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Trilok Gurtu

Trilok Gurtu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ketil Bjørnstad and Jimi Hendrix. 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 Zakir Hussain, deadmau5 and Reena Bhardwaj, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Trilok Gurtu, reaching back through Ketil Bjørnstad and forward to Zakir Hussain. 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 GurtuKetil BjørnstadJimi HendrixZakir Hussaindeadmau5Reena BhardwajNguyên LêJohn McLaughlinAnoushka ShankarTalvin SinghMichael BreckerJan GarbarekChick CoreaNils Landgren

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Trilok Gurtu connections

Trilok Gurtu grew out of Ketil Bjørnstad and Jimi Hendrix, shares an orbit with Nguyên Lê, John McLaughlin, Anoushka Shankar and Talvin Singh, went on to shape Zakir Hussain, deadmau5 and Reena Bhardwaj. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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