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The Heliocentrics is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mulatu Astatke and Orlando Julius. Those roots explain a lot about how The Heliocentrics arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karl Hector & The Malcouns, The Sorcerers, Clutchy Hopkins, The Budos Band and Idris Muhammad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Gaslamp Killer, Jamie Cullum, DJ Shadow, Orlando Julius and Mulatu Astatke, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Heliocentrics, reaching back through Mulatu Astatke and forward to The Gaslamp Killer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Heliocentrics are an English, London-based musical collective that combines funk, jazz, psych, and library influences. The group is based around drummer and producer Malcolm Catto, bassist Jake Ferguson, guitarist Adrian Owusu, and multi-instrumentalist Jack Yglesias.
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The Heliocentrics connections
The Heliocentrics grew out of Mulatu Astatke and Orlando Julius, shares an orbit with Karl Hector & The Malcouns, The Sorcerers, Clutchy Hopkins and The Budos Band, went on to shape The Gaslamp Killer, Jamie Cullum, DJ Shadow and Orlando Julius. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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