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A Guy Called Gerald is a Drum and bass act. Their sound grew out of Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Lou Rhodes and 808 State. 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, Photek, LTJ Bukem and Charanjit Singh, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seal, 808 State, Goldie, Finley Quaye and Lou Rhodes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around A Guy Called Gerald, reaching back through Juan Atkins 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 Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Lou Rhodes, shares an orbit with Goldie, LFO, Photek and LTJ Bukem, went on to shape Seal, 808 State, Goldie and Finley Quaye. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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