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Deeder Zaman

Deeder Zaman began his musical career when he was 9. He was a founding member of the band Asian Dub Foundation. In 2000, he decided to leave the band and formed Rebel Uprising. In 2008 Deeder released his debut album Minority Large on the BeatInk record label in Japan. Currently he is working with legendary soundman Adrian Sherwood (from the On-U-Sound stables) on finishing his second (working title Pride of the Underdog) due for release early 2010 on On-U-Sound Records. Deeder's unique voice and dub rhythms make him a great artist of our time.

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Winston Mcanuff

The son of a preacher, Winston was born in 1957, in the hills of Manchester parish, near Christiana, in Jamaica. His parents were very fond of music and it was only natural for him to sing in church. After his father died in 1971, Winston left his native home and moved to Kingston, where his sister was a teacher. In this new city environment, he became friend with Hugh Mundell, Earl Sixteen and Wayne Wade. Because he was sure of their talent, he went with them to their first auditions and even wrote some of their first songs, like Earl Sixteen's "Malcolm X", later taken up by Dennis Brown.

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The Lees

The Lees are a family band: dad - Steve; mum - Tracey; and their 4 kids - Raechel (19), Jarod (18), Faith (15) and Savannah (12). The Lees began around 11 years ago. After playing in many different bands and finding no satisfaction, Steve Lee decided that the only way to go about it was to use what already had - a wife and four kids. Steve and his wife Tracey were sitting at a Dead Ringer Band Concert one night in their hometown of Broken Hill when he turned to Tracey and said, "that looks like a good way to make a living… Wanna do that?".

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Maxi Priest

Maxi Priest (born Max Alfred Elliott on June 10, 1961) is a reggae singer from England. Career Of West Indian descent, and the second youngest of nine children, he was born in Lewisham, London. He is known as the 'King of Lovers Rock'. His music is sometimes closer to R&B, and pop, than to reggae music itself. His first major album was the self-titled Maxi Priest (1988) along with his cover of Cat Stevens' Wild World established him as one of the British reggae top singers this internationally acclaimed vocalist, is the only UK reggae act to score an American Billboard Number One.

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Babajack

BabaJack was born out of a love of blues, acoustic and roots music. Bec and Trev are a songwriting duo, with their roots firmly in acoustic blues, folk and country. Their music reflects their life together in the Gloucestershire countryside (UK) with their children, woodworking, growing and raising. They are truly a modern, English take on the blues. They met each other 7 years ago, after a well travelled life—from Africa to Soviet Russia.

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U Roy

U Roy AKA Ewart Beckford, Hugh Roy. Born in 1942, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. began as a sound system DJ in 1961, spinning records for the Doctor Dickies set, later known as Dickies Dynamic, in such well-known Jamaican venues as Victoria Pier, Foresters Hall and Emmett Park. His inspiration was the DJ Winston Count Machuki, who worked for Coxsone Dodd and subsequently on Prince Buster's Voice Of The People sound system.

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