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Rob Dougan

Rob Dougan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of John Barry, Skull Snaps, Rollo Armstrong, Louis Armstrong and Cleo Laine. Those roots explain a lot about how Rob Dougan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Juno Reactor, UNKLE, David Holmes, Chicane and Delerium, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Impossible Princess, Moby, U2, Kylie Minogue and Sugababes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Rob Dougan, reaching back through John Barry and forward to Impossible Princess. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Rob DouganJohn BarrySkull SnapsRollo ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongCleo LaineEnnio MorriconeTom WaitsLeonard CohenImpossible PrincessMobyU2Kylie MinogueSugababesJuno ReactorUNKLEDavid HolmesChicaneDeleriumRamin DjawadiFlukeBlue Foundation

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Rob Dougan connections

Rob Dougan grew out of John Barry, Skull Snaps, Rollo Armstrong and Louis Armstrong, shares an orbit with Juno Reactor, UNKLE, David Holmes and Chicane, went on to shape Impossible Princess, Moby, U2 and Kylie Minogue. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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