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The Wideboys

Platinum selling producers The Wideboys are Eddie Craig and Jim Sullivan and have been working together since 1996. Eddie (pictured right) as well as engineering in the studio ,songwriting and DJ'ing is a blackbelt martial artist with Zheng Dao Lo martial arts academy . Eddie ran a record shop called VIP Vinyl in Chichester (this is how Wideboys met) and has been DJ' ing for 12 years.Jim (pictured left) has been running a full time professional recording studio since 1993 and is responsible for chart successes such as 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Power of Love' Revamp reaching No.

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Traxx

Chicago born and bred Melvin Oliphant aka Traxx is known for constructing the "jakbeat" sound -- "a turbo-charged take on old school acid and Chicago house for the '00s put together with the unmistakeable tones of classic analogue gear such as the TR-909, TR-808, and, of course, the TB-303". Traxx himself talking about this phenomenon:
"It's a truly separate genre in its own right... the reason is because jakbeat is influenced from not just by techno and house...

Read more about Traxx on Last.fm.

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Troydon

Troydon-Biography Hailing from the southern most part of Africa, Troydon has been extensively involved in the music industry more than a decade and has established himself as one of South Africa's premier deep house dj's and, more recently, producer/artist/remixer. As a dj, his signature sound showcases smooth technical wizardry combined with a music selection geared to satisfy even the most discerning house music listeners.

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Richard Grey

Real Name: Richard Jacquin
Profile: Richard Grey is a DJ & Producer. He contributed to the world success of the “French Touch” at 28 years. His discography which forces the respect.
With an early love of music, heavily influenced by his father’s record collection, Richard grew up on classic Jazz, Funk and Disco acts such as George Duke, The Crusaders and Chic.
Soon, he finally began to record solo in ’99 with 'I Need You' on France’s Cyber Productions. This came to the attention of Erick Morillo who immediately picked up the highly successful 'Deep Down' for Subliminal.

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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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Mr Lewis

Born in London, Mr Lewis started to DJ at the age of 10. He was always fascinated with all kinds of music and had his own DJ box in his bedroom by the age of 11. Since then he has gone on to DJ at big clubs around europe including, 'Es Vive' and 'Base' in Ibiza. Now settled back in the UK in England's creative capital, Brighton, he has started on his first artist album due for release later this year.

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Soul Avengerz

Paul Gardner and Wayne OConnell are no newcomers to the industry, being an integral part of the London house scene for over a decade now. But it is only recently that the guys have garnered the long overdue, and much deserved, worldwide recognition they have been striving for. In todays climate most artists carve out a production profile before proving themselves as DJ’s. It is this that often leads to most artists productions being more dance floor orientated the more experienced they become, as they gain that all important first hand knowledge of what it takes to rock a packed dance floor.

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