Spectra
There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Spectra, pseudonym of Claudio Maioli, is an Italian musician, famous for his song "Ken il guerriero", Italian opening theme for Fist of the North Star. 2) Spectra is an electronic music group from Portugal. Their sound is specific, original and at times experimental and can be described as melodic morning trance.
With climatic melodies, dynamic bass lines and an overriding positive atmosphere Spectra display the talents they posses. They can be described in two words, 'Beyond Belief'.
Anonymous 4
Anonymous 4 is a female a cappella quartet, based in New York City. Their main performance genre is medieval music, although they have also premiered works by living composers such as John Tavener and Steve Reich. Anonymous 4 has performed in cities throughout North America, and have been regulars at major international festivals. They decided to make the 2003-2004 season their last as a full-time recording and touring ensemble, although special projects (such as their Gloryland CD and their "Long Time Traveling" Tour) continue to bring them together on occasion.
ONE OK ROCK
ONE OK ROCK is a Japanese Rock band formed in the summer of 2005. It was started by Toru with High School friends Alex and Ryota after each of them got their musical instruments. After that, Taka joined as their vocalist and they focused on performing shows in the Tokyo area. In 2006 they independently released 2 mini albums. Because of their albums sales, their participation in relatively large festivals that summer and their energetic shows in the outskirts of Tokyo, they were noticed by a foreign record company.
Crest Of Darkness
Crest of Darkness is a norwegian black metal band formed by Ingvar Amlien in 1995. Amlien was at the time also playing in the norwegian heavy metal band Conception, and Crest Of Darkness remained a side project until Conceptions spilt-up (or "long break", as they claimed it to be) in 1997. The bands lyrically foundation is Amliens passion for sheer sonic brutality and devotion to the satanic ideology according to Anton LaVeys' Church Of Satan and the Satanic Bible. Some lyrics also show his belief in and admiration for vampirism.
Noir
Noir is at least 11 different artists, amongst which: 1) Whether he is travelling the world DJing at some of the finest parties on the planet, or producing tracks that gain support from the cream of the world’s dj elite, Noir (a.k.a. René Kristensen) remains one of the industry’s most respected and hard working individuals.
With over 10 years experience under his belt, Noir gave up his daytime job at the end of 2003 to focus on his dj and production career and hasn’t looked back since.
The Black Sea
The Black Sea was formed from the ashes of Frodus in 2002 when Frodus's Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher decided to continue playing together. At the time they recruited Fugazi bassist Joe Lally to play bass. At the time they weren't sure on if the musical endeavor would go beyond just playing music. In February 2002, Hamacher left for a 3 month excursion to Eastern Europe and Turkey after recording drum tracks for the pair.
T.Raumschmiere
An "angry young kraut with a laptop" (New York Times)
T. Raumschmiere is Marco Haas, born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1975.
His kingdom: the underground. His throne: the thunderous-PA on the flat bed monster truck. His sceptre: a rivet bracelet. His government declaration: stay anti. His force: Gnarz and the 6/8 shufflebeat timing featured on his international hit tracks "Monstertruckdriver" and "The Game Is Not Over."
Manish
there are two artists who go under the name of Manish/MANISH 1) A DJ 2) A jpop duo
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1) Manish is a DJ of unknown age, gender or language. The only thing known for sure is that Manish made a remix of Senator Ted Stevens' rather uninformed speech about net neutrality. 2) MANISH was a Japanese pop duo comprised of vocalists Nishimoto Mari and Takahashi Misuzu. The act lasted from 1992-1998.
Suga Shikao
Born July 28, 1966 Suga Shikao [スガシカオ] is a former office drone (working in the advertising industry) turned producer, vocalist and lyricist. He lists his influences as mostly soul, funk, and R&B artists like Sly & the Family Stone and Prince, and of late has been influenced by Damien Rice to take an interest in UK rock.