◇ image via WikipediaSeun Kuti
Seun Kuti is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of Rachid Taha, Fela Kuti, Adé Bantu, Antibalas and Femi Kuti. Those roots explain a lot about how Seun Kuti arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Dele Sosimi, The Souljazz Orchestra and The Lijadu Sisters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bantu, Femi Kuti, Janelle Monáe, Sinéad O'Connor and Black Thought, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Seun Kuti, reaching back through Rachid Taha 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 Rachid Taha, Fela Kuti, Adé Bantu and Antibalas, shares an orbit with Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Dele Sosimi and The Souljazz Orchestra, went on to shape Bantu, Femi Kuti, Janelle Monáe and Sinéad O'Connor. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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