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Donkeyboy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Madonna, Kiesza and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Donkeyboy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alphabeat, Postgirobygget, Kaizers Orchestra, DeLara and Annie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into a-ha, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Donkeyboy, reaching back through Madonna and forward to a-ha. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Donkeyboy is a synthpop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg, Kent Sundberg, Peter Michelsen and Thomas Drabløs (drums)
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Donkeyboy connections
Donkeyboy grew out of Madonna, Kiesza and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Alphabeat, Postgirobygget, Kaizers Orchestra and DeLara, went on to shape a-ha. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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