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Casiopea is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Nathan East, The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Harvey Mason and Lee Ritenour. Those roots explain a lot about how Casiopea arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Prism, Ryo Fukui, Shakatak, Toshiki Kadomatsu and Return to Forever, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Koji Kondo, Kiki Dee and Shoji Meguro, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Casiopea, reaching back through Nathan East and forward to Koji Kondo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Casiopea connections
Casiopea grew out of Nathan East, The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn and Harvey Mason, shares an orbit with Prism, Ryo Fukui, Shakatak and Toshiki Kadomatsu, went on to shape Koji Kondo, Kiki Dee and Shoji Meguro. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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