◇ image via WikipediaMichael Stearns
Michael Stearns is a Ambient act. Their sound grew out of Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, Michel Legrand, Canyon Dreams and Constance Demby. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Stearns arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Robert Rich, Erik Wøllo, Biosphere, Carbon Based Lifeforms and Constance Demby, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Constance Demby, Steve Roach and Erik Wøllo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Michael Stearns, reaching back through Jerry Goldsmith and forward to Constance Demby. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Michael Stearns connections
Michael Stearns grew out of Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, Michel Legrand and Canyon Dreams, shares an orbit with Robert Rich, Erik Wøllo, Biosphere and Carbon Based Lifeforms, went on to shape Constance Demby, Steve Roach and Erik Wøllo. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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