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John Brown's Body is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sigur Rós, Toumani Diabaté, Sly and Robbie, Radiohead and Talib Kweli. Those roots explain a lot about how John Brown's Body arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clear Conscience, One Drop, Natural Incense, Mike Pinto and Natural Vibrations, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Echo Movement and Shanachie Records, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around John Brown's Body, reaching back through Sigur Rós and forward to Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
John Brown's Body is an American eight-piece reggae and dub band with origins in Ithaca, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. With a two-decade-long tenure, they have been recognized for their intricate fusion of vocals, percussion, keyboard, bass, guitar and a three-piece horn section. John Brown's Body, also known as JBB, has been credited with contributing to the development of the "contemporary American reggae scene", as stated by Rudeboy Reggae.
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John Brown's Body connections
John Brown's Body grew out of Sigur Rós, Toumani Diabaté, Sly and Robbie and Radiohead, shares an orbit with Clear Conscience, One Drop, Natural Incense and Mike Pinto, went on to shape Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Echo Movement and Shanachie Records. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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