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SLAPPER

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Slapper is a pseudonym used by Romanian-based electronic musician, DJ and record producer Claudiu-Gabriel Tache.
He was born on 11 August 1975, in Bucharest. Slapper began DJing at school parties and started his career as an amateur musician, making music using his PC's tracker software. As his interest in music production rapidly grew, he moved on to more serious production techniques and experimented with techno/ambient/trance music in the solo project Slapper, founded in 1998.

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Neon Neon

Neon Neon is a collaboration between the artists Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys. They first worked together on Boom Bip's Blue Eyed in the Red Room album, released in 2005. Their debut album, Stainless Style was released on March 18th, 2008 through Lex Records. Their first single Trick for Treat is also out, and can be heard on their myspace page. The album "Stainless Style" was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize.

Read more about Neon Neon on Last.fm.

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Kirlian Camera

Kirlian Camera was founded by the keyboardist/vocalist Angelo Bergamini in Parma, Italy in Spring 1980. The band really was born in 1979, called Suicide Commando, but this name was dropped for the existence of a namesake band. So, when Bergamini started to interest to paranormal phenomena, he knew about a special device invented by Semion Kirlian to take photos of the aura of the human body and from this took the name of the group, suggested by Mauro Montacchini.

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Portland

There are at least 3 artists with name Portland. 1) Portland are a three piece lounge band based in the Birmingham, UK; Rory Thompson - Lead vocals & guitar, Sarah Thompson - Backing vocals and Paul Meadows - Bass. Portlands’ music combines acoustic style songwriting with warm strings & soulful melodies. 2) Portland (aka Spencer Lytle) is obsessed with his computer and the sounds that it makes. He uses these sounds to write music that expresses his emotions in ways words never could.

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A.Human

A.Human hail from the Dalston area of London. They tell stories about love, the damned, the strange and everything in-between. Vintage keyboards punctuate soaring triggered samples while rolling drums form an epic backdrop to wry and amusing lyrics. They draw influence from the disco soul of DFA and thoughtful dance music of New Order through to the art school originality of Talking Heads and lo-fi electronica of Arthur Russell. Their universally highly praised live performances are as chaotic and unpredictable as they are refreshingly thrilling and engaging.

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John Foxx & The Maths

John Foxx and The Maths is the name given to the work written and produced by John Foxx and Benge. John Foxx (born in Chorley, Lancashire)[2] is the stage name of English musician Dennis Leigh. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox!, before embarking on a solo career in 1979. Primarily associated with electronic synthesiser music, he has also pursued a parallel career in graphic design and education.

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Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun is a collaborative project between Pnau's Nick Littlemore and Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson. Steele's vocals were recently featured on Pnau's self titled album. Empire of the Sun's debut album, Walking On A Dream, was released on the 4th of October 2008. The first single from the album is also called Walking On A Dream and the second single was We Are The People. The video for We Are the People was shot in Mexico and a trailer can be viewed on Empire of the Sun's homepage.

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