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Happy Jawbone Family Band

Lo-fi band from Vermont.

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom (2005 – present) Steve Adey (born, Birmingham, England) is a singer, songwriter, and former recording engineer. Steve Adey has released one album and various EP's & singles. His 2006 debut album ''All Things Real'' was released through independent record label Grand Harmonium Records. Steve Adey's music is commonly described as "slowcore", a sub-genre characterised by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. His music covers many styles and genres from baroque pop through folk and most recently (on his These Resurrections EP) classical and avant-garde.

Bertie Blackman

Bertie Blackman’s first encounter with her artistic self came as a child sashaying across her mother and father’s paint strewn studio floor. The daughter of iconic Australian artist Charles Blackman, not many musicians can boast a foundation of emotional expression like Bertie.

Bertie first stepped onto the scene with ‘Headway’ (2004), her folk-inspired debut album. The single ‘Favourite Jeans’ became Bertie’s radio breakthrough and saw her dubbed “Australia’s underground queen”.

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crook&flail

Crook&Flail is the partnership between Adam Drucker and Andrew Broder. The two came together in 2009 to score the soundtrack for Unearthing, an audio/visual project from Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins. It has been confirmed that Crook&Flail will also score the follow-up to Unearthing, entitled Earthing. A release date has yet to be set. The score for Unearthing excluding Crook&Flail features musicians Stuart Braithwaite, Justin Broadrick, George Cartwright, Matt Darling, Zach Hill, Paul Metzger, Mike Patton, Josh Granowski, Michael Lewis and mixing aid from Tom Herbers.

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Fort Romeau

Michael 'Mikey' Norris (Keyboard) is a London-based musician and is one of two keyboard players that support La Roux on their tours and live dates. A native of the Chester area in Cheshire, Norris studied music at university, joining La Roux shortly after graduating from a music degree. Mike Norris released his debut album under the moniker Fort Romeau, titled Kingdoms, in 2012 on the 100% Silk record label.
Debut LP 'Kingdoms' out via 100% Silk

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Holy Strays

Sebastien Forrester, a French bohemian artist based in Paris, France who traffics within a melange of aliases but whose freshest mask is Holy Strays. Stuttering drum loops, hypnotic keyboard spirals, and melodic fogs that float up then dissipate. The elements are all there gelling up a superlative sound.

Arca

There are three artists that record under the name Arca: 1) An experimental/glitch project of Nuuro, aka Alejandro Ghersi, a Venezuelan producer. His albums under the name Arca include: Stretch 1, Stretch 2 (released 2 giveaways on UNO) and the 2013 mixtape &&&&&. He has also been credited for his writing/producing efforts on Kanye West's album Yeezus. http://soundcloud.com/arca-2
2) arca is a french project initiated by Joan Cambon and Sylvain Chauveau at the beginning of the year 2000.

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New project from Owen Ashworth, formerly known as Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Debut 7", a split single with Hello Shark was released in July 2011.
His debut album called "Shut-in's Prayer" was released on May 15, 2012.
http://www.advancebasemusic.com/

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Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Beth Hart, known for her raw and powerful blues-rock sound, wraps her expressive vocals around classic soul cover album Don’t Explain—an album that grew out of her friendship with blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes), the album features Hart’s interpretations of ten soulful blues songs, with Bonamassa on guitar and his ace band filling out the tracks.

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