◇ image via WikipediaGonzales
Gonzales is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Prince, Elvis Costello, Erik Satie, Bee Gees and Billy Joel. Those roots explain a lot about how Gonzales arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Yann Tiersen, Ludovico Einaudi and Daniel Barenboim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Feist and Jhené Aiko, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Gonzales, reaching back through Prince and forward to Feist. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gonzales connections
Gonzales grew out of Prince, Elvis Costello, Erik Satie and Bee Gees, shares an orbit with Yann Tiersen, Ludovico Einaudi and Daniel Barenboim, went on to shape Feist and Jhené Aiko. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Gonzales
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