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Trilok Gurtu

Trilok Gurtu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jimi Hendrix and Ketil Bjørnstad. Those roots explain a lot about how Trilok Gurtu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nguyên Lê, John McLaughlin, Anoushka Shankar, Talvin Singh and Michael Brecker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into deadmau5, Zakir Hussain and Reena Bhardwaj, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Trilok Gurtu, reaching back through Jimi Hendrix and forward to deadmau5. 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
Trilok GurtuJimi HendrixKetil Bjørnstaddeadmau5Zakir HussainReena BhardwajNguyên LêJohn McLaughlinAnoushka ShankarTalvin SinghMichael BreckerJan GarbarekChick CoreaNils Landgren

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Trilok Gurtu connections

Trilok Gurtu grew out of Jimi Hendrix and Ketil Bjørnstad, shares an orbit with Nguyên Lê, John McLaughlin, Anoushka Shankar and Talvin Singh, went on to shape deadmau5, Zakir Hussain and Reena Bhardwaj. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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