◇ image via WikipediaDavid Holmes
David Holmes is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Ellen McIlwaine, Jon Hopkins and Orbital. Those roots explain a lot about how David Holmes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Howie B, Lemon Jelly, Bomb the Bass, Mr. Scruff and Groove Armada, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Mogwai, Primal Scream, Saint Etienne and Ice Cube, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around David Holmes, reaching back through Ellen McIlwaine and forward to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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David Holmes connections
David Holmes grew out of Ellen McIlwaine, Jon Hopkins and Orbital, shares an orbit with Howie B, Lemon Jelly, Bomb the Bass and Mr. Scruff, went on to shape Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Mogwai, Primal Scream and Saint Etienne. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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