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S.P.Y.

With most fellow 12 year old Brazilians kicking footballs round bare feet, Carlos Lima a.k.a S.P.Y was already behind the turntables. With his Dadon the mike taking latino requests at fun fairs, young Carlos selected the tunes! Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil's capital of D&B, S.P.Y comes from the same beats classroom as Marky, Patife and Drumagik. Whilst studying and working in graphic design it was Hospital’s very own Zac Vibes who booked him for his 1st night in London, at Camden's Lock 17.

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Tali

Tali (also known as MC Tali) is a talented MC, singer and song writer native of New Zealand who entered the Drum and Bass scene at a young age. She is best-known for her first album, Lyric on My Lip on the Full Cycle Record label and often works with Roni Size. Some of her best tracks include "Blazin", "High Hopes," "Airport Lounge" and "Lyric on My Lip." Her new album Do It For Yourself, branches more into hip hop and features Tali on the piano while singing and MC'ing.

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Need for Mirrors

Need For Mirrors is a new name on the block, but the boys behind it have been around for quite some time. Otherwise known to the D&B scene as HLZ and Mosus, they’ve joined forces to create music which, in their own words, draws from all of their electronic music influences and reflects them back. An intriguing idea, but one that’s fraught with potential disaster; trying to mingle a million elements into one project can often sound messy.

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Aphrodite

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Aphrodite (born Gavin King) less commonly known as A Zone or DJ Aphro, is a UK jungle and drum'n'bass DJ/producer who well and truly put the bass in drum & bass. Working alongside Micky Finn on their joint Urban Takeover label, they have released some of the scene's definitive dancefloor tracks, whilst also having significant solo success (even hitting the UK Top20 in '98) .

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DJ Die

DJ Die, real name Daniel Kausman, was born in north Devon (1972). Throughout the 70’s and 80’s he attended many U.K festivals with his mother. As a result Die grew up surrounded by music. With early influences such as his father playing guitar, he began a journey into music. From Rock n’ Roll to Ska, Two Tone to Punk, he ultimately finding a passion for Hip hop. It was around this time he moved to Bristol and took up skateboarding. Here he discovered that Krust and the Fresh Four crew were mixing house, hip hop, rare groove and funk at warehouse parties just down the road from his house.

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Gymnastics

Gymnastics or (later) Laka Gimnastika is originally from a small town of Ruma, in Srem region, province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Ruma, although a small town with about 30.000 inhabitants, was always a place with a strong underground scene that has it roots in the music and visual arts groups that existed in the late 70's and early 80's. During the 1990's there were numerous active indie and punk bands in Ruma, with quite a strong scene with regular concerts, several zines, radio shows, etc.

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Inspectah Deck

Jason Hunter, (born July 6, 1971) better known as Inspectah Deck (aka Rebel INS), is an American rapper, producer, and actor. A member of the Wu-Tang Clan, known for his lyricism, he has not achieved the same level of commercial success in his solo career as some of his counterparts (such as Ghostface Killah or Method Man) though he continues to be respected and actively releases material. Hunter routinely mentions the Park Hill Projects in Clifton, Staten Island, NY, where he grew up, going to school with the future Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Method Man.

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