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Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Wu-Tang Clan, David McCallum, Jamiroquai, Prince and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Luis Alberto Spinetta, Willy Crook, Sumo, Divididos and Babasónicos, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Miranda!, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, reaching back through Wu-Tang Clan and forward to Miranda!. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas (IKV) is an Argentine musical duo from Buenos Aires, formed in 1991 and consisting of Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur. The duo split in 2001 to follow solo careers, but later performed together several times, and officially reunited in 2011. The duo took their name from a fictional character, the Soviet spy Illya Kuryakin in the hit 1960s TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and the Colombian football player Carlos Valderrama. Their musical style is extremely wide-ranging, including hip-hop, rock, funk, and salsa.

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Illya Kuryaki and the ValderramasWu-Tang ClanDavid McCallumJamiroquaiPrinceMichael JacksonMiranda!Luis Alberto SpinettaWilly CrookSumoDivididosBabasónicosLos Fabulosos Cadill…Bersuit VergarabatPatricio Rey y sus R…

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Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas connections

Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas grew out of Wu-Tang Clan, David McCallum, Jamiroquai and Prince, shares an orbit with Luis Alberto Spinetta, Willy Crook, Sumo and Divididos, went on to shape Miranda!. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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