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Apache Indian is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Desmond Dekker, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Raghav, Tim Dog and UB40. Those roots explain a lot about how Apache Indian arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chaka Demus & Pliers, Snow, Aswad, Inner Circle and Shaggy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tim Dog and Raghav, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Apache Indian, reaching back through Desmond Dekker and forward to Tim Dog. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Steven Kapur, known by the stage name Apache Indian, is a British singer-songwriter and reggae DJ, who had a series of hits during the 1990s. He is best known for the 1993 song "Boom Shack-A-Lak".
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Apache Indian connections
Apache Indian grew out of Desmond Dekker, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Raghav and Tim Dog, shares an orbit with Chaka Demus & Pliers, Snow, Aswad and Inner Circle, went on to shape Tim Dog and Raghav. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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