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The Black Dog is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Robert Hood, Blawan, Brian Eno, Gustavo Cerati and Ambient 1: Music for Airports. Those roots explain a lot about how The Black Dog arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Plaid, The Orb, Biosphere, Two Lone Swordsmen and Autechre, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sweet Trip and Plaid, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around The Black Dog, reaching back through Robert Hood and forward to Sweet Trip. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Black Dog connections
The Black Dog grew out of Robert Hood, Blawan, Brian Eno and Gustavo Cerati, shares an orbit with Plaid, The Orb, Biosphere and Two Lone Swordsmen, went on to shape Sweet Trip and Plaid. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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