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Cornelius is a World music act. Their sound grew out of If I Could Only Remember My Name, Holy Fuck, The Flaming Lips, Hide and Ichiko Aoba. Those roots explain a lot about how Cornelius arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rei Harakami, Cymbals, NUMBER GIRL, Stereolab and 800 Cherries, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Teriyaki Boyz, Nigo, Ichiko Aoba, Rosalía and Sparks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Cornelius, reaching back through If I Could Only Remember My Name and forward to Teriyaki Boyz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cornelius connections
Cornelius grew out of If I Could Only Remember My Name, Holy Fuck, The Flaming Lips and Hide, shares an orbit with Rei Harakami, Cymbals, NUMBER GIRL and Stereolab, went on to shape Teriyaki Boyz, Nigo, Ichiko Aoba and Rosalía. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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