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Tony Allen is a Afrobeat and Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Moritz von Oswald, Adé Bantu, Yinka Davies, Jimi Tenor and Baaba Maal. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Allen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fela Kuti, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Ebo Taylor, The Souljazz Orchestra and William Onyeabor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sampa the Great, Nu Genea, Bantu, Honeyglaze and Dele Sosimi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Tony Allen, reaching back through Moritz von Oswald and forward to Sampa the Great. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tony Allen connections
Tony Allen grew out of Moritz von Oswald, Adé Bantu, Yinka Davies and Jimi Tenor, shares an orbit with Fela Kuti, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Ebo Taylor and The Souljazz Orchestra, went on to shape Sampa the Great, Nu Genea, Bantu and Honeyglaze. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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