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A Guy Called Gerald is a Drum and bass act. Their sound grew out of Lou Rhodes, 808 State, Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Those roots explain a lot about how A Guy Called Gerald arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Goldie, LFO, LTJ Bukem, Charanjit Singh and Todd Edwards, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seal, Finley Quaye, Lou Rhodes, Us and Herbie Hancock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around A Guy Called Gerald, reaching back through Lou Rhodes and forward to Seal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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A Guy Called Gerald connections
A Guy Called Gerald grew out of Lou Rhodes, 808 State, Juan Atkins and Derrick May, shares an orbit with Goldie, LFO, LTJ Bukem and Charanjit Singh, went on to shape Seal, Finley Quaye, Lou Rhodes and Us. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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