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Onelinedrawing

Jonah Matranga is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who has released a variety of solo material under both his own name and onelinedrawing, and has previously been part of the bands FAR, New End Original (an anagram of "onelinedrawing") and Gratitude. Much of his solo material has also been self-published, though often subsequently distributed through labels such as Crank! and Corrupted Image. However, his two full-length onelinedrawing albums, Visitor (2002) and The Volunteers (2004) were released by Jade Tree Records.

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Ironik

There is more than one artist with that name. 1. Ironik was born on January 18th 1988 in London, England. He was interested in music from an early age starting his career at the age of 13 when he worked as a DJ in clubs, not just in his home country but across Europe.
Aged 20 he signed a contract with the record label Atlantic/Warner UK, releasing his début album 'No Point In Wasting Tears' on September 29th 2008. 2. Ironik is also a rapper from Quebec and member of L'Assemblée.

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Orelsan

Orelsan is the stage name of Aurélien Cotentin (born August 1, 1982), a French hip hop and rap artist. English speaking media have reported on a controversy involving his work being censored due to protests from feminists. Orelsan has been called the "French Eminem" because of his lyrics.

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Apathy

There are 3 artists called Apathy: an American hip-hop artist, a Swedish metal band, and an American grunge band. 1.Apathy is a doom/death metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, being the creation of multi-instrumentalist Viktor Jonas. The band started as a side-project in 2003 when Viktor was playing the drums in a black metal band called Nattstrype. The band disbanded later that year and gave Viktor time to focus on Apathy.

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Riz Mc

Riz Ahmed, an Oxford graduate with a London pirate radio background, had his 2006 debut single "Post 9/11 Blues" temporarily banned from British airwaves, within months of being detained by British Intelligence for acting in Michael Winterbottom's multi-award winning film 'Road to Guantanamo' (outside of music, he is an actor)... He also starred in BAFTA winning TV film 'Britz'... Here is a seriously versatile UK talent, winning plaudits by word of mouth across a diverse range of audiences.

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Infinite Livez

Infinite Livez, MC, ex-Bethnal Green, now Berlin-based.
The enigmatic Infinite Livez truly is at the extreme, taking existentialist hip-hop to a whole new level of, er, existence! He has released a solo album on Big Dada in 2004, and 2 subsequent collaborative releases with Swiss minimal-electro-jazz group Stade, as well as numerous side-projects and experiments. * Infinite Livez vs Stade: "Art Brut for da Yoot" (2006)
* Infinite Livez vs Stade: "Morgan Freeman's Psychedelic Semen" (2008)
**NEW LIVE ALBUM OUT: 12 March 2009

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Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry (born Neneh Marianne Karlsson on March 10, 1964 in Stockholm) is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Award-winning Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper. Cherry is also an occasional DJ and broadcaster. Cherry blended hip hop with other influences, and experienced some moderate mainstream success with several of her recordings. Born of Swedish and Sierra Leonean parentage, Neneh Cherry spent most of her formative years in Europe and North America. Her stepfather is trumpeter Don Cherry.

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Mr. Flash

Mr. Flash, real name Gilles Bousquet, is a DJ and producer in the French house scene. His work is a mix of hip-hop and house with guitar sounds.
He started producing tracks since 1999 under the name Flash Gordon, featuring many rap artists. He also worked on TTC's album. He found his own label Lust Island in 2001 which only featured his own release Le Voyage Fantastique. After that Busy P, founder of Ed Banger Records, asked him to join his label.

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The Black Sea

The Black Sea was formed from the ashes of Frodus in 2002 when Frodus's Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher decided to continue playing together. At the time they recruited Fugazi bassist Joe Lally to play bass. At the time they weren't sure on if the musical endeavor would go beyond just playing music. In February 2002, Hamacher left for a 3 month excursion to Eastern Europe and Turkey after recording drum tracks for the pair.

Read more about The Black Sea on Last.fm.

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