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Klaus Nomi

Dance-pop
Dance-popElectronicRock

Klaus Nomi is a Dance-pop and Electronic act. Their catalogue also touches Rock and Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Doris Troy. Those roots explain a lot about how Klaus Nomi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sparks, Tubeway Army, Oingo Boingo, Adam and the Ants and Grace Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Smiths, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter and Falco, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Klaus Nomi, reaching back through Doris Troy and forward to The Smiths. 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
Klaus NomiDoris TroyThe SmithsReverend Kristin Mic…FalcoSparksTubeway ArmyOingo BoingoAdam and the AntsGrace JonesAlaska y DinaramaNicoStrawberry Switchblade

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Klaus Nomi connections

Klaus Nomi grew out of Doris Troy, shares an orbit with Sparks, Tubeway Army, Oingo Boingo and Adam and the Ants, went on to shape The Smiths, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter and Falco. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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