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Ultravox is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Radio-Activity, Another Green World, Suicide, Dare and Rich Kids. Those roots explain a lot about how Ultravox arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ABC, Propaganda, Thompson Twins and Alphaville, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kim Wilde, Milk Inc., Camouflage, Magazine and XTC, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Ultravox, reaching back through Radio-Activity and forward to Kim Wilde. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ultravox connections
Ultravox grew out of Radio-Activity, Another Green World, Suicide and Dare, shares an orbit with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ABC, Propaganda and Thompson Twins, went on to shape Kim Wilde, Milk Inc., Camouflage and Magazine. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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