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VNV Nation is a Industrial and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Kraftwerk, D.A.F., The Human League, Nitzer Ebb and Das Ich. Those roots explain a lot about how VNV Nation arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Apoptygma Berzerk, Colony 5, De/Vision and Wolfsheim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Apoptygma Berzerk and Blutengel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around VNV Nation, reaching back through Kraftwerk and forward to Apoptygma Berzerk. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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VNV Nation connections
VNV Nation grew out of Kraftwerk, D.A.F., The Human League and Nitzer Ebb, shares an orbit with Apoptygma Berzerk, Colony 5, De/Vision and Wolfsheim, went on to shape Apoptygma Berzerk and Blutengel. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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