◇ image via WikipediaThe Blue Nile
The Blue Nile is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Peter Gabriel and The Twang. Those roots explain a lot about how The Blue Nile arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Talk Talk, Deacon Blue, Lloyd Cole, Roxy Music and This Mortal Coil, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pale Waves, Up Dharma Down, Julian Lennon, Robbie Robertson and Michael McDonald, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around The Blue Nile, reaching back through Peter Gabriel and forward to Pale Waves. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Blue Nile were a Scottish band which originated in 1981 in Glasgow. The group's early music was built heavily on synthesizers and electronic instrumentation and percussion, although later works featured guitar more prominently. Following early championing by established artists such as Rickie Lee Jones and Peter Gabriel, the Blue Nile gained critical acclaim, particularly for their first two albums A Walk Across the Rooftops and Hats, and some commercial success in both the UK and the US, which led to the band working with a wide range of musicians from the late 1980s onwards.
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The Blue Nile connections
The Blue Nile grew out of Peter Gabriel and The Twang, shares an orbit with Talk Talk, Deacon Blue, Lloyd Cole and Roxy Music, went on to shape Pale Waves, Up Dharma Down, Julian Lennon and Robbie Robertson. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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