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K-Klass

K-Klass is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of 808 State. Those roots explain a lot about how K-Klass arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Original, Todd Terry, Black Box, Armand van Helden and Shapeshifters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into M People, Rihanna, Bobby Brown, Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around K-Klass, reaching back through 808 State and forward to M People. 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
K-Klass808 StateM PeopleRihannaBobby BrownJanet JacksonLuther VandrossNew OrderThe CorrsWhitney HoustonThe OriginalTodd TerryBlack BoxArmand van HeldenShapeshiftersJoe Smooth

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K-Klass connections

K-Klass grew out of 808 State, shares an orbit with The Original, Todd Terry, Black Box and Armand van Helden, went on to shape M People, Rihanna, Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced K-Klass

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped K-Klass.

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Kindred6

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with K-Klass.

Bands K-Klass shaped

Legacy15

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