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Machinedrum

Machinedrum is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Edgar, Bonobo and Noisia. Those roots explain a lot about how Machinedrum arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lapalux, Lusine, Luke Vibert, Actress and Nosaj Thing, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into A$AP Ferg, Freddie Gibbs, Mykki Blanco, Tkay Maidza and Tanerélle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Machinedrum, reaching back through Jimmy Edgar and forward to A$AP Ferg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Travis Stewart, better known as Machinedrum, is an American electronic record producer and performer from North Carolina. He has also recorded as Syndrone and Tstewart. He is one half of Sepalcure, with Praveen Sharma, one half of JETS, with Jimmy Edgar, as well as half of Dream Continuum with Jim Coles, a.k.a. Om Unit.

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MachinedrumJimmy EdgarBonoboNoisiaA$AP FergFreddie GibbsMykki BlancoTkay MaidzaTanerélleTigran HamasyanRochelle JordanSub FocusLapaluxLusineLuke VibertActressNosaj ThingDaedelusPlaidWagon Christ

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Machinedrum connections

Machinedrum grew out of Jimmy Edgar, Bonobo and Noisia, shares an orbit with Lapalux, Lusine, Luke Vibert and Actress, went on to shape A$AP Ferg, Freddie Gibbs, Mykki Blanco and Tkay Maidza. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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