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Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra is a British-based jazz and electronic outfit, created in the late 1990s by Jason Swinscoe. The band is signed to Ninja Tune independent record label. In addition to Swinscoe, the band includes PC (former DJ Food member Patrick Carpenter) on turntables, Luke Flowers (drums), Tom Chant (Saxophone), Nick Ramm (piano), Stuart McCallum (guitar) and Phil France (double bass). Former members include Jamie Coleman (trumpet), T. Daniel Howard (drums), and Alex James (piano). The most recent addition to the band is Mancunian guitarist Stuart McCallum.

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Long Arm

Long Arm took up music when he was a kid. In music school he studied how to play piano. He was really impressed by a DJ

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Tom Eno

TOM ENO (jack to phono records)
Tom Eno steps forward for Jack to Phono's 6th album this autumn on the back of his previous two successful 7 inch singles. The album, Barnstormer!, features collaborations with Mr James Bright (Tape Club Records) & Rose Pryce on vocals. Hailing from downtown Winchester both Tom & James have been turning heads in 09 with some hefty praise from heavyweight DJs & tastemakers alike including Rob Da Bank & Hotel Costes.

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MAXFIELD

Melodic vocals, squelching basslines, funky synths and taut guitar licks. Welcomes you to the future sounds of Maxfield. 1) Maxfield was formed in 2005 after singer/songwriter and co-producer Valerie Maxfield began her dream to going it alone. While constantly touring, she wrote all her ideas and on her journey made contact with Joules Chown, Keyboardist/Producer/Engineer, whose worked for artistes signed to Sony/Emi, along with Marky Mark bass and rythym guitarist whose worked with most of the top ten french artistes and had the honour of playing with Ray Charles in the latter years...

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Brothertiger

John Jagos began recording under the name Brothertiger in Toledo, OH during the summer of 2009. He began recording electronic music in 2006 as Monoteque, an experimental project characterized by tribal beats and pulsing synthesizers. Influenced heavily by the electronic sound of Brian Eno and M83, along with the experimental characteristics of Animal Collective, Caribou, and Yeasayer, Jagos recorded many tracks throughout the final half of 2009. After he released the Apache Feathers EP on the Modicum of Silence net-label, he soon began work on the Vision Tunnels EP.

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Silicon Scally

Carl A. Finlow's solo entry as Silicon Scally is pure electro that will satisfy even the most hardened electro sceptic

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RJD2

RJD2 is Ramble John Krohn, a hip-hop producer. RJD2 was born in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in Columbus, Ohio. Until recently, he was part of the Definitive Jux label and produced tracks for many of its artists, as well as having a solo career. In 2006, RJ "ditched hip-hop" for the indie-rock label XL, releasing The Third Hand in March 2007. From 1998 to 1999, he saw success blossom as DJ/producer for the Columbus-based group the Megahertz, with two twelve-inch singles on Bobbito Garcia's legendary NY label, Fondle 'Em Records.

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Charlie May

As the architect behind many of the stylistic blueprint shifts in dance since the early heady days of acid house, Charlie May knows a thing or two about what makes a dance floor tick. One half of revered progressive house pioneers Spooky; the engineer and producer of many of Sasha’s biggest singles and albums; highly respected solo producer in his own right, May has remained at the vivacious beating heart of house since the early ’90s.

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Echo Park

There are at least 2 artists with the name Echo Park. 1. Echo Park (real name Brian Gibbs) is an American electronic musician based in Santiago, Chile. In 2011 he was signed to dubstep producer Skream's Disfigured Dubz and is set to release his first single on the label titled "Fiber Optic" on October 3, 2011. He has previously produced techno under the pseudonym Gunjack, releasing an album called "Return to Form", as well as chilean hip-hop as Lester Diamond.

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Dntel

Dntel is the solo project of Jimmy Tamborello. Dntel is known for mixing glitch and cut-up electronic techniques with instruments like acoustic guitars, accordions, and symphonic instruments. Dntel is also the project that spawned The Postal Service. He started working as Dntel, pronounced Din-tell, in 1994. A collection of tracks created between 1995-1997 (Early Works For Me If It Works For You) was released on the Phthalo label in 1999, followed by the release of an EP recorded in 1994 (Something Always Goes Wrong) in 2000.

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