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Kino is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Rain, Lay Bankz, Jamie, Boris Grebenshikov and Red Wave. Those roots explain a lot about how Kino arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mumiy Troll, Alisa and Чиж & Co, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into WOODZ, Vernon, Nathan, Hongseok and Hui, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Kino, reaching back through Rain and forward to WOODZ. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kang Hyung-gu, better known as Kino (키노), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, composer and dancer. He is best known as a member of the boy group Pentagon, which debuted in 2016 under Cube Entertainment. He releases solo music on SoundCloud under the name Knnovation. He is also a member of the musical collective M.O.L.A.
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Kino connections
Kino grew out of Rain, Lay Bankz, Jamie and Boris Grebenshikov, shares an orbit with Mumiy Troll, Alisa and Чиж & Co, went on to shape WOODZ, Vernon, Nathan and Hongseok. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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