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Glenn Branca

Glenn Branca (born October 6, 1948 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an composer and guitarist. Branca studied theater at Emerson College in Boston in the early 1970s. While there, he began experimenting with sound as the founder of an experimental theater group called Bastard Theater. He moved to New York in 1976. His first encounter with the NYC music scene was with the N.DoDo Band whom he observed many times at their rehearsal space- Phil Demise's Gegenschein Vaudeville Placenter. This is where he first met jeffrey lohn who was playing electric violin with the N.

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Aranis

Aranis is a Flemish quintet, playing music across the borders of classical, folk and (post)rock. They have released four full albums: Aranis (2005), Aranis (2007), Songs From Mirage (2009) and RoqueForte (2010). Depending on the project Aranis is working on, they call upon guest musicians to complete the sound. Aranis:
Liesbeth Lambrecht: violin
Marjolein Cools: accordion
Stijn Denys: guitar
Jana Arns: transverse flute
Joris Vanvinckenroye: contrabass & composition

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Rabies Babies

Rabies Babies have been making girl-shoutin' noise since their first squat show in 1999. They played with all the best of the UK punk scene, old & new: UK Subs, Varukers, Discharge, Coitus, Restarts, Short Bus Window Lickers... at squats and festivals all over the UK. In 2004 they toured the east coast of USA, including playing at the world famous CBGBs. The band was put on hold in july 2005, but they reunited in april 2007 and are back playing live again.

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Mike Patton

Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American , , , , and video game voice actor, best known as the lead singer of the band Faith No More from 1988 to 1998, which recently reunited in 2009 and will be touring Europe this summer. He has also handled lead vocals and composed music for Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Lovage, Fantômas, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Moonchild Trio and Peeping Tom.

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Softwar

I've never tried to mask my unbridled desire for the Jewelled Antler Collective - these San Francisco-based forest dwellers have managed to do something quite magical in them there woods, and make psychedelic folk music (free folk, new weird America, whatever) sound simply irresistible. I don't know what it is really, maybe it's the guiding hand of Thuja-member and founder of the whole thing Loren Chasse, who appears here as the spiritual frontman of Softwar.

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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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