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W&W is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pryda, Timmy Trumpet, Warp Brothers, Hardwell and Eric Prydz. Those roots explain a lot about how W&W arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dash Berlin, Don Diablo, Ferry Corsten and Mauro Picotto, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Music for a Big Night Out, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Hardwell and Ummet Ozcan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around W&W, reaching back through Pryda and forward to Music for a Big Night Out. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
W&W is a Dutch DJ and record production duo composed of Willem van Hanegem Jr. and Wardt van der Harst. They began their careers by producing trance music, before venturing into big room house and other forms of EDM.
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W&W connections
W&W grew out of Pryda, Timmy Trumpet, Warp Brothers and Hardwell, shares an orbit with Dash Berlin, Don Diablo, Ferry Corsten and Mauro Picotto, went on to shape Music for a Big Night Out, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Hardwell. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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