◇ image via WikipediaCaptain Sky
Captain Sky is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of George Clinton and Bootsy Collins. Those roots explain a lot about how Captain Sky arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Nite-Liters, The Players Association, Rhyze, S.O.U.L. and The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Planet Rock: The Album, Afrika Bambaataa and The Sugarhill Gang, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Captain Sky, reaching back through George Clinton and forward to Planet Rock: The Album. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Captain Sky connections
Captain Sky grew out of George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, shares an orbit with The Nite-Liters, The Players Association, Rhyze and S.O.U.L., went on to shape Planet Rock: The Album, Afrika Bambaataa and The Sugarhill Gang. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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