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Gentleman is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Freundeskreis, Adé Bantu, Million Stylez, Richie Stephens and Beginner. Those roots explain a lot about how Gentleman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Seeed, Alborosie, Collie Buddz, Culcha Candela and Tarrus Riley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bantu, Morgan Heritage, Stefanie Heinzmann, Afrob and Toots and the Maytals, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Gentleman, reaching back through Freundeskreis and forward to Bantu. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gentleman connections
Gentleman grew out of Freundeskreis, Adé Bantu, Million Stylez and Richie Stephens, shares an orbit with Seeed, Alborosie, Collie Buddz and Culcha Candela, went on to shape Bantu, Morgan Heritage, Stefanie Heinzmann and Afrob. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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