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The Shapeshifters

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The Shapeshifters is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Johnnie Taylor, Nile Rodgers and Orbital. Those roots explain a lot about how The Shapeshifters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Junior Jack, Room 5, Michael Gray, Armand van Helden and Roger Sanchez, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kleerup, Pixie Lott, Purple Disco Machine, Todd Terry and Leona Lewis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around The Shapeshifters, reaching back through Johnnie Taylor and forward to Kleerup. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The ShapeshiftersJohnnie TaylorNile RodgersOrbitalKleerupPixie LottPurple Disco MachineTodd TerryLeona LewisMobyArrDeeChristina AguileraJunior JackRoom 5Michael GrayArmand van HeldenRoger SanchezFreemasonsBooty LuvEric Prydz

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The Shapeshifters connections

The Shapeshifters grew out of Johnnie Taylor, Nile Rodgers and Orbital, shares an orbit with Junior Jack, Room 5, Michael Gray and Armand van Helden, went on to shape Kleerup, Pixie Lott, Purple Disco Machine and Todd Terry. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Shapeshifters

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Sounds and acts that shaped The Shapeshifters.

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