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Philip Oakey

Electronic
ElectronicSynth-pop

Philip Oakey is a Electronic and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Brian Eno and Giorgio Moroder. Those roots explain a lot about how Philip Oakey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Climie Fisher, Murray Head, Wang Chung, Wet Wet Wet and Jimmy Somerville, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jarvis Cocker, Respect, Little Boots, Fat White Family and Elizabeth Daily, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Philip Oakey, reaching back through Brian Eno and forward to Jarvis Cocker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Philip OakeyBrian EnoGiorgio MoroderJarvis CockerRespectLittle BootsFat White FamilyElizabeth DailyPet Shop BoysClimie FisherMurray HeadWang ChungWet Wet WetJimmy SomervilleKen LaszloBronski BeatCock Robin

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Philip Oakey connections

Philip Oakey grew out of Brian Eno and Giorgio Moroder, shares an orbit with Climie Fisher, Murray Head, Wang Chung and Wet Wet Wet, went on to shape Jarvis Cocker, Respect, Little Boots and Fat White Family. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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