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Becoming X is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Portishead, Tricky, Garbage, Morcheeba and Sade. Those roots explain a lot about how Becoming X arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into IAMX, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Becoming X, reaching back through Portishead and forward to IAMX. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Becoming X is the debut album by English electronic band Sneaker Pimps. It was released on 19 August 1996 in the United Kingdom by Clean Up Records and on 25 February 1997 in the United States by Virgin Records. The album marked the only appearance of Kelli Dayton as lead singer before she was asked to leave the band; Chris Corner replaced her for the band's subsequent albums.
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Becoming X connections
Becoming X grew out of Portishead, Tricky, Garbage and Morcheeba, went on to shape IAMX. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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