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William Onyeabor is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Hot Chip, Kindness and The Rapture. Those roots explain a lot about how William Onyeabor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Lijadu Sisters, Ebo Taylor, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and Joni Haastrup, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charles Lloyd, Damon Albarn, Money Mark, David Byrne and Luaka Bop, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around William Onyeabor, reaching back through Hot Chip and forward to Charles Lloyd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
William Ezechukwu Onyeabor was a Nigerian funk musician and businessman. His music was widely heard in Nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Despite his success, he remained an enigmatic, private, and reclusive figure.
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William Onyeabor connections
William Onyeabor grew out of Hot Chip, Kindness and The Rapture, shares an orbit with The Lijadu Sisters, Ebo Taylor, Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, went on to shape Charles Lloyd, Damon Albarn, Money Mark and David Byrne. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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