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Howie B

Trip hop
Trip hop

Howie B is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Sly and Robbie, All Is Full of Love, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Santana and John McLaughlin. Those roots explain a lot about how Howie B arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Luke Vibert, David Holmes, Tosca, Wagon Christ and Mr. Scruff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Adam Clayton, Massive Attack, Goldie, Larry Mullen Jr. and Garbage, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Howie B, reaching back through Sly and Robbie and forward to Adam Clayton. 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
Howie BSly and RobbieAll Is Full of LoveSiouxsie and the Ban…SantanaJohn McLaughlinBrian EnoAdam ClaytonMassive AttackGoldieLarry Mullen Jr.GarbageThe EdgeBjörkU2Luke VibertDavid HolmesToscaWagon ChristMr. ScruffLondon Funk AllstarsGroove ArmadaUNKLE

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Howie B connections

Howie B grew out of Sly and Robbie, All Is Full of Love, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Santana, shares an orbit with Luke Vibert, David Holmes, Tosca and Wagon Christ, went on to shape Adam Clayton, Massive Attack, Goldie and Larry Mullen Jr.. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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