◇ image via WikipediaKitty Ray
Kitty Ray is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of J Dilla, Max B, Carly Rae Jepsen, Why? and Idris Muhammad. Those roots explain a lot about how Kitty Ray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coco & Clair Clair, Kreayshawn, Thaiboy Digital, Yung Lean and Whitearmor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Teen Suicide, Ricky Eat Acid and Riff Raff, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Kitty Ray, reaching back through J Dilla and forward to Teen Suicide. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kathryn-Leigh Beckwith, known professionally as Kitty and Kitty Ray, is an American singer and music producer. She started her career in music as a teenager, uploading original songs to her Tumblr blog under the name Kitty Pryde.
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Kitty Ray connections
Kitty Ray grew out of J Dilla, Max B, Carly Rae Jepsen and Why?, shares an orbit with Coco & Clair Clair, Kreayshawn, Thaiboy Digital and Yung Lean, went on to shape Teen Suicide, Ricky Eat Acid and Riff Raff. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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