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The Presets is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Soft Cell, Cut Copy and The Avalanches. Those roots explain a lot about how The Presets arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sneaky Sound System, Midnight Juggernauts, Grinspoon, Powderfinger and Ladyhawke, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into End of Fashion, Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D, The Transatlantics and Miami Horror, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around The Presets, reaching back through Depeche Mode and forward to End of Fashion. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes. Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs in advance of their debut album, Beams, released in 2005 to positive critical response. After two years of touring, including as the Australian support for Daft Punk, the band's 2008 release, Apocalypso, debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, and went on to win six awards at ARIA Awards 2008, including Album of the Year.
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The Presets connections
The Presets grew out of Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Soft Cell and Cut Copy, shares an orbit with Sneaky Sound System, Midnight Juggernauts, Grinspoon and Powderfinger, went on to shape End of Fashion, Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D and The Transatlantics. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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