◇ image via WikipediaJosef K
Josef K is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Orange Juice, Television, Talking Heads, Joy Division and Ian Curtis. Those roots explain a lot about how Josef K arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Monochrome Set, Young Marble Giants, Au Pairs, Felt and Mission of Burma, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Archy Marshall, Joy Orbison, The Wedding Present, Franz Ferdinand and The Futureheads, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Josef K, reaching back through Orange Juice and forward to Archy Marshall. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Josef K connections
Josef K grew out of Orange Juice, Television, Talking Heads and Joy Division, shares an orbit with The Monochrome Set, Young Marble Giants, Au Pairs and Felt, went on to shape Archy Marshall, Joy Orbison, The Wedding Present and Franz Ferdinand. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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