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Beats Antique is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Emancipator, Dirtwire, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti and Shpongle. Those roots explain a lot about how Beats Antique arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Afro Celt Sound System, Transglobal Underground, Niyaz, William Orbit and Tycho, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dirtwire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Beats Antique, reaching back through Emancipator and forward to Dirtwire. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Beats Antique is a U.S.-based experimental world fusion and electronic music group. Formed in 2007 in conjunction with producer Miles Copeland, the group has become noted for their mix of different genres as well as their live shows, which mix samples and heavy percussives with Tribal Fusion dance and performance art.
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Beats Antique connections
Beats Antique grew out of Emancipator, Dirtwire, Fela Kuti and Femi Kuti, shares an orbit with Afro Celt Sound System, Transglobal Underground, Niyaz and William Orbit, went on to shape Dirtwire. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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