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Pretty Lights is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Nirvana, Something's Got a Hold on Me, ODESZA, Led Zeppelin and Griz. Those roots explain a lot about how Pretty Lights arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Big Gigantic, Gramatik, Ganja White Night, Ratatat and RJD2, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gramatik and Timeflies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Pretty Lights, reaching back through Nirvana and forward to Gramatik. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Pretty Lights connections
Pretty Lights grew out of Nirvana, Something's Got a Hold on Me, ODESZA and Led Zeppelin, shares an orbit with Big Gigantic, Gramatik, Ganja White Night and Ratatat, went on to shape Gramatik and Timeflies. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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