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Akira Yamaoka

Dark ambient
Dark ambientRockTrip hop

Akira Yamaoka is a Dark ambient and Rock act. Their catalogue also touches Trip hop. Their sound grew out of Steve Strange, Visage, Art of Noise, Ennio Morricone and Trent Reznor. Those roots explain a lot about how Akira Yamaoka arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as KIKIYAMA, Angelo Badalamenti, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Jesper Kyd and Shoji Meguro, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Laura Shigihara, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Akira Yamaoka, reaching back through Steve Strange and forward to Laura Shigihara. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Akira YamaokaSteve StrangeVisageArt of NoiseEnnio MorriconeTrent ReznorNine Inch NailsAngelo BadalamentiDepeche ModeLaura ShigiharaKIKIYAMAAngelo BadalamentiTrent Reznor and Att…Jesper KydShoji MeguroGustavo Santaolalla

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Akira Yamaoka connections

Akira Yamaoka grew out of Steve Strange, Visage, Art of Noise and Ennio Morricone, shares an orbit with KIKIYAMA, Angelo Badalamenti, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Jesper Kyd, went on to shape Laura Shigihara. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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