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Igorrr

Igorrr (aka Gautier Serre) is a composer of and music who mixes genres as widely-varying as , , , , and among others. He is based in France and has been composing music since 2006. "Imagine what would be if a church organist goes crazy, learns to growl, masters the wisdom of working with sound on computer, learns to beat drums rhythms in the manner of Slipknot, plays drum machine à la Venetian Snares.

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sandcastle

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Sandcastle is a one-person project founded by Elena Andersson as a side project of her first neoclassical/darkwave music experiment called Gothic Lethargy that has existed since 1997. The music style of Sandcastle can be defined as goth/etherial/darkwave/soundtrack. The name of the project is borrowed from the title of Iris Murdoch's novel "The Sandcastle". 2) Sandcastle is a garage rock band from Melbourne, Australia.

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Emancipator

To some, it must seem like this young electronic producer came out of nowhere. Emancipator (Douglas Appling) played his first live show in July 2009, opening for Bonobo at the Roseland Theater (cap. 1500). Since then, he’s toured with Bassnectar, drawn crowds at festivals like Trinumeral and Symbiosis, and closed out Sound Tribe Sector 9’s late night parties in Denver at the request of the band.

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Vernian Process

Vernian Process is a multimedia project, formed in San Francisco, California by Joshua Pfeiffer. It was started as an attempt to create music inspired by late 19th Century Science Fiction authors such as Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells. In 2008 Joshua was joined by multi-instrumentalist Martin Irigoyen. They are currently working on their first collaboration together "Behold the Machine". Inspired by Steampunk culture and the Darkwave, Neo-Classical, Trip-Hop, Post-Punk, and New Wave musical genres.

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Max Richter

Composer Max Richter was born in Germany in 1966 and grew up in the UK. He studied composition and piano at Edinburgh University, the Royal Academy of Music and in Florence with Luciano Berio. Though he has a strong background in the canons of classical music, his influences were more modern composers and in particular, Iannis Xenakis whose musical compositions applied mathematical and physical laws and Philip Glass whose sound was a major influence on Richter.

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Sophia

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Indie band Sophia includes The Flower Shop Recordings mainman and former The God Machine singer/guitarist Robin Proper-Sheppard. After the sudden and tragic death of schoolfriend and God Machine bassist Jimmy Fernandez, Proper-Sheppard began searching for a new musical outlet. Together with friends and fellow musicians from other Flower Shop bands Elevate, Ligament and Oil Seed Rape, Proper-Sheppard began working on the music that would become known as Sophia.

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A Winged Victory for the Sullen

A Winged Victory For The Sullen is a collaboration between Stars of the Lid member Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O'Halloran. They will release their self-titled debut album worldwide on September 9, 2011 via Erased Tapes except for North America where it will be released on September 13, 2011 via Kranky. There's a preview on soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/adambryanbaumwiltzie/sets/a-winged-victory-for-the...

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Brian Kelly

There are several artists with the name Brian Kelly: 1. Brian Kelly (www.briankelly.com) is an award-winning, composer, pianist, and recording artist who has released two critically acclaimed contemporary piano instrumental albums. Brian resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2. Brian Kelly - New York-based rock musician. 2 albums: Each Day Blues, Receding Choir. www.briankellymusic.com 3. Brian Kelly is a London-based tenor banjo player who took lessons from the influential Brendan Mulkere and went on to win All-Ireland titles on both the banjo and mandolin.

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