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Smiley Culture

Smiley Culture (real name David Emmanuel) was a British reggae singer and DJ. Although his period of fame and success was brief, he did produce two of the most critically acclaimed reggae singles of the 1980s. Emmanuel, born and raised in South London, is the son of a Jamaican father and South American mother. He was educated at Tulse Hill School. Prior to his recording career he worked as a DJ with the Saxon Studio International reggae soundsystem, where he met and worked with a number of other reggae artists, including Maxi Priest, Papa Levi and Tippa Irie.

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Kid Loco

An easy-listening trip-hopster similar in style and intent to his countrymen Air and Dimitri from Paris, Kid Loco has an even stronger kinship with the long tradition of French pop characterized by Serge Gainsbourg. Otherwise known as Jean-Yves Prieur, he began playing the guitar at the age of 13 and played in several French punk groups during the early '80s. He moved on to production as well by the end of the decade, and moved on to reggae and hip-hop with a band named Mega Reefer Scratch.

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Benji Boko

Benji Boko is a super-fly, street-smart music producer, DJ, performer. Benji has been described as the “Beat-maker Wonder-Kid” from the reviews of his DJ sets and recent releases. Recently signed to Nightmares On Wax new label, Wax On Records, Benji is currently producing an album, to be released in 2008. An undefined mix of Mr Scruff, Fatboy Slim, Jurassic 5, DJ Yoda and so on. . . The new single “The Jungle V.I.P” from the new album has been described as:

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Jueri Gagarino

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composition / live /dj-concepts Jueri Gagarino is one of the most interesting artists in the field of innovative DJ work combined with live concepts from classical music to electronic club sound. His compositions have a range from classical chamber formations to solo percussion mixed with live electronics.
Gagarino´also involved in projects with traditional music (so - with the outstanding Aufi singer Sheikh Arabi Faragh in "OrientOccident", a piece for Sufi musicians and western chamber ensemble, comissioned be the "Deutschlandfunk" radio,.

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Bob Marley

Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of reggae, and more specifically roots reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.

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The Tongue

The Tongue is one hell of an MC. He is diverse (has recorded with Urthboy, Bertie Blackman, The Bag Raiders, Gift Of Gab (Blackalicious), Katalyst, Braintax (UK), Georgia Anne Muldrow (USA), Muph and Plutonic etc), Prolific (EP "Bad Education", LP "Shock And Awe", two mixtapes) and renowned for his impressive live show (as seen at Big Day Out, Good Vibrations, Groovin The Moo, Sydney Festival etc).

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Vanessa Freeman

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Lego

There are several artists who go by the name of Lego: 1) Lego is a Hip-Hop artist based in York, UK, and is affiliated with Innit Records 2) Lego-soundsystem makes freepartys. They play Acidcore, hardtek, freetekno 3) Lego is a Salegy singer from Madagascar 4) LEGO is a french electronic project 5) L.E.G.O. is a pop rock band from Ecuador.

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Miccoli

For over four years, Birmingham band ‘Miccoli’ has toured the US and the UK honing a sound that has been compared to the likes of Snow Patrol and Coldplay. Made up of twin brothers, Adriano and Alessandro, along with their sister, Francesca, they have gigged in the Viper Rooms and every other key rock venue across America. Having worked with legendary producers, they have hung out with Motley Crue, written songs, had an altercation with Paris Hilton in a toilet, been cautioned by the highway patrol, written more songs and learnt a great deal about producing their own music.

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