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The Shiver

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Swiss psychedelic rock band formed in 1967. The Shiver released one album titled Walpurgis in 1969, originally released on the Maris label (catalogue number 20501), it also features a cover designed by H. R. Giger.
The band is related to Toad and Brainticket whose music is a bit similar. The members of The Shiver are:
Dany Ruhle - Lead Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Jelly Pastorini - Organ, Piano
Mario Conza - Bass Guitar, Flute, Vocals
Roger Maurer - Drums, Vocals

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Anna Murphy

The Swiss singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anna Murphy is mainly known as the hurdy-gurdist of the metal band Eluveitie, as well as a multitude of side projects.
Throughout late 2011 and 2012 she has been working on her first solo effort, where she finds her own sound in an eclectic fusion of indie, rock and pop music. Two demo tracks have been released online for public listening and an album will follow in 2013.

Anna Murphy on Last.fm.

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The Young Gods

The Young Gods are an electronic/industrial band, formed in Switzerland in 1985. Current and past members include Franz Treichler (lead vocals), Alain Monod (a.k.a Al Comet) and Cesare Pizzi (keyboards) and Frank Bagnoud, Use Hiestand and Bernard Trontin (drums). They are generally considered to have been about 20 years ahead of their times, generating music that could still be considered on the bleeding edge today (due to the reliance on samples and sequencers, their concerts sound pretty much the same today as they did then).

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Optiv

Edd Holmes, better known in the Drum & Bass scene as Optiv, first started his music career in the early 90s working at Dance 2, his local record shop in Guildford. At about the same time he was learning his production skills at SAE in London and also found time to hold a weekend job of assistant engineer at Ministry of Sound nightclub. Having completed his studies, he became a main player for the Drum & Bass outfit Pressure Rise.

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Frantic

there are 6 bands with the name Frantic: 1. a swiss indie band:
an autumn day in the year 2000: four youths met spontaneously for a jam-session. what began with occasional playing of cover versions for pure fun, developed soon to a serious band-project with regular practice-sessions. the guitarists mike sarbach and michael gysel discovered early their talent in songwriting. all bandmembers have their own music-interests, what led gently to the typical sound of frantic.

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Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger (born May 21, 1939) is a Swiss oboist and composer. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland and began his musical education at the conservatories of Bern and Basel. He also studied composition with Pierre Boulez. He took first prize in the International Competition in Geneva in 1959. He has become one of the world's most celebrated oboists, and numerous works have been written for him. He began teaching at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1966.

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Molotow Brass Orkestar

Combine swiss folk songs with a kletzmer or balkan brass playing style and add a little bit of ska to get the unique sound of the Molotow Brass Orkestar. The band was founded in fall 2007, when 6 friends - who all happened to study music in Bern - sat together and started to rediscover songs they knew from their childhood. Molotow Brass Orkestar unifies east and west. Its music is a declaration of love to folk music in Switzerland and eastern Europe.

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Serpentine

There are at least two acts with this name: 1) A singer / songwriter from Switzerland. He recorded his debut album "The Tragedy of Being Honest" in 2005 and signed at B&B Records Sweden. In 2007 he released the album "Beauty Queen" featuring Heidi Happy & Sophie Hunger etc. For more info visit his MySpace 2) A Dutch rock band from the 1970s.

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Eno

'Eno' is a name used by at least three musical performers: 1. "Eno was the original stage-name of experimental musician Brian Eno prior to the release of the Discreet Music album. Eno studied at art school, taking inspiration from minimalist painting, but he had little musical education or playing experience when he joined the band Roxy Music as their keyboards and synthesisers player in the early 1970s.

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Krokodil

There's few bands and projects called "Krokodil": 1) Swiss Krautrock group from the 70s; 2) Swedish jazz duo; 3) Resnik experimental metal project; The first group consists of three musicians, two of them from Zurich, Switzerland and an Englishman - Krokodil were an early 70's Swiss-Krautrock group who mixed blues based jam music with psychedelic Indian sitar and tablas. Drummer Dude Durst had been in the popular Swiss 60's beat band Les Sauterelles.

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