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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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Highfish

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Highfish was founded 1996. In 2000 they released a first EP Round Robin, and in 2003 the second EP Ride On was released on Little Jig Records.
The second EP also contained what you could call a "hit-single", namely Rip Tide, for which (only) in 2003 (!) they were awarded with the "Kick Ass Award" from Radio 3fach and in 2004 they received the "Diesel-U-Music-Award" at the M4M Demotapeclinic.

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Poltergeist

There are at least eight artists using this name: 1. A thrash metal band from Switzerland formed in 1985. 2. Poltergeist from Poland, Wroclaw city (crust punk/grind core) 3. Solo trance project from Union Jack's Simon Berry produced the track "Vicious Circles": Released 1996 on Manifesto Records. 4. Poltergeist from Brasov, Romania(rock, alternative rock, pop-rock). They released an album containing 13 covers and 4 own-made tracks 5. A melodic death metal band from Finland.

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Ever Since

Founded in 1998 on the smoking ashes of « Sacrement », Ever Since has created its own style of music :
Melodic Dark Metal
This style is half way between black metal and heavy metal, accompagnied by keyboards and dark voice, that will lift you thourgh different dark and tourmented atmosphere. In june 2001 Ever Since recorded the first album called “Into a reign of pain”. First album and first big experience because it was recorded live during four different concerts. Sold over 500 copies it was a huge hit according to specialized media.

Read more about Ever Since on Last.fm.

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Redwood

Biog of Swiss based Redwood (1997 - present) 2007
REDWOOD releases their album "We're all gonna die". 2004
REDWOOD releases their debut album "Everything Under the Sun" on March 8th 2004 in collaboration with distributor MUVE.
Album release concert on the 12th of March 2004 at the Abart Club in Zurich
REDWOOD releases their first videoclip "lights"
March - July 2004 played over 30 shows, including 4 support shows for German band "Beatsteaks"

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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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