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Jan Delay

Jan Delay is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nena, Haftbefehl, 2raumwohnung, Marsimoto and Udo Lindenberg. Those roots explain a lot about how Jan Delay arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Beginner, Die Fantastischen Vier, Fettes Brot, Fünf Sterne Deluxe and Seeed, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cro, Xavas and Jumping All Over the World, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Jan Delay, reaching back through Nena and forward to Cro. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Jan Philipp Eißfeldt, known professionally as Jan Delay, is a German rapper and singer whose stylistic range includes mainly hip hop, reggae, dub and funk. An accomplished solo artist, he became known to the public as a member of the German bands Absolute Beginner and La Boom. He performed with his group 'Disko No. 1' at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf.

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Jan DelayNenaHaftbefehl2raumwohnungMarsimotoUdo LindenbergMoop MamaCroXavasJumping All Over the…BeginnerDie Fantastischen VierFettes BrotFünf Sterne DeluxeSeeedDeichkindMarteriaSamy Deluxe

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Jan Delay grew out of Nena, Haftbefehl, 2raumwohnung and Marsimoto, shares an orbit with Beginner, Die Fantastischen Vier, Fettes Brot and Fünf Sterne Deluxe, went on to shape Cro, Xavas and Jumping All Over the World. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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