

Other Randoms
Billy Joel
Buddy Holly
Dire Straits
Meat Loaf
Magic FM
Phil Collins
Stone Roses