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Rex Orange County is a Contemporary R&B and Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Artemas, Benny Sings, Anna of the North, Queen and ABBA. Those roots explain a lot about how Rex Orange County arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Omar Apollo, wave to earth, Dominic Fike, The Walters and Arthur Nery, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kevin Abstract, Steve Lacy, Phoneboy and Tyler, The Creator, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Rex Orange County, reaching back through Artemas and forward to Kevin Abstract. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Rex Orange County connections
Rex Orange County grew out of Artemas, Benny Sings, Anna of the North and Queen, shares an orbit with Omar Apollo, wave to earth, Dominic Fike and The Walters, went on to shape Kevin Abstract, Steve Lacy, Phoneboy and Tyler, The Creator. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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