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Coming Soon

3 artists under the name Coming Soon 1/ Taking in West Coast French anti-folk band with vocal performances that variously recall the drained baritone of Leonard Cohen and Moldy Peaches as fronted by Suggs, the debut album by this French seven-piece (who’ve busked in Covent Garden) is all over the place in the very best of ways. Ages range from 15 to 26, subjects from kissing like Jack Nicholson to the brand of blues specifically associated with baking pies for your mother’s third wedding.
They signed to Kitchen Music from Paris, these young troubadours make you dance, think and smile.

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Mr. Flash

Mr. Flash, real name Gilles Bousquet, is a DJ and producer in the French house scene. His work is a mix of hip-hop and house with guitar sounds.
He started producing tracks since 1999 under the name Flash Gordon, featuring many rap artists. He also worked on TTC's album. He found his own label Lust Island in 2001 which only featured his own release Le Voyage Fantastique. After that Busy P, founder of Ed Banger Records, asked him to join his label.

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Versatile

There are at least two artists with this name. Versatile is an American hip hop artist from Chicago, Illinois. Versatile is also a band from Barcelona, founded in April 2005, after a meeting between Dani Dòriga and Sergi Cameron, connected by Eliana Martínez. In 2006 they recorded their first demo Versatile Magic Experience, it brings them to win prizes like Embrió 2006 in Bocanord and the second prize in the spanish national contest "U-play", organized by Sennheiser & Hard Rock Café. In 2008 they self-produce their first LP “La Habitación de la Luz”.

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LoLo

There are at least 3 artists with the name Lolo: 1) Lolo, real name Lauren Pritchard, is an artist based in Brooklyn. She hit the ground running as Lolo with “Weapon for Saturday”, produced by Mark Batson who’s previously collaborated with Dr Dre and Eminem 2) The Lolo alias refers to a trance music producer, whose real name is Laurent Véronnez. He is better known as Airwave, but he works also under many other pseudonyms.

Read more about LoLo on Last.fm.

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Dominique A

Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. A loner throughout his teenage years, he was passionate about literature and music from a young age. He was interested in punk but, at the age of 14, at the beginning of the 1980s, he started to appreciate the dark romanticism of the New Wave movement. After completing high school he studied humanities for a year while holding a range of odd jobs, including a spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived.

Read more about Dominique A on Last.fm.

Overhead

Overhead the name of four popular bands. One is a French alternative/indie band and the other is a progressive rock band from Finland. There was also a third band called Overhead from Portugal. The fourth one is a band from New Zealand that plays rock and roll. The following information refers to the Finnish band. Alex Keskitalo: vocals and flute
Jaakko Kettunen: guitars
Tarmo Simonen: piano and keyboards
Janne Pylkkönen: bass
Ville Sjöblom: drums

Read more about Overhead on Last.fm.

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Tahiti 80

Tahiti 80 is an English-language French pop group formed in 1993 in Rouen, France. The group's name originates from a slogan on a t-shirt. Their music resembles pop with soul tendencies. They have encountered a fair amount of success in Japan, notably. Composed of four members (three of whom sing), the group makes use of guitar, percussion/drums, bass guitar, programming and keyboards: * Xavier Boyer: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano

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Newsted

Newsted is an American metal band founded by Jason Newsted (Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Ozzy Osbourne, ...). They released their first EP, Metal, in January 2013. Band members: Jason Newsted Vocals (lead), Bass
Jesus Mendez Jr. Drums
Jessie Farnsworth Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Mike Mushok (Staind) Guitars (live)

Read more about Newsted on Last.fm.

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Tepr

Tepr or Tanguy Destable comes from Morlaix in North West France. He currently plays keyboard in the group Yelle, and has made himself more well known for his remix of the group's "A Cause des Garçons". He has 3 solo albums;
* The Deadly Master of Rappers From Hell (2003)
* Côte Ouest (2005)
* En direct de la côte (2006) Tepr is the former member of the band "Abstrackt Keal Agram" with another French artist, My Dog is Gay until their split in 2007.

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