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Telex is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Anthony Shakir, Storm Queen, Morgan Geist, Sparks and Sly Stone. Those roots explain a lot about how Telex arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Propaganda, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Alexander Robotnick, Art of Noise and Sparks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carl Craig, Plastic Bertrand, Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Telex, reaching back through Anthony Shakir and forward to Carl Craig. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Telex connections
Telex grew out of Anthony Shakir, Storm Queen, Morgan Geist and Sparks, shares an orbit with Propaganda, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Alexander Robotnick and Art of Noise, went on to shape Carl Craig, Plastic Bertrand, Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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