One thing that's really engaging me at the moment are musicians who break the mould in an almost sneaky fashion. As in, they lead you to think you're going to get the same old and them completed switch it up and just flip your whole perspective. In the real underground of Drum & Bass right now there's people challenging what rhythms are really possible. Pushing and pulling what can be consider Drum & Bass but still way out there, it's great. Most people know the standard Amen Break pattern that is used continuously in the genre and they think that's all there is, but listen to something like this: https://soundcloud.com/diffrent/tech9 or https://soundcloud.com/straydnb/stray-halogenix-poison-warm0... I love how those crazy rhythms just burst out of nowhere. I strive for true uniqueness in my output so these types of things are really inspiring. Of course, I could talk for pages on my many other areas of influences, but this is just one at the present moment.