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Alec Empire

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Alec Empire is a Ambient and Techno act. Their sound grew out of El-P, Prince Paul, Charlie Clouser, IAMX and Hanin Elias. Those roots explain a lot about how Alec Empire arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Venetian Snares, The Mad Capsule Markets and Machine Girl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cibo Matto, Mogwai, The Mad Capsule Markets, The Big Pink and Björk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Alec Empire, reaching back through El-P and forward to Cibo Matto. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Alec EmpireEl-PPrince PaulCharlie ClouserIAMXHanin EliasForgotten SunriseBjörkIan PooleyCibo MattoMogwaiThe Mad Capsule Mark…The Big PinkBjörkNicoletteVenetian SnaresThe Mad Capsule Mark…Machine Girl

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Alec Empire connections

Alec Empire grew out of El-P, Prince Paul, Charlie Clouser and IAMX, shares an orbit with Venetian Snares, The Mad Capsule Markets and Machine Girl, went on to shape Cibo Matto, Mogwai, The Mad Capsule Markets and The Big Pink. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots18

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