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Afrikan Boy

Afrobeat
Afrobeat

Afrikan Boy is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of DJ Shadow and Noisettes. Those roots explain a lot about how Afrikan Boy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dels, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into M.I.A., Rye Rye, DJ Shadow, Femi Kuti and Damon Albarn, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Afrikan Boy, reaching back through DJ Shadow and forward to M.I.A.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Afrikan BoyDJ ShadowNoisettesM.I.A.Rye RyeDJ ShadowFemi KutiDamon AlbarnFatoumata DiawaraBaaba MaalDels

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Afrikan Boy connections

Afrikan Boy grew out of DJ Shadow and Noisettes, shares an orbit with Dels, went on to shape M.I.A., Rye Rye, DJ Shadow and Femi Kuti. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots2

Sounds and acts that shaped Afrikan Boy.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Afrikan Boy.

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