◇ image via WikipediaAkiko Yano
Akiko Yano is a Disco and Electronic act. Their catalogue also touches J-pop and Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Rei Harakami, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Little Feat. Those roots explain a lot about how Akiko Yano arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Akina Nakamori and Perfume, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shinichiro Yokota, Soichi Terada, Little Feat and Kate Bush, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Akiko Yano, reaching back through Rei Harakami and forward to Shinichiro Yokota. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Akiko Yano connections
Akiko Yano grew out of Rei Harakami, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Little Feat, shares an orbit with Akina Nakamori and Perfume, went on to shape Shinichiro Yokota, Soichi Terada, Little Feat and Kate Bush. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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