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808 State

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808 State is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of A Guy Called Gerald, Lou Rhodes, Polygon Window, Bernard Sumner and James Dean Bradfield. Those roots explain a lot about how 808 State arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as LFO, Underworld, Adamski, Polygon Window and Fluke, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seal, David Bowie, Soundgarden, James Dean Bradfield and Brian Eno, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around 808 State, reaching back through A Guy Called Gerald and forward to Seal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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808 StateA Guy Called GeraldLou RhodesPolygon WindowBernard SumnerJames Dean BradfieldNew OrderJoy DivisionThe JamSealDavid BowieSoundgardenJames Dean BradfieldBrian EnoMansunSoul CoughingLou RhodesLFOUnderworldAdamskiPolygon WindowFlukeOpus IIIThe Black DogUtah Saints

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808 State connections

808 State grew out of A Guy Called Gerald, Lou Rhodes, Polygon Window and Bernard Sumner, shares an orbit with LFO, Underworld, Adamski and Polygon Window, went on to shape Seal, David Bowie, Soundgarden and James Dean Bradfield. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced 808 State

Roots8

Sounds and acts that shaped 808 State.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with 808 State.

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