◇ image via WikipediaHercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Yazoo, Nomi Ruiz, Daniel Avery, Poly Styrene and Consolidated. Those roots explain a lot about how Hercules and Love Affair arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Holy Ghost!, Róisín Murphy, Hot Chip, Simian Mobile Disco and The Rapture, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Little Boots, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Hercules and Love Affair, reaching back through Yazoo and forward to Little Boots. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Hercules and Love Affair is a dance music project created by American DJ, singer, composer, musician and producer Andy Butler in 2004. Consisting of a rotating cast of performers and musicians, the band work within the genres of house music, disco, techno and nu-disco.
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Hercules and Love Affair connections
Hercules and Love Affair grew out of Yazoo, Nomi Ruiz, Daniel Avery and Poly Styrene, shares an orbit with Holy Ghost!, Róisín Murphy, Hot Chip and Simian Mobile Disco, went on to shape Little Boots. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Hercules and Love Affair
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