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B12 is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Joe Morello, Ron Carter, Juan Atkins, Dave Brubeck and Derrick May. Those roots explain a lot about how B12 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Black Dog, LFO, Plaid, Sun Electric and Polygon Window, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stereopathetic Soulmanure, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around B12, reaching back through Joe Morello and forward to Stereopathetic Soulmanure. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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B12 connections
B12 grew out of Joe Morello, Ron Carter, Juan Atkins and Dave Brubeck, shares an orbit with The Black Dog, LFO, Plaid and Sun Electric, went on to shape Stereopathetic Soulmanure. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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