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David Toop is a Ambient act. Their sound grew out of Roots Radics, Earl "Chinna" Smith and Prince Far I. Those roots explain a lot about how David Toop arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Muslimgauze, John Cage, Susumu Yokota, Biosphere and Taylor Deupree, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ryuichi Sakamoto, Henry Cow and Selected Ambient Works Volume II, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around David Toop, reaching back through Roots Radics and forward to Ryuichi Sakamoto. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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David Toop connections
David Toop grew out of Roots Radics, Earl "Chinna" Smith and Prince Far I, shares an orbit with Muslimgauze, John Cage, Susumu Yokota and Biosphere, went on to shape Ryuichi Sakamoto, Henry Cow and Selected Ambient Works Volume II. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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