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Laserdance is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Radiorama, Mike Mareen, Linda Jo Rizzo, Max Him and Ken Laszlo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Koto, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Laserdance and forward to Koto. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Laserdance is a Dutch Italo disco studio project consisting of producer Erik van Vliet and composer Michiel van der Kuy. The studio project has been categorized as part of subgenre known as spacesynth and has been generally considered as a major influence for the subgenre and has remained popular around Europe in the mid-1980s. Many of Laserdance's tracks are known to feature basic analog synthesizers, drum machines and vocoders. The name of the studio project comes from the first single with the same name published in 1984. Numerous hit singles from Laserdance include "Goody's Return", "Humanoid Invasion", "Power Run", "Fear" and "Shotgun ".
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Laserdance shares an orbit with Radiorama, Mike Mareen, Linda Jo Rizzo and Max Him, went on to shape Koto. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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