◇ image via WikipediaSeun Kuti
Seun Kuti is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of Antibalas, Fela Kuti, Rachid Taha, Femi Kuti and Adé Bantu. Those roots explain a lot about how Seun Kuti arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tony Allen, Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Dele Sosimi and The Souljazz Orchestra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bantu, Calle 13, Jidenna, Black Thought and Sinéad O'Connor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Seun Kuti, reaching back through Antibalas and forward to Bantu. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Seun Kuti connections
Seun Kuti grew out of Antibalas, Fela Kuti, Rachid Taha and Femi Kuti, shares an orbit with Tony Allen, Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor and Dele Sosimi, went on to shape Bantu, Calle 13, Jidenna and Black Thought. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Dele Sosimiartist
- The Souljazz Orchestraartist
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- Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestraartist
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- Mulatu Astatkeartist
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