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Ben Watt is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Robert Wyatt, David Gilmour, Marissa Nadler and Tim Buckley. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Watt arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe Goddard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Justin Martin, Âme, Radio Slave and John Tejada, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Ben Watt, reaching back through Robert Wyatt and forward to Justin Martin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, singer, songwriter, author, DJ, and radio presenter, best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl.
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Ben Watt connections
Ben Watt grew out of Robert Wyatt, David Gilmour, Marissa Nadler and Tim Buckley, shares an orbit with Joe Goddard, went on to shape Justin Martin, Âme, Radio Slave and John Tejada. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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