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Terence Fixmer

Terence Fixmer, born in Lille (north of France at the Belgium border) in 1972, discovered the EBM (ELECTRONIC BODY MUSIC) when he was 15 and became a NITZER EBB-, FRONT 242-, KLINIK-, - AND DAF- fan. At the beginning of the 89-90's he was a party freaker and his interest for the electronic sound increased with the apparition of the New-Beat and Techno in Belgium. At this time he started to buy records and " flashed" on VORTREX from FINAL EXPOSURE(+8). In 1992, he decided to produce his own music and he started to throw parties called "Cosmos" and "Space" in a club called PYRAMIDE.

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Shanti

There are 4 known artists who promote under the name Shanti. 1. Shanti Matkin, a psytrance producer, who is part of Krome Angels too. He is brother of Riktam Matkin from GMS.
2. "Shanti", an Indo-American Group (1969-70) (...see bio below)
3. Shanti Snyder (1981.6.4; Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese/French lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host.
4. Shanti Wintergate is a Canadian/American musician/actress/writer.

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Komputer

Komputer is the project of two London-based synth-meisters: Simon Leonard and David Baker, releasing on Mute Records. The duo have been writing, mixing and producing together for over 25 years, formerly in I Start Counting & Fortran 5. Their new album is Synthetik. Their sound is rigorously electronic and their tracks deal with such diverse subjects as: Russian cosmonauts, rubbish compactors and mobile phone ringtones. Musical antecedents and influences include Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Syd Barrett and Brian Eno.

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Broken Toy

There is more than one artist with this name. 1. James Copeland a 24 year old from Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Alexander Popp a 35 year old from Toulouse, France since at least 1997 (that is when I discovered him) 1. James Copeland produces psytrance with a diverse style and a wide variety of moods for the dancefloor - from full-on to electro-funk, from deep and dreamy to tribal techno. He also produced as a member of the more full-on project " Damage ", and has been successfully making psytrance since 2001.

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Ianuaria

Hi! My name is Josef Hofinger, born in Austria, I`m a DJ since 1996 and I'm producing my own music since 2002. I started my musical career at the age of 6 as a drummer. I visited the music school for eleven years and played in various kinds of ensembles. During that period, I played bongos, congas, many other percussion instruments and subsequently the didgeridoo.
At the age of 16 I discovered the magic of vinyl, and started off as a DJ with techno music. Later, I bought my first psytrance record and directly fell in love with this kind of music.

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Psychonaut

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Psychonaut was a project formed in 1997. Changed name (and musical style) to Psychonaut 75 in 2001. 2) Influenced by psychedelic experiences and meetings the trance-project Psychonaut was born. It consists of two members (Dr. Balser, Lothar H.), which started making music in the early 90's. They released some tracks on Trance-Compilations like Goahead, Planet Goa, Chakra etc.

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Skazi

Skazi is an Israeli band, producing a unique style of full-on music since 1998. Their first trance album Animal, released in September 2000 was revolutionary in its sound & direction. Coming from a and scene, Skazi brought a new and innovative twist to , combining with live riffs & storming sounds. In March 2002 Skazi released their second album, Storm, followed by Total Anarchy in the summer of 2006.

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Nexus

There are 20 (and counting) acts named Nexus. 1. neXus was an electronica/dance artist located in Columbus, GA. Featuring hard hitting dance tracks, stunning progressive techno beats, and other interesting variations on the electronica genre. Using beats that normally would not fit, neXus finds a way to make them attractive and strangely alluring. neXus released his album at the end of 2010 successfully. Shortly thereafter, neXus's time on this earth came to a sudden somber end. neXus continues to live on through his works of art.

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