◇ image via WikipediaYoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno is a Ambient and Blues act. Their catalogue also touches Classical, J-pop and Jazz. Their sound grew out of Hajime Mizoguchi and Ringo Sheena. Those roots explain a lot about how Yoko Kanno arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Conte, Mai Yamane, See-Saw and KOKIA, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into yanaginagi, Eminence Symphony Orchestra, Hooverphonic, Yui Makino and Maaya Sakamoto, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Yoko Kanno, reaching back through Hajime Mizoguchi and forward to yanaginagi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Yoko Kanno connections
Yoko Kanno grew out of Hajime Mizoguchi and Ringo Sheena, shares an orbit with Steve Conte, Mai Yamane, See-Saw and KOKIA, went on to shape yanaginagi, Eminence Symphony Orchestra, Hooverphonic and Yui Makino. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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