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Plastikman is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tangerine Dream, Daniel Bell, Robert Hood, Jeff Mills and Carl Craig. Those roots explain a lot about how Plastikman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Richie Hawtin, Porter Ricks, Basic Channel, Surgeon and LFO, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Karin Dreijer, Ninja Tune and Fever Ray, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Plastikman, reaching back through Tangerine Dream and forward to Carl Cox. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Richard "Richie" Hawtin is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s. He became known for his recordings under the Plastikman and F.U.S.E. aliases. Under the latter, he released his debut album Dimension Intrusion (1993) as part of Warp's Artificial Intelligence series.
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Plastikman connections
Plastikman grew out of Tangerine Dream, Daniel Bell, Robert Hood and Jeff Mills, shares an orbit with Richie Hawtin, Porter Ricks, Basic Channel and Surgeon, went on to shape Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Karin Dreijer and Ninja Tune. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Plastikman
Sounds and acts that shaped Plastikman.
Artists similar to Plastikman
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Plastikman.
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