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Friction is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dynamite MC, Example, The Stranglers and Metrik. Those roots explain a lot about how Friction arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wilkinson, Grafix, Dimension, Culture Shock and Hybrid Minds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blue Foundation, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Friction, reaching back through Dynamite MC and forward to Blue Foundation. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Friction connections
Friction grew out of Dynamite MC, Example, The Stranglers and Metrik, shares an orbit with Wilkinson, Grafix, Dimension and Culture Shock, went on to shape Blue Foundation. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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