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Damon Albarn

Hip hop
Hip hopIndie rockRap

Damon Albarn is a Hip hop and Indie rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rap and World music. Their sound grew out of Graham Coxon, John Lennon, Nirvana, Oasis and Pavement. 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 Amadou & Mariam, Rahim Redcar, Bombay Bicycle Club, Russel Hobbs and 2-D, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Damon Albarn, reaching back through Graham Coxon and forward to Amadou & Mariam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Damon AlbarnGraham CoxonJohn LennonNirvanaOasisPavementBeckRokia TraoréBat for LashesAmadou & MariamRahim RedcarBombay Bicycle ClubRussel Hobbs2-DNearly GodMetal FingersGorillazElasticaIan BrownThe CoralJamesThom YorkeDovesLiam Gallagher

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Damon Albarn grew out of Graham Coxon, John Lennon, Nirvana and Oasis, shares an orbit with Gorillaz, Elastica, Ian Brown and The Coral, went on to shape Amadou & Mariam, Rahim Redcar, Bombay Bicycle Club and Russel Hobbs. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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