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Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Flaming Lips, Black Market Karma, Triángulo de Amor Bizarro, Kraftwerk and Sam Cooke. Those roots explain a lot about how Sonic Boom arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Spiritualized, Spectrum, The Darkside, Loop and Flying Saucer Attack, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stereolab, Cornelius, Dean Wareham, Britta Phillips and Delia Derbyshire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Sonic Boom, reaching back through The Flaming Lips and forward to Stereolab. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Peter Kember, also known by his stage name Sonic Boom, is an English singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was a founding member, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of neo-psychedelic band Spacemen 3, lasting from 1982 until the band's dissolution in 1991. He is now based in Sintra, Portugal.

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Sonic BoomThe Flaming LipsBlack Market KarmaTriángulo de Amor Bi…KraftwerkSam CookeBo DiddleyOrchestral Manoeuvre…George FaithStereolabCorneliusDean WarehamBritta PhillipsDelia DerbyshireKevin ShieldsSilver ApplesJessamineSpiritualizedSpectrumThe DarksideLoopFlying Saucer AttackBardo PondAnimal CollectiveAtlas Sound

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Sonic Boom connections

Sonic Boom grew out of The Flaming Lips, Black Market Karma, Triángulo de Amor Bizarro and Kraftwerk, shares an orbit with Spiritualized, Spectrum, The Darkside and Loop, went on to shape Stereolab, Cornelius, Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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