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Snap!

Snap! is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tom Novy, Off!, The Gap Band, Krept & Konan and Chill Rob G. Those roots explain a lot about how Snap! arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Culture Beat, Technotronic, Ice MC, Real McCoy and Black Box, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into H-Blockx, C-Block, Noiseworks, Bastille and ItaloBrothers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Snap!, reaching back through Tom Novy and forward to H-Blockx. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Snap! is a German Eurodance group formed in 1989 by record producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has undergone several lineup changes over the years, featuring American singers, songwriters, and rappers such as Thea Austin, Turbo B, Niki Haris, and Penny Ford. Their most popular hits include "The Power" (1990) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (1992), both of which achieved no. 1 in the charts of multiple countries.

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Snap!Tom NovyOff!The Gap BandKrept & KonanChill Rob GJocelyn BrownAnita WardMaster BlasterH-BlockxC-BlockNoiseworksBastilleItaloBrothersGonna Make You Sweat…Culture BeatTechnotronicIce MCReal McCoyBlack BoxCoronaSASH!Whigfield

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Snap! connections

Snap! grew out of Tom Novy, Off!, The Gap Band and Krept & Konan, shares an orbit with Culture Beat, Technotronic, Ice MC and Real McCoy, went on to shape H-Blockx, C-Block, Noiseworks and Bastille. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Snap!

Roots10

Sounds and acts that shaped Snap!.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Snap!.

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