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Lloyd Cole

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Electronic

Lloyd Cole is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Leonard Cohen, T. Rex, Kris Kristofferson, John Hartford and Hans-Joachim Roedelius. Those roots explain a lot about how Lloyd Cole arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Bragg, World Party, Van Morrison, The Silencers and Deacon Blue, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Camera Obscura, Tori Amos, Sandie Shaw, Mogwai and Ivy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Lloyd Cole, reaching back through Leonard Cohen and forward to Camera Obscura. 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
Lloyd ColeLeonard CohenT. RexKris KristoffersonJohn HartfordHans-Joachim RoedeliusDavid BowieIggy PopM. WardCamera ObscuraTori AmosSandie ShawMogwaiIvyMaximilian HeckerBilly BraggWorld PartyVan MorrisonThe SilencersDeacon BlueThe House of LoveEdwyn CollinsJoe Jackson

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Lloyd Cole grew out of Leonard Cohen, T. Rex, Kris Kristofferson and John Hartford, shares an orbit with Billy Bragg, World Party, Van Morrison and The Silencers, went on to shape Camera Obscura, Tori Amos, Sandie Shaw and Mogwai. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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