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Daevid Allen

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

Daevid Allen is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Sun Ra and Kevin Ayers. Those roots explain a lot about how Daevid Allen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gong, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North and Matching Mole, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pip Pyle, Andy Summers, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Mike Oldfield, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Daevid Allen, reaching back through Sun Ra and forward to Pip Pyle. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Daevid AllenSun RaKevin AyersPip PyleAndy SummersStingStewart CopelandMike OldfieldMaggie BellAcid Mothers TempleMaterialGongRobert WyattSoft MachineHatfield and the NorthMatching MoleNational HealthAmon Düül IIEgg

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Daevid Allen grew out of Sun Ra and Kevin Ayers, shares an orbit with Gong, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine and Hatfield and the North, went on to shape Pip Pyle, Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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