◇ image via WikipediaJames Holden
James Holden is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Nathan Fake, Walls, 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 DJ Koze, John Tejada, Daniel Avery, Rone and The Field, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nathan Fake, New Order, Thom Yorke, System 7 and Atoms for Peace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around James Holden, reaching back through Nathan Fake and forward to Nathan Fake. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Holden connections
James Holden grew out of Nathan Fake, Walls, Boards of Canada and Don Cherry, shares an orbit with DJ Koze, John Tejada, Daniel Avery and Rone, went on to shape Nathan Fake, New Order, Thom Yorke and System 7. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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