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Ichiko Aoba

J-pop
J-pop

Ichiko Aoba is a J-pop act. Their sound grew out of Liana Flores, Cornelius and Django Reinhardt. Those roots explain a lot about how Ichiko Aoba arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Adrianne Lenker, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Mount Eerie, Sufjan Stevens and Linda Perhacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Haruka Nakamura, Taylor Deupree, Cornelius, Mac DeMarco and Ovall, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Ichiko Aoba, reaching back through Liana Flores and forward to Haruka Nakamura. 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
Ichiko AobaLiana FloresCorneliusDjango ReinhardtHaruka NakamuraTaylor DeupreeCorneliusMac DeMarcoOvallRyuichi SakamotoAdrianne LenkerHiroshi YoshimuraMount EerieSufjan StevensLinda PerhacsJessica PrattNick DrakeJoni Mitchell

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Ichiko Aoba connections

Ichiko Aoba grew out of Liana Flores, Cornelius and Django Reinhardt, shares an orbit with Adrianne Lenker, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Mount Eerie and Sufjan Stevens, went on to shape Haruka Nakamura, Taylor Deupree, Cornelius and Mac DeMarco. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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