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Frederik is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Afric Simone. Those roots explain a lot about how Frederik arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Petri Nygård, Antti Tuisku, Kaija Koo, Cheek and Yö, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kaija Koo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Frederik, reaching back through Afric Simone and forward to Kaija Koo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ilkka Juhani Sysimetsä, known professionally as Frederik. is a Finnish singer. He is also known by his nickname Reetu. During his lengthy career of machostyle disco and pop music, he has been awarded with five gold and three diamond records. One of his contemporary nicknames is "Junttidiscon kuningas". Frederik started his musical career as an electric organist in a pop group named Jim & The Beatmakers. He played later in a beat pop group named The Roosters in the mid-1960s.
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Frederik grew out of Afric Simone, shares an orbit with Petri Nygård, Antti Tuisku, Kaija Koo and Cheek, went on to shape Kaija Koo. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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