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Ben Frost is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Valgeir Sigurðsson, Víkingur Ólafsson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, 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 William Basinski, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Tim Hecker, Swans, Björk and Paul Haslinger, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Ben Frost, reaching back through Valgeir Sigurðsson and forward to A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ben Frost connections
Ben Frost grew out of Valgeir Sigurðsson, Víkingur Ólafsson, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Tim Hecker, shares an orbit with Abul Mogard, Tim Hecker, Forest Swords and Loscil, went on to shape A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Tim Hecker, Swans and Björk. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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