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Ben Frost

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Ben Frost is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Víkingur Ólafsson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Tim Hecker and Brian Eno. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Frost arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Abul Mogard, Tim Hecker, Forest Swords, Loscil and Oneohtrix Point Never, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Björk, Tim Hecker, Swans, A Winged Victory for the Sullen and Paul Haslinger, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Ben Frost, reaching back through Víkingur Ólafsson and forward to Björk. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ben FrostVíkingur ÓlafssonHildur GuðnadóttirValgeir SigurðssonTim HeckerBrian EnoBjörkTim HeckerSwansA Winged Victory for…Paul HaslingerAbul MogardTim HeckerForest SwordsLoscilOneohtrix Point NeverJefre Cantu-LedesmaCaterina BarbieriCliff Martinez

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Ben Frost connections

Ben Frost grew out of Víkingur Ólafsson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Valgeir Sigurðsson and Tim Hecker, shares an orbit with Abul Mogard, Tim Hecker, Forest Swords and Loscil, went on to shape Björk, Tim Hecker, Swans and A Winged Victory for the Sullen. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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