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The Expanders is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Iya Terra, Fortunate Youth, Burning Spear, The Gladiators and The Ethiopians. Those roots explain a lot about how The Expanders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tribal Seeds, Arise Roots, Iya Terra, Yellowman and Josh Heinrichs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cocoa Tea and Queen Omega, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around The Expanders, reaching back through Iya Terra and forward to Cocoa Tea. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Expanders connections
The Expanders grew out of Iya Terra, Fortunate Youth, Burning Spear and The Gladiators, shares an orbit with Tribal Seeds, Arise Roots, Iya Terra and Yellowman, went on to shape Cocoa Tea and Queen Omega. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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