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Sinkane is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Roosevelt, Caribou, Eleanor Friedberger, Since I Left You and William Onyeabor. Those roots explain a lot about how Sinkane arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ibibio Sound Machine, El Michels Affair, Melt Yourself Down, Glass Beams and Monophonics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tunde Adebimpe, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Sinkane, reaching back through Roosevelt and forward to Tunde Adebimpe. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sinkane is a Sudanese-American musician who blends krautrock, prog rock, electronica, free jazz and funk rock with Sudanese pop. He is signed to City Slang Records.
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Sinkane connections
Sinkane grew out of Roosevelt, Caribou, Eleanor Friedberger and Since I Left You, shares an orbit with Ibibio Sound Machine, El Michels Affair, Melt Yourself Down and Glass Beams, went on to shape Tunde Adebimpe. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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