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The Bamboos

The Bamboos is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Durand Jones & The Indications. Those roots explain a lot about how The Bamboos arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Smoove & Turrell, Cookin' On 3 Burners, Izo FitzRoy, Lack of Afro and The New Mastersounds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fat Freddy's Drop and The Transatlantics, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around The Bamboos, reaching back through Durand Jones & The Indications and forward to Fat Freddy's Drop. 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
The BamboosDurand Jones & The I…Fat Freddy's DropThe TransatlanticsSmoove & TurrellCookin' On 3 BurnersIzo FitzRoyLack of AfroThe New MastersoundsMonophonicsSharon Jones and the…The Poets of Rhythm

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The Bamboos connections

The Bamboos grew out of Durand Jones & The Indications, shares an orbit with Smoove & Turrell, Cookin' On 3 Burners, Izo FitzRoy and Lack of Afro, went on to shape Fat Freddy's Drop and The Transatlantics. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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