◇ image via WikipediaSpoek Mathambo
Spoek Mathambo is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joy Division. Those roots explain a lot about how Spoek Mathambo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dels, Young Fathers, The Knife, MaxNormal.TV and Bike For Three!, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Black Coffee, Moonchild, Damon Albarn and Nick Zinner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Spoek Mathambo, reaching back through Joy Division and forward to Black Coffee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Spoek Mathambo connections
Spoek Mathambo grew out of Joy Division, shares an orbit with Dels, Young Fathers, The Knife and MaxNormal.TV, went on to shape Black Coffee, Moonchild, Damon Albarn and Nick Zinner. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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