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The Ethical Debating Society

"The Ethical Debating Society" began as the psuedonym for Tegan, who began writing anti-love songs on her hooty piano, but quickly blossomed into a full band. With Lauren Darling accompanying Tegan on guitar and vocal duties, and Mr Chris Morris keeping time. The Ethical Debating Society now sound something like Sonic Youth covering Spice World on a found cassette tape.

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I Fagiolini

See I Fagiolini & Robert Hollingworth . I Fagiolini is an ensemble of immaculate musicianship, specialising in Renaissance vocal music (though they also perform contemporary works). Their style is dramatic and exciting, bringing out the rich emotional span of Renaissance poetry and music (‘First-rate musical actors… quite gorgeous…’ American Record Guide). The Full Monteverdi, their film of Monteverdi madrigals using singers paired with actors is being shown on TV all over Europe.

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Empirical

Empirical is dedicated to developing its own style of contemporary jazz with a definite finger on the pulse of the contemporary world. As former members of Gary Crosby's Tomorrows Warriors these five musicians have been working and developing together for the last four years. Jay Phelps is a featured member of Dennis Rollins Badbone & Co and has worked with Andrew Hill, Courtney Pine, Nasheet Waits, Charlotte Church, Hugh Masakela, Soweto Kinch and Jazz Jamaica.

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