◇ image via WikipediaBell X1
Bell X1 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sam Amidon, The Coronas, The Blue Nile, Talking Heads and David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how Bell X1 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Frames, Villagers, Shearwater, The Zutons and Fionn Regan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Villagers, Damien Rice and Family of the Year, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Bell X1, reaching back through Sam Amidon and forward to Villagers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bell X1 connections
Bell X1 grew out of Sam Amidon, The Coronas, The Blue Nile and Talking Heads, shares an orbit with The Frames, Villagers, Shearwater and The Zutons, went on to shape Villagers, Damien Rice and Family of the Year. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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