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David Sylvian

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David Sylvian is a Ambient and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Djivan Gasparyan, David Bowie, T. Rex, New York Dolls and Sylvain Sylvain. Those roots explain a lot about how David Sylvian arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mark Hollis, Robert Fripp, Scott Walker, Fripp & Eno and Robert Wyatt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Thrak, Propaganda, Breathless, Trey Gunn and Becoming X, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around David Sylvian, reaching back through Djivan Gasparyan and forward to Thrak. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
David SylvianDjivan GasparyanDavid BowieT. RexNew York DollsSylvain SylvainDavid JohansenRoxy MusicMotownThrakPropagandaBreathlessTrey GunnBecoming XNo-ManBel CantoThe Frozen AutumnMark HollisRobert FrippScott WalkerFripp & EnoRobert WyattArt of NoiseLabradfordGigi Masin

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David Sylvian connections

David Sylvian grew out of Djivan Gasparyan, David Bowie, T. Rex and New York Dolls, shares an orbit with Mark Hollis, Robert Fripp, Scott Walker and Fripp & Eno, went on to shape Thrak, Propaganda, Breathless and Trey Gunn. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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