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Kahimi Karie

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Kahimi Karie is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Jane Birkin, Jim O'Rourke, m-flo, Serge Gainsbourg and Françoise Hardy. Those roots explain a lot about how Kahimi Karie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cymbals, HALCALI and Chocolat, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into m-flo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Kahimi Karie, reaching back through Jane Birkin and forward to m-flo. 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
Kahimi KarieJane BirkinJim O'Rourkem-floSerge GainsbourgFrançoise Hardym-floCymbalsHALCALIChocolat

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Kahimi Karie connections

Kahimi Karie grew out of Jane Birkin, Jim O'Rourke, m-flo and Serge Gainsbourg, shares an orbit with Cymbals, HALCALI and Chocolat, went on to shape m-flo. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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