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Albatross conspiracy

Albatross Conspiracy is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Tanya Byrne.She uses her computer and any instruments she has lying about to make music which has been described as a "marvellous mish mash of genres". Drawing inspiration from classical music, as well as more contemporary ambient, drone and electronic genres, Tanya has a pretty eclectic writing style. Albatross Conspiracy does not trust birds. "They always look like they are up to something....."

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Trevor Horn

Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in , , is a British pop music producer, songwriter and musician. He has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists, as well as having chart success with his own bands the Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise. He also owns a recording company, Records, a recording studio (Sarm Studio) and a music publishing company, Perfect Songs.

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Yeah Yeah Noh

Yeah Yeah Noh were a group formed in Leicester, England in 1984. They released two albums and five singles while still together, and have had two compilation albums issued since they split in 1986. The group reformed in 2011, an announcement appearing on the Cherry Red Records website: "STOP PRESS: Yeah Yeah Noh are back together and are playing live as of summer 2012, on the lookout for 'interesting gigs in fields; gardens with expansive lawns considered'."

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Grace Petrie

Grace Petrie comes from Leicester in the East Midlands, but can often be found further afield, particularly, recently, around the Nether Edge area of Sheffield. She writes indie folk rock songs (a couple with an acoustic punk twist), plays the guitar and sings with a voice that has been described by listeners as similar to Laura Marling, Kate Nash and nothing you’ve ever heard before. From the humble beginnings of small gigs in her hometown in 2006 and a home-recorded debut album, Grace quickly acquired a reputation as one of the best artists on the flourishing Leicester music scene...

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Liam Clayton

Liam Clayton started writing songs for a new band in summer 2008 and continued to play acoustic gigs over the next year while living in Kingston Upon Thames. During 2009 he began recording with Jamie Ward at Park Farm studios, demoing full band tracks. His track 'Good Luck Mr Gorsky' was included on the Punktastic/Walnut Tree Records compilation Unscene 5, released on August 1st. The main influences for the band are the pop punk albums Through Being Cool, Is A Real Boy... Dear You, Take This To Your Grave and Your Favourite Weapon.

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Kevin Hewick

leicester (uk) based singer-songwriter.
The Factory Years The leicester based singer songwriter (who has seen a revival of interest in the mid 2000's and a new label, Burning Shed) was an early member of the factory Records roster. Following the death of Ian Curtis (lead singer in Joy Division), Hewick was trialed by Factory owner Tony Wilson, who placed him in the studio with the remaining members of Joy Division (Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris) and producer Martin Hannett to record the track Haystack.

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