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Chromatics is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Jewel, Polvo, Jackson C. Frank, The Fall and New Order. Those roots explain a lot about how Chromatics arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johnny Jewel, Electric Youth, Farah, The Knife and Cold Cave, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Savage Mode II, High Vis, Videoclub, Jonna Lee and The Blood Brothers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Chromatics, reaching back through Johnny Jewel and forward to Savage Mode II. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Chromatics connections
Chromatics grew out of Johnny Jewel, Polvo, Jackson C. Frank and The Fall, shares an orbit with Johnny Jewel, Electric Youth, Farah and The Knife, went on to shape Savage Mode II, High Vis, Videoclub and Jonna Lee. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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