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The Very Best is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Santigold, M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Architecture in Helsinki and Victor Uwaifo. Those roots explain a lot about how The Very Best arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Amadou & Mariam, Delorean, Cut Copy, Dan Deacon and Holy Ghost!, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Very Best, reaching back through Santigold. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Very Best is a collaboration between London-based DJ and production duo Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya, a singer from Lilongwe, Malawi. Their music has been described as an Afro-Western mix of dance, hip hop, pop, and the traditional music of Malawi.
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The Very Best connections
The Very Best grew out of Santigold, M.I.A., Vampire Weekend and Architecture in Helsinki, shares an orbit with Amadou & Mariam, Delorean, Cut Copy and Dan Deacon. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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