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Jarvis Cocker

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Jarvis Cocker is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Nick Cave, Hot Chip, Dion DiMucci, Tony Allen and The Mix-Up. Those roots explain a lot about how Jarvis Cocker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Divine Comedy, Elastica, Catatonia, Richard Hawley and Manic Street Preachers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Air, Beth Ditto and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Jarvis Cocker, reaching back through Nick Cave and forward to Radiohead. 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
Jarvis CockerNick CaveHot ChipDion DiMucciTony AllenThe Mix-UpPhilip OakeyLætitia SadierHoward DevotoRadioheadCharlotte GainsbourgAirBeth DittoTranquility Base Hot…Paul SmithInfant SorrowLushThe Divine ComedyElasticaCatatoniaRichard HawleyManic Street PreachersJamesIan BrownOcean Colour Scene

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Jarvis Cocker connections

Jarvis Cocker grew out of Nick Cave, Hot Chip, Dion DiMucci and Tony Allen, shares an orbit with The Divine Comedy, Elastica, Catatonia and Richard Hawley, went on to shape Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Air and Beth Ditto. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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