Speak And Spell are a Depeche Mode tribute band from the UK.
Members are:
Paul Wood - Vocals
Stuart Avis - Electronics
Andy Sturmey - Electronics
Steve Cobley - Guitar
Joe Beaumont - Electronics & Vocals
Dan Budden - Sound Engineer More info at www.myspace.com/speakandspellband.
Will Saul is the DJ, producer and A&R behind Simple Records.
Growing up in Glastonbury, his obsession with music was fuelled with regular trips to his local Tor Records store and treks to clubs around England.
His DJing style displays wide influences from dub to techno, electro and breakbeat.
His natural flair for mixing has allowed him to develop a style of his own, fusing broken beats of all tempos into a fluid dancefloor groove.
There exist five acts with this name: 1. A side project of Lycia members Mike Vanportfleet and fellow member David Galas
2. An atmospheric/ambient/raw dark/black metal with vocals reminiscent of early Burzum.
3. A Finnish rock band
4. A death.blues London, UK band
5. A techno act from sweden. -----
1) In the midst of an incredibly prolific time for the band Lycia during the mid-'90s, bandleader Mike Vanportfleet and fellow member David Galas found time to create a side project...
Oliver Chesler (born January 20, 1970), better known by his stage name The Horrorist, is an American electronic music artist. His singles and albums have charted in Germany. He is the owner of Things to Come Records. He appeared in Depeche Mode's concert film "101". He is also a member of the DJ Skinhead hardcore gabber act.
TSOMM (for the abbreviation) are a synth bomb, the fallout being incredible tron-pop, beat driven glam-rock fronted by melody making, flesh and blood drones. With deep, rhythmic electric guitar hooks, crispy clean black and white outfits and more vocoders than you can poke an antenna at, these two take their audience on a journey that starts with a ramp and drives through the still clean disco to the fragmenting and decaying sounds of the future.
Emade is a hip-hop producer and drummer from Warsaw, Poland. He made his name producing beats for Fisz's (his brother) albums and their mutual music project called Tworzywo Sztuczne. Whats more, Emade is involved in POE (Projekt Ostry Emade), a collaboration with rapper and producer O.S.T.R., and an all-star group Bassisters Orchiestra. Emade's beats are rooted in the sound of samplers and modern jazz.
There are at least three artists with the name Subs. 1) An up-and-coming Belgian electro outfit; see The Subs 2) At the centre of the China’s burgeoning rock scene is Beijing, and at the centre of the capital city’s rock scene is another Subs, whose screaming garage-punk rock is the most sought after live experience in the country. Subs have risen quickly through the rock ranks based on their riotous live sets that are explosions of pure energy rare to the Middle Kingdom.
Sonja was born in the Swiss Mountains in autumn 78. At the young age of four, she got in touch with her 1st instrument: the piano. Aside her classical music studies, she was on the search for other musical styles. As a depeche mode and david bowie young teenage fan in the late 80's, she was a bit out of her time. With the wonderful discovery of KLF, acid music sounds and Electro rythmics she did while visiting underground and open-air parties all over Switzerland and Germany, she dived into the whirl of electronic music.
Landing somewhere between Dan Black, Tears for Fears and La Roux is British synth-pop artist Max Gold. Strong use of 80’s-esque sounds, mixed with space-age imagery and a bent to the New Romantic style. http://www.myspace.com/maxgoldmusic