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Soft Cell

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ElectronicElectropopSynth-pop

Soft Cell is a Electronic and Electropop act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Tim Cappello, D.A.F., Test Dept, Club 69 and David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how Soft Cell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ultravox, Thompson Twins, ABC and Propaganda, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nine Inch Nails, Erasure, Charli XCX, Marilyn Manson and Electra Heart, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Soft Cell, reaching back through Tim Cappello and forward to Nine Inch Nails. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Soft CellTim CappelloD.A.F.Test DeptClub 69David BowieMarc BolanSuicideSiouxsie SiouxNine Inch NailsErasureCharli XCXMarilyn MansonElectra HeartThe Dresden DollsNever Let Me Down Ag…The Day Before You C…Orchestral Manoeuvre…UltravoxThompson TwinsABCPropagandaBronski BeatAdam and the AntsTubeway Army

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Soft Cell connections

Soft Cell grew out of Tim Cappello, D.A.F., Test Dept and Club 69, shares an orbit with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ultravox, Thompson Twins and ABC, went on to shape Nine Inch Nails, Erasure, Charli XCX and Marilyn Manson. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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