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Balkans is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Television. Those roots explain a lot about how Balkans arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Buttertones, Hot Flash Heat Wave, The Symposium, The Soft Pack and Inner Wave, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Trial by Fire, Atlas Sound, Toro y Moi, Washed Out and Deerhunter, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Balkans, reaching back through Television and forward to Trial by Fire. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Balkans connections
Balkans grew out of Television, shares an orbit with The Buttertones, Hot Flash Heat Wave, The Symposium and The Soft Pack, went on to shape Trial by Fire, Atlas Sound, Toro y Moi and Washed Out. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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