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Matthew Dear is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of The Drums, Joris Voorn, Talking Heads, David Bowie and Adonis. Those roots explain a lot about how Matthew Dear arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lusine, DJ Koze, Plastikman, John Tejada and Tiga, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Interpol, The Chemical Brothers, The Postal Service, Tegan and Sara and Poolside, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Matthew Dear, reaching back through The Drums and forward to Interpol. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Matthew Dear connections
Matthew Dear grew out of The Drums, Joris Voorn, Talking Heads and David Bowie, shares an orbit with Lusine, DJ Koze, Plastikman and John Tejada, went on to shape Interpol, The Chemical Brothers, The Postal Service and Tegan and Sara. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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