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Kamikaze Deadboy

Kamikaze Deadboy aka Keiron Ignorant (a pun on Steve Ignorant from the Punk Band Crass) was born in 1987 in England. Originally listening to Punk rock, metal and alternative music, it wasn't until hearing Atari Teenage Riot's DIY ethics to making music it began influencing him to make his own music in 2003 as the Teenage Angst Brigade, a anti-tribute to the band itself. after the discovery of the uprising of the breakcore scene and infinate usuage of samples, this would later influence his later work.

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We Are The future

We Are The Future is a chiptune project initially created under the alias of Falco Lombardi by Ashley Emery. Different projects that Ash has worked and is currently working on are Penbar Misora, and Galvatron. Since February 2007, Ash has created melodic, detailed chiptunes, showing copious amounts of progress after each composition he releases, mainly via his Myspace or posted on the notable forum the 8bitcollective, via his Artist page on the forum.

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Game Over

There are several artists with this name: 1) Game Over is a heavy metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1998 by guitarist Wire McQuaid (the stage name of Elisabeth Pezouvanis). Game Over's songs are arrangements of video game music, primarily that of games for the Nintendo Entertainment System such as The Legend of Zelda and Mega Man 2. Game Over has produced two demo albums: Nintendo Metal (2002) and NESperado (2006). Some of their songs are available free of charge at OverClocked ReMix.

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Pixelh8

Internationally renowned chip tune musician Pixelh8 makes his music from reprogramming vintage computer systems such as the ZX spectrum, Commodore 64 and Game Boy. His unique blend of Electronica has taken him across the globe, performing at Microdisco in Berlin, Apple iTunes in California, BBC Maida Vale Studios for Radio 1 in London, Assembly 2008 in Helsinki Finland and most recently Game In The City in Holland. Highly regarded in this emerging genre of music, he has been interviewed by both CNN and the BBC, as well several magazines and websites all over the world.

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The Lost Levels

The Lost Levels are a 4 piece Indie band from Norwich, Norfolk, in England. They play an Electro Pop style and are known for their 'Nintendo' or 'gaming' styled tunes. They released their self entitled EP in 2006 and their new single "Never The First" is due to be released later this year. The Lost Levels have been described as the following; “Imagine plugging proper, classic British pop into your old Gameboy and injecting it with the music from Super Mario Brothers. Then think of something even better; you're about half way there”

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