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Françoise Hardy

Bossa nova
Bossa nova

Françoise Hardy is a Bossa nova act. Their sound grew out of Benjamin Biolay, Michel Berger, Patrick Juvet, Deserted Palace and Jarre in China. Those roots explain a lot about how Françoise Hardy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Serge Gainsbourg, Vanessa Paradis, Nancy Sinatra, Pierre Barouh and Mylène Farmer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Clara Luciani, Since I Left You, Kahimi Karie, Ivy and Cigarettes After Sex, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Françoise Hardy, reaching back through Benjamin Biolay and forward to Clara Luciani. 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
Françoise HardyBenjamin BiolayMichel BergerPatrick JuvetDeserted PalaceJarre in ChinaInterior MusicEric AndersenÉtienne DahoClara LucianiSince I Left YouKahimi KarieIvyCigarettes After SexRamonaBic RungaKate RyanSerge GainsbourgVanessa ParadisNancy SinatraPierre BarouhMylène FarmerMargo GuryanNicoSacha Distel

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Françoise Hardy grew out of Benjamin Biolay, Michel Berger, Patrick Juvet and Deserted Palace, shares an orbit with Serge Gainsbourg, Vanessa Paradis, Nancy Sinatra and Pierre Barouh, went on to shape Clara Luciani, Since I Left You, Kahimi Karie and Ivy. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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