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Kid Koala

Trip hop
Trip hop

Kid Koala is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Trixie Whitley, Dan the Automator, Steinski, DJ Shadow and Radiohead. Those roots explain a lot about how Kid Koala arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cut Chemist, Mr. Scruff, Amon Tobin, RJD2 and Handsome Boy Modeling School, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Emeli Sandé, Kalyanji-Anandji, Dan the Automator, Amon Tobin and Yusef Lateef, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Kid Koala, reaching back through Trixie Whitley and forward to Emeli Sandé. 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
Kid KoalaTrixie WhitleyDan the AutomatorSteinskiDJ ShadowRadioheadBjörkEmeli SandéKalyanji-AnandjiDan the AutomatorAmon TobinYusef LateefJack JohnsonTrixie WhitleyDel Tha Funkee Homos…Cut ChemistMr. ScruffAmon TobinRJD2Handsome Boy Modelin…Dan the AutomatorDynamic SyncopationLondon Funk Allstars

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Kid Koala connections

Kid Koala grew out of Trixie Whitley, Dan the Automator, Steinski and DJ Shadow, shares an orbit with Cut Chemist, Mr. Scruff, Amon Tobin and RJD2, went on to shape Emeli Sandé, Kalyanji-Anandji, Dan the Automator and Amon Tobin. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Kid Koala

Roots6

Sounds and acts that shaped Kid Koala.

Artists similar to Kid Koala

Kindred18

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Kid Koala.

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Legacy13

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