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The Telescopes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nick Drake, Sonic Youth, Sun Ra, The Velvet Underground and Suicide. Those roots explain a lot about how The Telescopes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Loop, Chapterhouse, Lilys, Medicine and Moose, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Brian Jonestown Massacre, LSD and the Search for God, Flavor Crystals, Radiohead and Mogwai, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 56 connections around The Telescopes, reaching back through Nick Drake and forward to The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Telescopes are an English noise, space rock, dream pop and psychedelic band formed in 1987 by artist, composer, and musician Stephen Lawrie, with band members David Fitzgerald and Joanna Doran joining later. The band's line-up is in constant flux; there can be anywhere between 1 and 20 members on a recording.
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The Telescopes connections
The Telescopes grew out of Nick Drake, Sonic Youth, Sun Ra and The Velvet Underground, shares an orbit with Loop, Chapterhouse, Lilys and Medicine, went on to shape The Brian Jonestown Massacre, LSD and the Search for God, Flavor Crystals and Radiohead. 56 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Telescopes
Sounds and acts that shaped The Telescopes.
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