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Slint

Slint was a math rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). They formed in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 1986. Though they disbanded circa 1991, they are considered to be a major influence on the , , and scenes. Slint's first album Tweez was recorded by legendary engineer Steve Albini in 1987 and released in obscurity on the Jennifer Hartman Records label in 1989.

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Absent Without Leave

Absent Without Leave is the solo project of George Mastrokostas, based in Athens, Greece.
Recording everything himself or sometimes with assistance from some good friends, he produces a sound that has at times been described as a mix of shoegaze, post-rock, ambient and electronica.
To date, he has released his music on labels such as Distant Noise Records (uk), Unlabel (uk), Chat Blanc Records (canada), Awkward Silence Recordings (uk), Thisquietarmy Records (canada)...

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The Polar Dream

The polar dream is an instrumental-ambient ensemble , that consists of Hans (drums) Elihu (Accordion, keyboard), Arts (bass) Oby (keyboards, guitars) & Kosmo (Guitars, Keyboard, Glockenspiel & accordion). the band were formed by Oby and Kosmo in 2005 .The Polar Dream hail from México, and they bring you the beautiful landscape of aurora’s borealis with their music. Was named one of the fifteenth promises of Mèxico by Sonorama Magazine in 2007.

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The Pirate Ship Quintet

The Pirate Ship Quintet is a post-rock band comprising 7 members, originally from Bournemouth and Bristol. Their cellist is a full time member of one of Britain’s most commended symphony orchestras as well as being a stand in for the famous 'London Symphony Orchestra'. The hugely praised debut, self-titled EP, mastered by Cult Of Luna's Magnus Lindberg, was released in April 2007. The band is currently working on their follow up record which is likely to be a full length album.

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Laura

There are several artists using this name:
1. Laura is a band from Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.wearemappingyourdreams.com. 2. Laura is a Norwegian girl-band from Bodø. Visit at www.myspace.com/lauratheband.
3. Laura is a pop-singer from Belgium Laura Omloop @ last.fm
4. Laura is a pop/rock-singer from Belgium http://www.mostiko.com/Laura/home.html.
5. Laura is an Estonian singer . Laura Põldvere @ last.fm

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MGR

Mustard Gas and Roses (MGR) is an solo project from Los Angeles, California, United States created by Mike Gallagher around 2005, - the guitarist for American band Isis, having previously been a member of Cast Iron Hike. Gallagher incorporated more structure, more distortion, more dark foreboding into his almost-all-guitar aesthetic. "For me, these songs evoke more of a feeling than a concept-making this record was kind of a journey into and out of things making sense.

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AcousticBrony

A group of musicians creating music for the community, their music can be found on their YouTube channel and SoundCloud page. AcousticBrony used to be made up of 6 members but after recent events and some of them going off to do other projects, it is now just Jimmy and Edd. Band members past and present:
Jimmy
Fuzz / Edd
Freddie
Josh
Matt
Nathan They collaborate with MandoPony under the name AcoustiMandoBrony.

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Stars of the Lid

Stars of the Lid are a band specializing in -based music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk (both bands have tracks named "Taphead"), post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian Eno. Their music largely consists of beatless soundscapes, composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs.

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