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Matt Martians is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of OutKast, Janelle Monáe, A Tribe Called Quest, N.E.R.D. and Gorillaz. Those roots explain a lot about how Matt Martians arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Jet Age of Tomorrow, The Internet, Steve Lacy, Syd and bLAck pARty, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into MIA GLADSTONE, Tyler, The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Steve Lacy and Baby Rose, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Matt Martians, reaching back through OutKast and forward to MIA GLADSTONE. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Matthew Robert Martin, known professionally as Matt Martians, is an American record producer, illustrator, singer and songwriter. Aside from his solo career, Martians is a founding member of the hip hop music collective Odd Future and the alternative R&B band The Internet, and is one half of the production duo The Jet Age of Tomorrow with Pyramid Vritra, a sub-group of Odd Future.
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Matt Martians connections
Matt Martians grew out of OutKast, Janelle Monáe, A Tribe Called Quest and N.E.R.D., shares an orbit with The Jet Age of Tomorrow, The Internet, Steve Lacy and Syd, went on to shape MIA GLADSTONE, Tyler, The Creator, Kendrick Lamar and Steve Lacy. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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