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Monolake

Monolake was formed in 1995 as the duo of Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, although on later albums the group consisted of Henke alone, with Behles focusing his time on running the Ableton software company. Their sound can generally be described as minimal techno filled with nice touch of fine tech dub, although the 1999 Gobi. The Desert EP, which contains a single 37-minute atmospheric piece, is a notable exception. Monolake first released an album and several 12"s on Berlin's Chain Reaction label, then on Monolake/Imbalance Computer Music, which is operated by Robert Henke.

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Droptear Modelmaker

Droptear Modelmaker are a collective of musicians that play an eclectic mix of ambient electronica and breakbeat with a good measure of dub/chillout thrown in. Starting with an almost purely electronic full length album "mannequin", the band moved to a more instrument based sound on the three track EP "extended play" including trumpet and bass alongside drum machines and synths. The aim of Droptear Modelmaker's live show is to play their brand of ambient electronica, whilst keeping a live, organic feel to the music.

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Haxan

There are at least three bands called Haxan. 1)
A raw black metal band from New York. hark! the eclipse of your optimism is upon you! of your hopeful ambitions and good fortune, say goodbye. admit the mysterious HAXAN as the embodiment of bitter isolation suffocating your doomed, fruitless existence. it is only through this admittance of total nihilistic hopelessness that record collecting appears as essentially crucial as this. do not despair. while you're here suffering, let it possess your soul. scathing, obscure, and violent art.

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Arctic Sunrise

Having spent 9 years playing drum and bass and amassing a big vinyl collection, 29 year old Arctic Sunrise (Ashley Brown) now concentrates his time on making experimental music and running the Coventry based label - Airvent Media.

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Reptar

Athens, GA's breakout sexy groove machine Imagine you take a giant stuffed panda bear and you animate it using sparkling ultraviolet ray pulses. You also take Big Bird. You put them in a room to fight to the death with marshmallow swords. But then you realize that there is no such thing as death and so really they're just hitting each other, and every time they hit each other rainbows bounce off the walls and little morsels of marshmallow blast off.

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Man Ray Sky

The band is in the midst of writing material for an album as well as honing their live performances with which they hope to add a more visual element to their shows. The sound of Man Ray Sky live can be an intense affair, with melodic lullabies brushing up against experimental noise pieces; the two opposing but strangely complementary sides of Man Ray Sky.

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