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Nicolas Collins

Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is an composer of mostly electronic music and former student of Alvin Lucier. He often uses home-made electronics and found sound such as skipping CD players or radio broadcast and is currently Editor in Chief of the Leonardo Music Journal. He is also the chair of the sound department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a member of The Impossible Music Group with David Weinstein, David Shea, Ted Greenwald, and Tim Spelios.

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White Rose

There are 2 bands with this name: 1) "Some people say we're awesome. Some people say we suck. But to be honest, we like just like to play music and have fun. Hi, we're White Rose and we want to be part of your story. Here are a few of the more notable bands we have played with: The Click 5 (Atlantic Records), Amber Pacific (Victory Records), Secret Secret Dino Club (Drive-Thru Records), Marcy Playground (EMI Records), The Years Gone By (Rise Records), Paul Shaffer (David Letterman Show), The Dangerous Summer (Hopeless Records)...

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Oren Marshall

Since performing as a member of the Loose Tubes Oren has worked extensively crossing between classical - jazz - improvised- world music, collaborating with the likes of Derek Bailey, Keith Tippet, the Pan - African Orchestra and the London Philharmonic. Twice nominated for the BBC Innovation in Jazz Award Oren's latest composition. An Introduction to the Story of Spedy Sponda² premiered on BBC Radio 3 in 2002.

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Peak

1) Born in 1976 in the midlands of southern Italy, Paolo Picone aka Peak, started his musical activites in 1991, as a drummer at the age of 15. In 1995 he began to compose electronic music with samplers, drum machines and midi sequencers. He founded the Mou project in 2001, hailed by the press as one of the most important dub'n' bass live bands in Italy. One year later Mou started performing live at the main italian alternative clubs and festivals like ArezzoWave, Leoncavallo, Officina99, Agricantus, with a tour numbering over 50 gigs in all italian regions.

Read more about Peak on Last.fm.

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