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Xatar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Haftbefehl. Those roots explain a lot about how Xatar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as SSIO, Haftbefehl, Gzuz, 187 Strassenbande and Shindy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into SSIO, Azad, Farid Bang, Celo & Abdi and Capo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Xatar, reaching back through Haftbefehl and forward to SSIO. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Giwar Hajabi, better known by his stage name Xatar, was an Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and businessman. He was the founder and owner of the labels Alles oder Nix Records, Kopfticker Records, Groove Attack TraX and Goldmann Entertainment. He studied Music Business at the London Metropolitan University.
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Xatar connections
Xatar grew out of Haftbefehl, shares an orbit with SSIO, Haftbefehl, Gzuz and 187 Strassenbande, went on to shape SSIO, Azad, Farid Bang and Celo & Abdi. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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