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Charlie

At least four artists run under the name 'Charlie' : 1) An Italo Disco songwriter
2) An NYC Based R&B singer-songwriter
3) An English rockgroup
4) A Hungarian singer
5) A Danish "Popstars" contestant
6) A French "Chansons" singer
1) An Italo Disco songwriter Charlie is a one-time moniker of Maurizio Cavalieri, used for the release of the song Spacer Woman. M. Cavalieri was also part of the bands Firefly (his first and longest running dance-oriented project, along with Maurizio Sangineto), I.M.S and tons of other italian disco and italo disco side projects.

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Fred Ventura

FRED VENTURA Real Name: Federico di Bonaventura Bonaventura is one of the more prolific singers and producers of Italo-disco. He also sang using pseudonyms like Flexx, but his greatest success has been with the Fred Ventura releases. Releases: Zeit (1984)
The years (go by) (1985)
Leave me alone (Time Records, 1985)
Night and day (Time Records, 1986)
Wind of change (Time Records,1986)
Leave me alone (Time Records,1986)
Night an day (Time Records,1987)

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Brothertiger

John Jagos began recording under the name Brothertiger in Toledo, OH during the summer of 2009. He began recording electronic music in 2006 as Monoteque, an experimental project characterized by tribal beats and pulsing synthesizers. Influenced heavily by the electronic sound of Brian Eno and M83, along with the experimental characteristics of Animal Collective, Caribou, and Yeasayer, Jagos recorded many tracks throughout the final half of 2009. After he released the Apache Feathers EP on the Modicum of Silence net-label, he soon began work on the Vision Tunnels EP.

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Baton Rouge

There are two groups that go by Baton Rouge: 1. Baton Rouge is 4/5ths of Daïtro. New LP released in 2011 called Fragments d'eux mêmes, out now on Purepainsuger and Bakery Outlet.
2. Baton Rouge was a melodic hard rock band with heavy blues overtones not that far removed from early Whitesnake and Tangier.
The band originally formed in Louisiana as Voices and consisted of Kelly Keeling (guitar and keyboards), Lance Bulen (vocals), Keith Harrison (bass) and Harold Knappenburger (drums).

Read more about Baton Rouge on Last.fm.

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Indiana

There are at least three artists with the name Indiana. 1. A West Australian rock band
2. An Italian eurodance project
3. A US indie rock / emo band 1. Indiana, a Fremantle, Australia based band have been playing their blues infused rock and roll around the state for 18 months. Formed from a strong friendship and plenty of beers, the band consists of the musicians Marty Thompson (Vocals, Guitars), Steve Jenkins (Bass Guitars, Vocals) and Shaun Tuia (Drums, Vocals).

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Q

(1) Q - A four piece rock band from London, UK
(2) Q - A four piece rock band from Springfield, USA
(3) Q - A synth-pop band later renamed to SSQ, US
(4) Q - An alternative rock quartet from Bratislava, Slovakia
(5) Q - The solo project of Quinnes Parker, one of the members of American R&B quartet 112
(6) Q - A German hip hop/experimental producer and artist
(7) Q - A Lithuanian hip hop artist
(8) Q - A Maltese pop group

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