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Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Maceo Parker, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Bootsy Collins and Fred Wesley. Those roots explain a lot about how Deee-Lite arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ce Ce Peniston, Black Box, Crystal Waters, Dannii Minogue and Basement Jaxx, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Arthur Russell, Jungle Brothers, Sinéad O'Connor, Ziggy Marley and Nina Hagen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Deee-Lite, reaching back through Maceo Parker and forward to Arthur Russell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Deee-Lite was an American house and dance music group formed in New York City. The group's single "Groove Is in the Heart", which was released in 1990 from their debut studio album, World Clique (1990), was a top-ten hit in multiple countries. In December 2016, Billboard ranked them as the 55th-most successful dance artists of all time.

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Deee-LiteMaceo ParkerDe La SoulJungle BrothersBootsy CollinsFred WesleyBernie WorrellA Tribe Called QuestHerbie HancockArthur RussellJungle BrothersSinéad O'ConnorZiggy MarleyNina HagenUltra NatéJulee CruiseMacy GrayCe Ce PenistonBlack BoxCrystal WatersDannii MinogueBasement JaxxOpus IIIRóisín MurphyMadonna

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Deee-Lite connections

Deee-Lite grew out of Maceo Parker, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers and Bootsy Collins, shares an orbit with Ce Ce Peniston, Black Box, Crystal Waters and Dannii Minogue, went on to shape Arthur Russell, Jungle Brothers, Sinéad O'Connor and Ziggy Marley. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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