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Crux is the name of quite a few bands:
1) a British Oi! band (early 80s).
2) a Black/Trash Metal band from the Czech Rep. (1990-1993)
3) a hardcore/punk band from Portland, OR (1993-1998).
4) a Sydney, Australia-based noise-pop band (mid-90s).
5) a metal band from Werne, Germany.
6) a Polish Avant-Garde alternative band (current)
7) a Christian band from Estonia.
8) a Sydney, Australia-based crust punk band (current)

TImbah is a freshfaced Nottingham producer producing intricate James Blake-esque pieces. His flair for rhythm and flow and his recent underground popularity with the likes of Mele, Monkey and Rinse FM suggest he's someone to watch in the future...

Menswe@r were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig, appearing on the cover of Melody Maker (in an article about Camden club night Blow Up) before they had recorded a note. They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica.

Read more about Menswear on Last.fm.

DJ Trace was an early member of the tight-knit crew of producers constituting popular techstep drum'n'bass label No U-Turn. His first crack at broad exposure came through the compilation "Techsteppin'" released on Emotif in 1995. It contained a number of tracks licensed from the No U-Turn studios, and helped seed a new direction in drum'n'bass, one characterized by heavy use of electronics, cavernous beats and basslines, and the dystopian histrionics that have since become trademarks of the No U-Turn/Nu Black sound.