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Dan the Automator is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kid Koala, Zack de la Rocha, Everyday Robots, Peeping Tom and Barrington Levy. Those roots explain a lot about how Dan the Automator arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cut Chemist, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Dr. Octagon, RJD2 and Ultramagnetic MC's, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Handsome Boy Modeling School, Teriyaki Boyz, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Prince Paul and Kool Keith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Dan the Automator, reaching back through Kid Koala and forward to Handsome Boy Modeling School. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Daniel M. Nakamura, better known by his stage name Dan the Automator, is an American record producer. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music and the record label 75 Ark.
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Dan the Automator connections
Dan the Automator grew out of Kid Koala, Zack de la Rocha, Everyday Robots and Peeping Tom, shares an orbit with Cut Chemist, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Dr. Octagon and RJD2, went on to shape Handsome Boy Modeling School, Teriyaki Boyz, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Prince Paul. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Dan the Automator
Sounds and acts that shaped Dan the Automator.
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Bands Dan the Automator shaped
Where the influence of Dan the Automator travelled next.
- Handsome Boy Modeling Schoolartist
- Teriyaki Boyzartist
- Del Tha Funkee Homosapienartist
- Prince Paulartist
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