◇ image via WikipediaDave Gahan
Dave Gahan is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Goldfrapp, Ladytron, James Brown, Elvis Presley and Prince. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave Gahan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Recoil, De/Vision, Erasure, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Alphaville, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into H.P. Baxxter, Junkie XL, Goldfrapp and Molchat Doma, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Dave Gahan, reaching back through Goldfrapp and forward to H.P. Baxxter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dave Gahan connections
Dave Gahan grew out of Goldfrapp, Ladytron, James Brown and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Recoil, De/Vision, Erasure and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, went on to shape H.P. Baxxter, Junkie XL, Goldfrapp and Molchat Doma. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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