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The Disco Boys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Felix da Housecat, Patrick Hernandez, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Bruce Springsteen and Flash and the Pan. Those roots explain a lot about how The Disco Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Master Blaster, DJ Antoine, Tomcraft, Guru Josh Project and Aquagen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ich + Ich, M.I.A. and Roger Sanchez, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around The Disco Boys, reaching back through Felix da Housecat and forward to Ich + Ich. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Disco Boys are a German house music DJ and production duo from Hamburg, which consists of Raphael Krickow and Gordon Hollenga. They play a mixture of disco classics and modern house songs. The Disco Boys have played at the German Love Parade, Nature One, and the Mayday and Life Ball festivals in Austria. Even though the group was founded in 1995, they did not release their first single until 2001. Their acts as DJs take place around the world and include China.
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The Disco Boys connections
The Disco Boys grew out of Felix da Housecat, Patrick Hernandez, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Bruce Springsteen, shares an orbit with Master Blaster, DJ Antoine, Tomcraft and Guru Josh Project, went on to shape Ich + Ich, M.I.A. and Roger Sanchez. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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