Sentence examples for taking influences from inspiring English sources

Set in the Himalayas amid Afghanistan, China and India, Kashmir underwent constant cultural fermentation, taking influences in, sending them out.

Sheffield rapper J Kas has been rapping since he was young, taking influences from Snoop Dogg, Kriss Kross, Michael Jackson and Tupac.

Grime matters because it's a timely metaphor for our mixed-race society, taking influences from many cultures yet managing to sound utterly, resolutely, determinedly British.

Ruffest mainly make kwaito, a low-slung party groove that swept the nation around the end of apartheid, taking influences from both house and hip-hop.

Of rising bands, among the most promising were Whitechapel and Suicide Silence, a pair of brutal groups playing deathcore, a brand of metalcore taking influences from death metal.

McCabe says that Factorli will be taking influences from these, as well as a number of other concepts like burst manufacturing and cellular manufacturing; and thinking of the best way of blending the expertise of engineers, machinists, and machines.

Vast online archives mean that bands are taking influence from rarer hardcore groups, not just the big names.

"This is taking influence peddling to a whole new level," says Craig Holman, a lobbyist with Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group.

Taking influence from artists such as Stuart Lee, Guilt and Joy Division, the band is working on developing their own interpretation of post-punk.

The song has a chaotic beat, taking influence from punk rock and rave music.

It wasn't taking influence from the US, and in turn didn't have any influence on it.