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Air is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Virgin Suicides, Étienne Daho, Cola Boyy, Klub des Loosers and Jarvis Cocker. Those roots explain a lot about how Air arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tricky, Massive Attack, Moloko, Portishead and Tosca, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Thrills, Señor Coconut, Porter, Mazzy Star and Midnight Juggernauts, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Air, reaching back through The Virgin Suicides and forward to The Thrills. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Air connections
Air grew out of The Virgin Suicides, Étienne Daho, Cola Boyy and Klub des Loosers, shares an orbit with Tricky, Massive Attack, Moloko and Portishead, went on to shape The Thrills, Señor Coconut, Porter and Mazzy Star. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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