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TRF is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of globe, Tetsuya Komuro and 4 Hot Wave. Those roots explain a lot about how TRF arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as globe, TM NETWORK, Every Little Thing, My Little Lover and DREAMS COME TRUE, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Namie Amuro, Shizuka Kudō and Startin'/Born to Be..., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around TRF, reaching back through globe and forward to Namie Amuro. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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TRF connections
TRF grew out of globe, Tetsuya Komuro and 4 Hot Wave, shares an orbit with globe, TM NETWORK, Every Little Thing and My Little Lover, went on to shape Namie Amuro, Shizuka Kudō and Startin'/Born to Be.... 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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