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UNKLE is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Orishas, The Golden Filter, Keaton Henson, Badly Drawn Boy and Karmacoma. Those roots explain a lot about how UNKLE arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Massive Attack, HÆLOS, Portishead, Amon Tobin and David Holmes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Crystal Method, Autolux, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Atoms for Peace and Russell Simins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around UNKLE, reaching back through Orishas and forward to The Crystal Method. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Unkle is a British musical act founded in 1992 by James Lavelle. Originally categorised as trip hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.
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UNKLE connections
UNKLE grew out of Orishas, The Golden Filter, Keaton Henson and Badly Drawn Boy, shares an orbit with Massive Attack, HÆLOS, Portishead and Amon Tobin, went on to shape The Crystal Method, Autolux, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Atoms for Peace. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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