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Stereolab

Indie rock
Indie rock

Stereolab is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of The Little Ones, Th' Faith Healers, Tortoise, Herbie Mann and Jim O'Rourke. Those roots explain a lot about how Stereolab arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Disco Inferno, The American Analog Set and Jim O'Rourke, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lotus Plaza, Snowpony, Quickspace, Black Lab and The Avalanches, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 59 connections around Stereolab, reaching back through The Little Ones and forward to Lotus Plaza. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
StereolabThe Little OnesTh' Faith HealersTortoiseHerbie MannJim O'RourkeSilver ApplesNeu!MalibuLotus PlazaSnowponyQuickspaceBlack LabThe AvalanchesDean WarehamBroadcastCornershopYo La TengoTortoiseDisco InfernoThe American Analog …Jim O'RourkeElectrelaneAnimal CollectiveDeerhunter

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Stereolab connections

Stereolab grew out of The Little Ones, Th' Faith Healers, Tortoise and Herbie Mann, shares an orbit with Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Disco Inferno and The American Analog Set, went on to shape Lotus Plaza, Snowpony, Quickspace and Black Lab. 59 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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