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Josh Martinez is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Beck. Those roots explain a lot about how Josh Martinez arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Noah23, Sandpeople, Abstract Rude, louis logic and Bike For Three!, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Devin the Dude, Classified, Pigeon John, Mother Mother and Sleep, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Josh Martinez, reaching back through Beck and forward to Devin the Dude. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Matthew Edward Kimber, better known by his stage name Josh Martinez, is a Canadian rapper, record producer and record label executive. In the early 2000s, Martinez started his own label, Camobear Records. Josh Martinez was once named by Urb Magazine as one of its "Next 100 Rising Stars".
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Josh Martinez grew out of Beck, shares an orbit with Noah23, Sandpeople, Abstract Rude and louis logic, went on to shape Devin the Dude, Classified, Pigeon John and Mother Mother. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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