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Roy Davis Jr. is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Marshall Jefferson, Thomas Bangalter, Daft Punk and Peven Everett. Those roots explain a lot about how Roy Davis Jr. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Le Knight Club, Todd Edwards, Lisa Shaw, Ron Trent and Moodymann, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peven Everett, Eric Benét, Faith Evans, Mary J. Blige and Seal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Roy Davis Jr., reaching back through Marshall Jefferson and forward to Peven Everett. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Roy Davis Jr. is an American electronic musician from Chicago, Illinois, specialising in house music.
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Roy Davis Jr. connections
Roy Davis Jr. grew out of Marshall Jefferson, Thomas Bangalter, Daft Punk and Peven Everett, shares an orbit with Le Knight Club, Todd Edwards, Lisa Shaw and Ron Trent, went on to shape Peven Everett, Eric Benét, Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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