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Alphaville

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Alphaville is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Ava Max, Tubeway Army, Gary Numan, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Holly Johnson. 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 Pet Shop Boys, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Interactive, Wayne Wonder, Fan Death, Soulsister and Emblem3, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Alphaville, reaching back through Ava Max and forward to Interactive. 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
AlphavilleAva MaxTubeway ArmyGary NumanOrchestral Manoeuvre…Holly JohnsonDieter MeierMiriam StockleyInteractiveWayne WonderFan DeathSoulsisterEmblem3Karel GottSandraGuano Apesa-haUltravoxErasureKim WildePet Shop BoysThompson TwinsOrchestral Manoeuvre…Bronski Beat

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Alphaville connections

Alphaville grew out of Ava Max, Tubeway Army, Gary Numan and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, shares an orbit with a-ha, Ultravox, Erasure and Kim Wilde, went on to shape Interactive, Wayne Wonder, Fan Death and Soulsister. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Alphaville

Roots7

Sounds and acts that shaped Alphaville.

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