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Owl City

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Owl City is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of The Ready Set, Lights, Neon Trees, Augustana and Sekai no Owari. Those roots explain a lot about how Owl City arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hot Chelle Rae, Hellogoodbye, The Chainsmokers, Porter Robinson and A Rocket to the Moon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lauv, Chicane, Sheppard, New Empire and Lena Katina, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Owl City, reaching back through The Ready Set and forward to Lauv. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Owl CityThe Ready SetLightsNeon TreesAugustanaSekai no OwariHe Is WeEchosmithAloe BlaccLauvChicaneSheppardNew EmpireLena KatinaCarly Rae JepsenLightsHe Is WeHot Chelle RaeHellogoodbyeThe ChainsmokersPorter RobinsonA Rocket to the MoonAmerican AuthorsClean BanditParachute

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Owl City connections

Owl City grew out of The Ready Set, Lights, Neon Trees and Augustana, shares an orbit with Hot Chelle Rae, Hellogoodbye, The Chainsmokers and Porter Robinson, went on to shape Lauv, Chicane, Sheppard and New Empire. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Owl City

Roots9

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