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Ottawan is a Disco act. Their sound grew out of Jean Kluger, The Gibson Brothers and Sheila & B. Devotion. Those roots explain a lot about how Ottawan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Boney M., Baccara, F.R. David, Patrick Hernandez and Village People, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Army of Lovers, N-Trance and Sway, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Ottawan, reaching back through Jean Kluger and forward to Army of Lovers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ottawan connections
Ottawan grew out of Jean Kluger, The Gibson Brothers and Sheila & B. Devotion, shares an orbit with Boney M., Baccara, F.R. David and Patrick Hernandez, went on to shape Army of Lovers, N-Trance and Sway. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Ottawan
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