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Methodblack

Methodblack is the work of DJ/Artist Rob Swain (Belfast, 1973). Swain began his Dj career at the age of 17, when he was 23 he set up Fresco Recordings with a collective of local musicians and Dj's, a low budget project, their studio consisted of a 1960's Carlsbro desk, a 15 second sampler and a four track tape deck. Despite these restrictions he successfully produced and released several 12"s under the guises of Wolf75, Denzil Dexter and Baby Al alongside label chums Marty Doherty, Dave Kane, Al Stockdale and Cara Robinson.

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Afternaut

Afternaut is the latest project from the Liverpool based musician, Adam Rowley. For the past decade Adam has been involved with various music projects, initially starting off playing guitar in bands. But it wasn’t until 2004, while studying Film and TV at university, where he was introduced to sound manipulation using computers with effects and synthesis. This interest led to working on sound for film projects at university. Not only recording sound but also creating soundtracks. Since 2006, Adam has also been a sound designer/audio producer for the games industry.

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Dr. Octagon

Dr. Octagon is one of Kool Keith's many alter egos. His initial release as Dr. Octagon was 1996's Dr. Octagonecologyst, on which he collaborated with Dan the Automator Nakamura and DJ QBert. After the name was dropped in favour of Dr. Dooom, it was widely believed that it wouldn't be used again until the release of 2006's The Return of Dr. Octagon, which Keith maintains was changed and released without his consent.

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Big Sir

Big Sir is a band that includes bassist Juan Alderete (The Mars Volta and Racer X), singer Lisa Papineau, and producer Bruce Bouillet. Members
Lisa Papineau - Vocals
Juan Alderete - Bass
Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales - Percussion, Woodwinds Discography
Big Sir (2000)
Now That's What I Call Big Sir (2001)
Und Die Schei

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Robot Koch

Berlin based producer Robot Koch is the mastermind behind the critically acclaimed Jahcoozi and post rock/hiphop outfit The Tape vs RQM.
If he`s not on tour with Jahcoozi or Djing somewhere in the world he still finds time to produce and remix other people and write music for film scores. He made beats and remixes for artists like Infinite Livez (Ninja Tune/Big Dada) Justine Electra (City Slang), Raz Ohara (Kitty Yo), Data Mc (Hamton), Al Haca (Klein) and Christopher Wiltis (Ghostly International), Rustie (Stuff Records) and Amanda Blank (downtown rec).

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