◇ image via WikipediaRóisín Murphy
Róisín Murphy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of David Byrne, Roxy Music, Grace Jones, Kim Gordon and Kim Deal. Those roots explain a lot about how Róisín Murphy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Moloko, Little Boots, Grace Jones, Dannii Minogue and Rose Gray, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jessie Ware, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Fat White Family, Calvin Harris and Make a Scene, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Róisín Murphy, reaching back through David Byrne and forward to Jessie Ware. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Róisín Marie Murphy is an Irish singer, songwriter and record producer who first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside the English musician Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, Murphy embarked on a solo career and released her debut solo album Ruby Blue (2005), which she wrote and produced with the experimental musician Matthew Herbert, to critical praise. Her second solo album Overpowered was released in 2007.
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Róisín Murphy connections
Róisín Murphy grew out of David Byrne, Roxy Music, Grace Jones and Kim Gordon, shares an orbit with Moloko, Little Boots, Grace Jones and Dannii Minogue, went on to shape Jessie Ware, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Fat White Family and Calvin Harris. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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