◇ image via WikipediaAjda Pekkan
Ajda Pekkan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frank Sinatra and Mina. Those roots explain a lot about how Ajda Pekkan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Hande Yener, Candan Erçetin and Levent Yüksel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sezen Aksu, Tarkan, Gülşen, Manifest and Aynur Doğan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Ajda Pekkan, reaching back through Frank Sinatra and forward to Sezen Aksu. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ajda Pekkan connections
Ajda Pekkan grew out of Frank Sinatra and Mina, shares an orbit with Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Hande Yener and Candan Erçetin, went on to shape Sezen Aksu, Tarkan, Gülşen and Manifest. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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