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Bailter Space is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sonic Youth, The Clean, Dinosaur Jr., Pixies and Superchunk. Those roots explain a lot about how Bailter Space arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Band of Susans, Swirlies, Lilys, Seam and Bethany Curve, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alison's Halo and The Courtneys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Bailter Space, reaching back through Sonic Youth and forward to Alison's Halo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bailter Space is a New Zealand shoegaze and noise rock band that formed in Christchurch in 1987 as Nelsh Bailter Space; they had previously recorded as the Gordons. Its members are Alister Parker, John Halvorsen, and Brent McLachlan. After releasing seven studio albums, numerous EPs/singles and a career retrospective compilation, Bailter Space went on an extended hiatus in 2004. They returned in August 2008 to play the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan.
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Bailter Space connections
Bailter Space grew out of Sonic Youth, The Clean, Dinosaur Jr. and Pixies, shares an orbit with Band of Susans, Swirlies, Lilys and Seam, went on to shape Alison's Halo and The Courtneys. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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