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Animotion

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Animotion is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Lauren Wood and Climie Fisher. Those roots explain a lot about how Animotion arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thompson Twins, Wang Chung, The Fixx, ABC and Alphaville, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Berlin, A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, Taller in More Ways and Phil Collins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Animotion, reaching back through Lauren Wood and forward to Berlin. 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
AnimotionLauren WoodClimie FisherBerlinA Flock of SeagullsWang ChungTaller in More WaysPhil CollinsDepeche ModeEurythmicsGenesisThompson TwinsWang ChungThe FixxABCAlphavilleUltravoxPropagandaThe Flirts

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Animotion connections

Animotion grew out of Lauren Wood and Climie Fisher, shares an orbit with Thompson Twins, Wang Chung, The Fixx and ABC, went on to shape Berlin, A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung and Taller in More Ways. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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