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Indica Ritual are a five piece band from liverpool who make intricate and progressive pop music. Their style encompasses elements of avant/math rock and synth pop resulting in a brightly coloured and hyper-active vision of pop music Their first release was an ep, "Four blockheads go pop", at the beginning of 2006, with a single, "Tradeshow / Looking for Derek" in october 2007, both self-released. Last year saw Indica Ritual take to the stage with everyone from 2manydjs to Ponytail. An album is slated to appear in summer 2009.

A rising talent in Manchester that's been around for a couple of years on and off but we're seeing more of them these days. Death to Spies have a unique sound that's easily danceable and lots of fun. The lead singer Kevan Hardman has an extremely dynamic voice at times choosing to sing for a couple of songs in a beautiful falsetto style (a bit Jimmy Sommerville), backed with haunting vocals by guitarist Andrew Fidler.

Jacques Lu Cont, born as Stuart Price on Sept. 7 1977, is the same gentleman who brings you Madonna's tour this year (2006), as he is her manager. Reportedly, he has said that the Human League's album 'Dare' inspired his sound the most, as evidenced by the video "Hey You What's That Sound," which looks amazingly like Madonna's "Hung Up." Hmm. He also laid down some sexy beats to her Confessions album...

Mason is the name of several very different musical projects. 1. Dutch DJ and producer Mason had a huge club hit with "Exceeder" in the Netherlands in 2006. The track was supported by all kinds of DJs from Fatboy Slim to Eric Prydz, and from Sharam Jey to Pete Tong, who made the track the Essential Tune at BBC Radio 1. A debut album is scheduled for spring 2007. He performs all over the world, integrating his electric violin during his energetic dj-sets. Mason was born in Amsterdam as Iason Chronis, son of a Dutch actress and a Greek sculptor. www.myspace.com/musicofmason