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20syl is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Miles Davis and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how 20syl arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gramatik, Mr. Green, Myd, Georgio and Kid Francescoli, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Slum Village, Scred Connexion, Fabe, Diam's and Disiz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around 20syl, reaching back through Miles Davis and forward to Slum Village. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sylvain Richard, better known by his stage name 20syl, is a French rapper, disc jockey, and producer. He is a composer and MC in the group Hocus Pocus, a member of the beatmaker collective of DJs C2C, one half of the Hip-Hop/electronic duo AllttA, and the quadruple world champion DMC Team. He published his first EP, Motifs, in 2014, followed by Motifs II in 2015.
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20syl connections
20syl grew out of Miles Davis and Billie Holiday, shares an orbit with Gramatik, Mr. Green, Myd and Georgio, went on to shape Slum Village, Scred Connexion, Fabe and Diam's. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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