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Kleeer

Kleeer is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Universal Robot Band and The Tymes. Those roots explain a lot about how Kleeer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brass Construction, Dexter Wansel, Loose Ends, The Jones Girls and S.O.S. Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jocelyn Brown and The System, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Kleeer, reaching back through Universal Robot Band and forward to Jocelyn Brown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Kleeer was an American New York City–based funk, disco and post-disco band, which was formed in 1972 under the name The Jam Band, as a backup group to different disco bands and vocalists.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
KleeerUniversal Robot BandThe TymesJocelyn BrownThe SystemBrass ConstructionDexter WanselLoose EndsThe Jones GirlsS.O.S. BandDaytonSkyyGwen McCrae

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Kleeer grew out of Universal Robot Band and The Tymes, shares an orbit with Brass Construction, Dexter Wansel, Loose Ends and The Jones Girls, went on to shape Jocelyn Brown and The System. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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