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L.A. Style is a Techno act. They run in the same orbit as T99, 2 Unlimited, Chimo Bayo, Praga Khan and Ice MC, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jumping All Over the World, Vengaboys, No Time to Chill and Hithouse, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around L.A. Style and forward to Jumping All Over the World. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
L.A. STYLE was a British-Belgian-Dutch collaboration techno dance music group, consisting of founder, producer and radio DJ Wessel van Diepen, composer Denzil Slemming and FX a.k.a. Frans Merkx, as well as Foco and Ray Decadance of the Belgian project Rofo. L.A. Style was most notable for their 1991 single "James Brown Is Dead" and their 1992 single "I'm Raving", both of which appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart, making them the first EDM group to venture near the top 50 of the main Billboard singles chart.
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L.A. Style connections
L.A. Style shares an orbit with T99, 2 Unlimited, Chimo Bayo and Praga Khan, went on to shape Jumping All Over the World, Vengaboys, No Time to Chill and Hithouse. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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