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Technotronic

Technotronic is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Farley Jackmaster Funk, Rick J. Jordan and Indeep. Those roots explain a lot about how Technotronic arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Culture Beat, Snap!, Black Box, 2 Unlimited and Cappella, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Black Box, Milli Vanilli, Madonna, Electronic and Real McCoy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Technotronic, reaching back through Farley Jackmaster Funk and forward to Black Box. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Technotronic was a Belgian electronic music project formed in 1987 by Jo Bogaert and best known for their 1989 single, "Pump Up the Jam", which features vocals by Ya Kid K. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Later that year, the single was followed by the album of the same name, which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. Technotronic achieved further success with the singles "Get Up! " and "Move This". They went on to release the albums Body to Body (1991) and Recall (1995), and they have been inactive since 2001.

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TechnotronicFarley Jackmaster FunkRick J. JordanIndeepBlack BoxMilli VanilliMadonnaElectronicReal McCoyCulture BeatSnap!Black Box2 UnlimitedCappellaDr. AlbanIce MCReal McCoy

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Technotronic connections

Technotronic grew out of Farley Jackmaster Funk, Rick J. Jordan and Indeep, shares an orbit with Culture Beat, Snap!, Black Box and 2 Unlimited, went on to shape Black Box, Milli Vanilli, Madonna and Electronic. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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