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Two Artists named Black Grass: 1) Based in Brighton in the UK, Mex of Black Grass is a self confessed vinyl addict who is most happy around records and came up in the burgeoning Brighton music scene of the mid nineties. First and foremost a dj and selector, Mex is also a producer and all round music junkie. If you were in the UK in the nineties you might know him from his work in various record stores and his own

Tracey Thorn (born September 26, 1962, in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire) is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything But the Girl. She grew up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and studied English at the University of Hull, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours. She lives with her EBTG partner Ben Watt in North London. The couple have twin daughters born in 1998, and a son born in 2001.

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At the age of 17, Larry started her career as a vocalist with a wild bunch of musicians, mixing hip-hop, funk, ska, rock’a’billy and grunge. Later on, she discovered her unbridled passion for Jazz music at the Jazzstudio in Antwerp, where she finetuned her vocal skills under the tutelage of renowned Jazzmen such as Chris Joris, Ernst Vranckx and David Crane. She was influenced by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, amongst others, which she integrated in her natural bluesy interpretations.

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While classically trained, it's easy to see the influences of jazz, hip-hop, and electro-funk in Lee's works. Over the span of his lengthy discography - and certainly on his latest release, Twelve Tusk Piano - we hear samples of instructional videos, soul singers, classic jazz horns, and popular cartoons from our childhood - all the while, his infectious beats and clever melodies mold a soundtrack for the world around us.