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B12 is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Ron Carter, Joe Morello and Dave Brubeck. Those roots explain a lot about how B12 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Musicology, The Black Dog, LFO, Plaid and Sun Electric, 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 22 connections around B12, reaching back through Juan Atkins 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 Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Ron Carter and Joe Morello, shares an orbit with Musicology, The Black Dog, LFO and Plaid, went on to shape Stereopathetic Soulmanure. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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