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High Contrast

Drum and bass
Drum and bass

High Contrast is a Drum and bass act. Their sound grew out of Danny Byrd, London Elektricity, Blue Orchid, Calibre and Utah Saints. Those roots explain a lot about how High Contrast arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wilkinson, Calibre, Hybrid Minds, Krakota and Makoto, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ayumi Hamasaki, Camo & Krooked, Jorja Smith, Faithless and Netsky, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around High Contrast, reaching back through Danny Byrd and forward to Ayumi Hamasaki. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
High ContrastDanny ByrdLondon ElektricityBlue OrchidCalibreUtah SaintsDynamite MCWendy CarlosVangelisAyumi HamasakiCamo & KrookedJorja SmithFaithlessNetskyEric PrydzAdeleUnderworldWilkinsonCalibreHybrid MindsKrakotaMakotoCulture ShockAlix PerezPola & Bryson

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High Contrast connections

High Contrast grew out of Danny Byrd, London Elektricity, Blue Orchid and Calibre, shares an orbit with Wilkinson, Calibre, Hybrid Minds and Krakota, went on to shape Ayumi Hamasaki, Camo & Krooked, Jorja Smith and Faithless. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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