◇ image via WikipediaSystem 7
System 7 is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of James Holden, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire and Orbital. Those roots explain a lot about how System 7 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Underworld, The Orb, Eat Static, Spooky and Sun Electric, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gaudi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around System 7, reaching back through James Holden and forward to Gaudi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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System 7 connections
System 7 grew out of James Holden, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin and Dubfire, shares an orbit with Underworld, The Orb, Eat Static and Spooky, went on to shape Gaudi. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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