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Sananda Maitreya

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BHouse

Sananda Maitreya is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, David Bowie, Prince, George Michael and Tom Petty. Those roots explain a lot about how Sananda Maitreya arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Terence Trent D'Arby, Lisa Stansfield, Prince and the New Power Generation, The Time and Seal, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Seal, George Michael, INXS, The Avalanches and Calvin Harris, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Sananda Maitreya, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Seal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Sananda MaitreyaThe BeatlesDavid BowiePrinceGeorge MichaelTom PettyThe Rolling StonesSealGeorge MichaelINXSThe AvalanchesCalvin HarrisTerence Trent D'ArbyLisa StansfieldPrince and the New P…The TimeSealJermaine JacksonNeneh CherryImagination

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Sananda Maitreya connections

Sananda Maitreya grew out of The Beatles, David Bowie, Prince and George Michael, shares an orbit with Terence Trent D'Arby, Lisa Stansfield, Prince and the New Power Generation and The Time, went on to shape Seal, George Michael, INXS and The Avalanches. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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