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China Crisis is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Talking Heads, Walter Becker, Magazine, Brian Eno and Steely Dan. Those roots explain a lot about how China Crisis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Prefab Sprout, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ABC, Thompson Twins and Propaganda, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kovacs, Martika, Paul Young, Squeeze and Cueshé, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around China Crisis, reaching back through Talking Heads and forward to Kovacs. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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China Crisis connections
China Crisis grew out of Talking Heads, Walter Becker, Magazine and Brian Eno, shares an orbit with Prefab Sprout, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ABC and Thompson Twins, went on to shape Kovacs, Martika, Paul Young and Squeeze. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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