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Ben Watt

Ben Watt (born 6 Dec 1962, London) is best-known as half of the duo Everything but the Girl, which first performed together in 1982. Watt released his first solo album in 1983 entitled North Marine Drive. It went to number 1 on the U.K. indie charts and included a cover of Bob Dylan's You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go. Everything but the Girl's early material was lite-jazz, but their major international breakthrough came in the dance music genre with Todd Terry's 1995 remix of the song Missing which originally appeared on the album Amplified Heart.

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Jeremy Sylvester

Jeremy Sylvester is a highly influential and prolific and producer. As well as his famed solo work, he claims a huge backlist of remixes and has been a regular collaborator with many established dance producers. He also previously dabbled in / production in the early 1990s before his more permanent venture into mid-tempo dance music. Jeremy is known almost as well for the number of aliases he uses as he is for the quality of his output. In alphabetical order, the following is a list of known pseudonyms he has assumed to release tracks:

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The Cuban Brothers

Off-kilter comedy quartet whose live shows have become the stuff of legend. If naked breakdancing, latino soul and a surefire medley of hip hop and funk classics are your thing, then look no further. Their debut single A Million Stories was released by Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best imprint in 2006, with a popular remix by Diesler. From the Sunday Best website: The Cuban Brothers are unique. Born of the loins of seventies Havana, nurtured on a diet of soulful...

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Kinky Movement

Kinky Movement started out in 1997 as a collective of Dj's hosting underground house nights in and around the Nottingham area. The group have also long been involved in the UK free party scene, organising and djing with the likes of Smokescreen, DIY and Shrewd. Armed With a taste and a passion for the music, they knew their next step was to start producing for themselves and since 2004 three of the crew; Andy Mcloughlin; Lee Eden and John Symms have since become the producers for the outfit releasing their music on some of the worlds top deep house labels including Tango recordings...

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Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher is dj/producer and one half of the duo behind projects like Rockefeller, Beatfreakz, Steve Farris, White Man Don't Funk. Ever since he discovered the groove records of his dad at age 5, he knew he was on to something. When the 80’s sounds hit his radio speakers Dennis Christopher was in love with the synthesizer sound. He set out to combine everything he knew and started his voyage into the unknown.....

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Knee Deep

Sebastian Döring (AKA Superbird) started his career as a remixer and producer under the name of TBA. Together with Daniel Klein (AKA Gucciman), in the late 90's they formed a first successful project: Kiez Kidz, named as a hint of the city of Hamburg where they produced. At the same time, Sebastian Döring and Torsten Freese (AKA Toddie) met in the club life of Hamburg and both together started the Knee Deep partnership.

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TJR

TJR can refer to three artists (please note the free downloads on this page refer to the 3rd artist): 1. An alias of famed pioneers Matt "Jam" Lamont and Karl "Tuff Enuff" Brown, more popularly recognised as Tuff Jam. This project is probably best known for the seminal track Just Gets Better, which featured and brought to fame vocalist Xavier. 2. A New York based DJ who has gained some recognition in circles for his releases including "Atomic" and "Good Evening Chicago", on Wearhouse Music and Potty Mouth Music respectively.

Read more about TJR on Last.fm.

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