◇ image via WikipediaSoul Central
Soul Central is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Derrick May. Those roots explain a lot about how Soul Central arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Room 5, Todd Terry, Shapeshifters, Armand van Helden and Freemasons, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ayumi Hamasaki, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Soul Central, reaching back through Derrick May and forward to Ayumi Hamasaki. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Soul Central connections
Soul Central grew out of Derrick May, shares an orbit with Room 5, Todd Terry, Shapeshifters and Armand van Helden, went on to shape Ayumi Hamasaki. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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