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Alphaville is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Holly Johnson, Dieter Meier, Miriam Stockley, Ava Max and Tubeway Army. Those roots explain a lot about how Alphaville arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as a-ha, Ultravox, Erasure, Kim Wilde and Thompson Twins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Laura Branigan, Youth Group, JAY-Z, Schiller and Cappella, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Alphaville, reaching back through Holly Johnson and forward to Laura Branigan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Alphaville connections
Alphaville grew out of Holly Johnson, Dieter Meier, Miriam Stockley and Ava Max, shares an orbit with a-ha, Ultravox, Erasure and Kim Wilde, went on to shape Laura Branigan, Youth Group, JAY-Z and Schiller. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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