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Rhythim Is Rhythim is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kraftwerk, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ultravox, Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles. Those roots explain a lot about how Rhythim Is Rhythim arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Suburban Knight, Drexciya, Surgeon, Paperclip People and E-Dancer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carl Craig and Plastikman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Rhythim Is Rhythim, reaching back through Kraftwerk and forward to Carl Craig. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim Is Rhythim, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States. May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as The Belleville Three. According to Sal Cinquemani of American Songwriter, May is "one of the most influential of Detroit’s wiz kids."
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Rhythim Is Rhythim connections
Rhythim Is Rhythim grew out of Kraftwerk, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ultravox and Ron Hardy, shares an orbit with Suburban Knight, Drexciya, Surgeon and Paperclip People, went on to shape Carl Craig and Plastikman. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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