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Alain Bashung

Alternative rock
Alternative rockTrip hop

Alain Bashung is a Alternative rock and Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Cream, Sonny Landreth, Portishead, Noir Désir and Vanessa Paradis. Those roots explain a lot about how Alain Bashung arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Étienne Daho, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Eddy Mitchell, Francis Cabrel and Les Rita Mitsouko, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Daniel Balavoine, Benjamin Biolay, Hervé, Dominique A and Christian Andreu, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Alain Bashung, reaching back through Cream and forward to Daniel Balavoine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Alain BashungCreamSonny LandrethPortisheadNoir DésirVanessa ParadisFred RoseMiossecSerge GainsbourgDaniel BalavoineBenjamin BiolayHervéDominique AChristian AndreuÉtienne DahoHubert-Félix ThiéfaineEddy MitchellFrancis CabrelLes Rita MitsoukoSerge GainsbourgBenjamin BiolayGaëtan Roussel

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Alain Bashung connections

Alain Bashung grew out of Cream, Sonny Landreth, Portishead and Noir Désir, shares an orbit with Étienne Daho, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Eddy Mitchell and Francis Cabrel, went on to shape Daniel Balavoine, Benjamin Biolay, Hervé and Dominique A. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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