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Damon Albarn

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Damon Albarn is a Hip hop and Indie rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rap and World music. Their sound grew out of Beck, Rokia Traoré, Bat for Lashes, Tony Allen and Afrikan Boy. Those roots explain a lot about how Damon Albarn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gorillaz, Elastica, Ian Brown, The Coral and James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 2-D, Amadou & Mariam, Rahim Redcar, Bombay Bicycle Club and Russel Hobbs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Damon Albarn, reaching back through Beck and forward to 2-D. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Damon AlbarnBeckRokia TraoréBat for LashesTony AllenAfrikan BoyNick ZinnerWilliam OnyeaborValgeir Sigurðsson2-DAmadou & MariamRahim RedcarBombay Bicycle ClubRussel HobbsNearly GodMetal FingersGorillazElasticaIan BrownThe CoralJamesThom YorkeLiam GallagherOasis

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Damon Albarn connections

Damon Albarn grew out of Beck, Rokia Traoré, Bat for Lashes and Tony Allen, shares an orbit with Gorillaz, Elastica, Ian Brown and The Coral, went on to shape 2-D, Amadou & Mariam, Rahim Redcar and Bombay Bicycle Club. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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