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Balthazar

Balthazar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Strokes, Depeche Mode, Blur, The Joy Formidable and dEUS. Those roots explain a lot about how Balthazar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Absynthe Minded, dEUS, The Haunted Youth, Ghinzu and The Van Jets, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Warhaus, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Balthazar, reaching back through The Strokes and forward to Warhaus. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Balthazar is a Belgian indie pop/rock group. The band consists of Maarten Devoldere, Jinte Deprez, Simon Casier, Michiel Balcaen, and Tijs Delbeke, who all come from the areas of Kortrijk and Ghent (Flanders).

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
BalthazarThe StrokesDepeche ModeBlurThe Joy FormidabledEUSDevendra BanhartWarhausAbsynthe MindeddEUSThe Haunted YouthGhinzuThe Van JetsAdmiral FreebeeCari CariTamino

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Balthazar connections

Balthazar grew out of The Strokes, Depeche Mode, Blur and The Joy Formidable, shares an orbit with Absynthe Minded, dEUS, The Haunted Youth and Ghinzu, went on to shape Warhaus. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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