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Mura Masa is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nao, Oklou, Hudson Mohawke, James Blake and Cashmere Cat. Those roots explain a lot about how Mura Masa arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cashmere Cat, Louis the Child, Baauer, What So Not and Vegyn, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into PinkPantheress, Ice Spice, Jadu Heart and Alice Longyu Gao, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Mura Masa, reaching back through Nao and forward to PinkPantheress. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Alexander George Edward Crossan, better known by his stage name Mura Masa, is a Guernsey-born electronic record producer and songwriter. Crossan is best known for his 2016 song "Lovesick", which peaked at number 59 on the UK singles chart. He produced English singer PinkPantheress' 2022 single "Boy's a Liar", which peaked at number two on the chart, while its remix with American rapper Ice Spice peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.
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Mura Masa connections
Mura Masa grew out of Nao, Oklou, Hudson Mohawke and James Blake, shares an orbit with Cashmere Cat, Louis the Child, Baauer and What So Not, went on to shape PinkPantheress, Ice Spice, Jadu Heart and Alice Longyu Gao. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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