◇ image via WikipediaBlick Bassy
Blick Bassy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fatoumata Diawara, Skip James and Deep Forest. Those roots explain a lot about how Blick Bassy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roseaux, Amadou & Mariam, Keziah Jones, Tinariwen and Francis Bebey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Blick Bassy, reaching back through Fatoumata Diawara. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Blick Bassy is a Bassa singer-songwriter from Cameroon. Bassy writes his songs in his native language, Bassa. His song "Kiki", from Akö, featured as the theme song for the worldwide launch of the iPhone 6 in 2015.
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Blick Bassy connections
Blick Bassy grew out of Fatoumata Diawara, Skip James and Deep Forest, shares an orbit with Roseaux, Amadou & Mariam, Keziah Jones and Tinariwen. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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