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Elly Jackson

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Elly Jackson is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Little Boots, Carole King, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell and Gerry Rafferty. Those roots explain a lot about how Elly Jackson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as La Roux and Sylvan Esso, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lily Allen, Heartbreak, Kanye West, JAY-Z and Chromeo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Elly Jackson, reaching back through Little Boots and forward to Lily Allen. 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
Elly JacksonLittle BootsCarole KingNick DrakeJoni MitchellGerry RaffertyPrinceMadonnaDepeche ModeLily AllenHeartbreakKanye WestJAY-ZChromeoNew OrderTyler, The CreatorBoulevardsLa RouxSylvan Esso

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Elly Jackson connections

Elly Jackson grew out of Little Boots, Carole King, Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell, shares an orbit with La Roux and Sylvan Esso, went on to shape Lily Allen, Heartbreak, Kanye West and JAY-Z. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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