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M People is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of K-Klass, Gwen Guthrie, A Certain Ratio, Dennis Edwards and Madness. Those roots explain a lot about how M People arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dina Carroll, Lisa Stansfield, Wet Wet Wet, Lighthouse Family and Adamski, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alison Limerick, Joey Negro and Sting, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around M People, reaching back through K-Klass and forward to Alison Limerick. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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M People connections
M People grew out of K-Klass, Gwen Guthrie, A Certain Ratio and Dennis Edwards, shares an orbit with Dina Carroll, Lisa Stansfield, Wet Wet Wet and Lighthouse Family, went on to shape Alison Limerick, Joey Negro and Sting. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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