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Blue Lines is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Pink Floyd, Public Image Ltd., Billy Cobham, Wally Badarou and Herbie Hancock. Those roots explain a lot about how Blue Lines arrange songs and choose their tones. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Blue Lines, reaching back through Pink Floyd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Blue Lines is the debut studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released on 8 April 1991 by Wild Bunch and Virgin Records. The recording was led by members Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles, with co-writing and co-production by Jonny Dollar. It also features contributions by singers Shara Nelson and Horace Andy. Generally regarded as the first "trip hop" album, Blue Lines blended elements of hip hop with dub, soul, reggae, and electronic music.
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Blue Lines grew out of Pink Floyd, Public Image Ltd., Billy Cobham and Wally Badarou. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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