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James Holden

Techno
Techno

James Holden is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Walls, Nathan Fake, Boards of Canada, Don Cherry and Alice Coltrane. Those roots explain a lot about how James Holden arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Extrawelt, DJ Koze, John Tejada, Daniel Avery and Rone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Thom Yorke, New Order, Nathan Fake, Atoms for Peace and System 7, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around James Holden, reaching back through Walls and forward to Thom Yorke. 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
James HoldenWallsNathan FakeBoards of CanadaDon CherryAlice ColtranePharoah SandersThom YorkeNew OrderNathan FakeAtoms for PeaceSystem 7MadonnaBritney SpearsDepeche ModeExtraweltDJ KozeJohn TejadaDaniel AveryRoneThe FieldBarkerEllen Allien

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James Holden connections

James Holden grew out of Walls, Nathan Fake, Boards of Canada and Don Cherry, shares an orbit with Extrawelt, DJ Koze, John Tejada and Daniel Avery, went on to shape Thom Yorke, New Order, Nathan Fake and Atoms for Peace. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots6

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