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John Balance is a Industrial act. Their sound grew out of Throbbing Gristle. Those roots explain a lot about how John Balance arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Autechre, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Psychic TV, Nine Inch Nails and Marc Almond, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around John Balance, reaching back through Throbbing Gristle and forward to Psychic TV. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton, better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
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John Balance grew out of Throbbing Gristle, shares an orbit with Autechre, went on to shape Psychic TV, Nine Inch Nails and Marc Almond. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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