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Olly Alexander

Electropop
Electropop

Olly Alexander is a Electropop act. Their sound grew out of Danny L Harle. Those roots explain a lot about how Olly Alexander arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mae Muller, Loreen, Will Young, Remember Monday and Kyle Alessandro, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beth Ditto and Wolf Alice, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Olly Alexander, reaching back through Danny L Harle and forward to Sugababes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Olly AlexanderDanny L HarleSugababesSophie Ellis-BextorBeth DittoWolf AliceMae MullerLoreenWill YoungRemember MondayKyle AlessandroEmmyAbor & TynnaMelanie C

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Olly Alexander connections

Olly Alexander grew out of Danny L Harle, shares an orbit with Mae Muller, Loreen, Will Young and Remember Monday, went on to shape Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beth Ditto and Wolf Alice. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Olly Alexander

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped Olly Alexander.

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Kindred12

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