◇ image via WikipediaLou Rhodes
Lou Rhodes is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of The Cinematic Orchestra, 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald and Nick Drake. Those roots explain a lot about how Lou Rhodes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Beth Orton, Neneh Cherry, Elsiane, Moloko and José González, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Cinematic Orchestra, A Guy Called Gerald, Sugizo, Sheila Chandra and Art of Noise, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Lou Rhodes, reaching back through The Cinematic Orchestra and forward to The Cinematic Orchestra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lou Rhodes connections
Lou Rhodes grew out of The Cinematic Orchestra, 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald and Nick Drake, shares an orbit with Beth Orton, Neneh Cherry, Elsiane and Moloko, went on to shape The Cinematic Orchestra, A Guy Called Gerald, Sugizo and Sheila Chandra. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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