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Walshy Fire is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ape Drums, Coxsone Dodd and Wizkid. Those roots explain a lot about how Walshy Fire arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Govana, Lion D, Gappy Ranks, Nessa Preppy and Bugle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Diplo, Ape Drums, Chronixx, Justin Bieber and MØ, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Walshy Fire, reaching back through Ape Drums and forward to Diplo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Leighton Paul Walsh, better known by his stage name Walshy Fire, is an American DJ, MC and record producer. He is part of the dancehall reggae-influenced group Major Lazer alongside fellow DJs Diplo and Ape Drums. Walshy Fire toured with the Black Chiney sound system beginning in 2004. Black Chiney is cited as a significant influence on the evolution of Major Lazer with its mashups that blend hip hop or R&B rhythms with reggae & R&B artist vocal tracks and its representation of the Jamaican sound system. The subsequent mix tapes that the Black Chiney collective of DJs, engineers and MCs would develop were the training ground for Walshy to become a remix producer.
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Walshy Fire connections
Walshy Fire grew out of Ape Drums, Coxsone Dodd and Wizkid, shares an orbit with Govana, Lion D, Gappy Ranks and Nessa Preppy, went on to shape Diplo, Ape Drums, Chronixx and Justin Bieber. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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