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Dirty Projectors is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Black Flag, Frank Zappa, Yes, Steely Dan and Moses Sumney. Those roots explain a lot about how Dirty Projectors arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Animal Collective, The Fiery Furnaces, Menomena, Deerhunter and Destroyer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hiatus Kaiyote, Honeyglaze and Vampire Weekend, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Dirty Projectors, reaching back through Black Flag and forward to Hiatus Kaiyote. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dirty Projectors connections
Dirty Projectors grew out of Black Flag, Frank Zappa, Yes and Steely Dan, shares an orbit with Animal Collective, The Fiery Furnaces, Menomena and Deerhunter, went on to shape Hiatus Kaiyote, Honeyglaze and Vampire Weekend. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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