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The Wideboys

Platinum selling producers The Wideboys are Eddie Craig and Jim Sullivan and have been working together since 1996. Eddie (pictured right) as well as engineering in the studio ,songwriting and DJ'ing is a blackbelt martial artist with Zheng Dao Lo martial arts academy . Eddie ran a record shop called VIP Vinyl in Chichester (this is how Wideboys met) and has been DJ' ing for 12 years.Jim (pictured left) has been running a full time professional recording studio since 1993 and is responsible for chart successes such as 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Power of Love' Revamp reaching No.

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Gentry Morris

Born in South Georgia just a short drive from Savannah, Gentry Morris was raised on the folk and rock classics of Creedance, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and and others like them. He began writing music at the age of 15 and has spent the last 10 years of his life honing those skills. Now living in Bangor, Northern Ireland after a 5 year stint in Nashville, Gentry has recorded two albums that have both received rave reviews. His powerfully melodic songs are accompanied by strong, emotional lyrics.

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Jaimeson

Jaimeson, real name Jamie Williams, is a drum and bass and garage producer and MC best known for a string of hits in 2003 and 2004. Jaimeson emerged in the underground music scene, breaking through in January 2003 with the release of “True”, a dance track featuring vocalist Angel Blu and a rap by Jaimeson, which peaked at #4 in the UK Singles Chart. This was then followed up by “Complete” - which also peaked at #4 in August 2003 - and “Take Control” in February 2004, which peaked at #16. Jaimeson also ran his own record label, in addition to dealing with his own promotion.

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The Magic Lantern (uk)

Formed above a North London post office in October 2006, The Magic Lantern take their inspiration from the heartfelt stories of folk, the spirit of jazz and the experimental openness of contemporary music before filtering it through their own lyrical and narrative sensibility. With an immediately arresting sound, starting with the voice and the lyrics it carries but swiftly leading to rumbling bass clarinet growls, delicate cello plucks, swooping guitar slides and crashing percussion slaps, The Magic Lantern excel at wringing emotion from the strangest places...

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Wax

Eight artists go by the name Wax:
1. An American creative/experimental Hip Hop/Rap/Acoustic artist.
2. A pop group active in between 1985 and 1988 consisting of American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold and British singer Graham Gouldman of 10cc fame.
3. An American Pop Punk band known for the 1995 song California
4. A female South Korean singer active in the 2000s (see: 왁스)
5. An alias of Dutch dance producer Robert Meijer
6. A short lived Swedish punk band active in the early 1980s
7. A Japanese rapper from the group SD JUNKSTA

Read more about Wax on Last.fm.

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Blue Murder

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) British hardrock band
2) Dutch guitarpop band
3) British folk group

1) Blue Murder was the hard rock brainchild of ex-Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes. The original 1988 lineup of the band, also included ex-The Firm bass player Tony Franklin and drummer Cozy Powell (although he was almost immediately replaced by Carmine Appice). Ray Gillen was also briefly in the 1988 line-up before Sykes decided to take the vocal duties himself in addition to guitar.

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Now

There are a few bands called “Now”, with four listed here: one from the UK, one from Belgium, one from Sweden and one from Korea. The first “Now” is a band from London, UK. The band was formed in 1998 by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Paton. The band is known for their powerful, energizing live performances during which members of the audience are sometimes invited to join manic extended improvisation parts. Their music has been described as krautrocky, catchy, contemporary, inventive, exotic, melodious and harmonious and disharmonious 21st century pop music.

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DJ Limao

Limao is 31, male, Brazilian born, professional DJ and Producer, lives in London, plays gigs specially in England and Brazil, is happy to be resident at the bigger (is better!) Brazilian club outside Brazil in the whole world, proud to be lined-up in most good house music venues at London, always tries to mix-up really old school grooves between it all; Besides all that, he produces remixes and original tracks, mixing diverse elements of the music scene he is part of.

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Caesura

Associated with: Sotones Caesura formed in Winchester, south England in late 2005, brought together through a mutual love of bands like Death Cab for Cutie, Minus the Bear, The Appleseed Cast, At the Drive-In, Jeniferever, Explosions in the Sky and American Football. They have a 6 track mini album called 'Dear Light Outside', and one of their newer songs, 'Weight and Carriage', is on the Big Scary Monsters 6 Machine compilation.

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