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The Beloved is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Electric Ladyland, Robert Fripp and Sparks. Those roots explain a lot about how The Beloved arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Erasure, Propaganda, Ultravox, Adamski and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bent, Depeche Mode, WestBam and System 7, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around The Beloved, reaching back through Electric Ladyland and forward to Bent. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Beloved connections
The Beloved grew out of Electric Ladyland, Robert Fripp and Sparks, shares an orbit with Erasure, Propaganda, Ultravox and Adamski, went on to shape Bent, Depeche Mode, WestBam and System 7. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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