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X-Press 2 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of David Byrne, Dieter Meier and The Music. Those roots explain a lot about how X-Press 2 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roger Sanchez, DB Boulevard, Armand van Helden, The Ones and Basement Jaxx, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Music and Alison Limerick, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around X-Press 2, reaching back through David Byrne and forward to Music. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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X-Press 2 connections
X-Press 2 grew out of David Byrne, Dieter Meier and The Music, shares an orbit with Roger Sanchez, DB Boulevard, Armand van Helden and The Ones, went on to shape Music and Alison Limerick. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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