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Martin L. Gore

Martin Lee Gore (born July 23, 1961 in Dagenham, Essex, England) a member of the band Depeche Mode since its inception in 1980. He is currently the primary songwriter, and also plays keyboard and guitar. He is also the backup singer, and sometimes the lead singer. In 2003, Martin released Counterfeit2, a solo cover album follow-up to his 1989 Counterfeit EP. Both feature his takes on other people's material, and he has stated publicly before that he considers himself not the most prolific songwriter, and prefers to keep his own material for Depeche Mode albums.

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Lo-Fi-Fnk

Lo-Fi-Fnk (pronounced: LO-FI-FUNK) are from Stockholm, Sweden and are signed to indie label La Vida Locash. They consist of vocals/instruments by Leo and rap/drums by August. They are now also part of Moshi Moshi records, with their album "Boylife" released in the UK in autumn 2006. Singles released have been "Wake Up/Change Channel" on 7" on Moshi Moshi, "Wake Up" on 12" on Moshi Moshi with Justus Kohncke and Beckster remixes, and "Change Channel" on Moshi Moshi with Jitset, Danton Eeprom and Kaos remixes.

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Mitzi

Mitzi, the guise of Dominiqe Bird, Jad Lee, Charles Murdoch and Cale Suesskow in what first seemed to be an unusual collaboration, has taken form, developing a recognisable sound. After playing in various accomplished bands such as BMX (2009 unearthed Parklife winners), Comic Sans (2010 unearthed St.Jeromes Laneway winners), Charlie Why! (Bang Gang 12 inches) and The Gallery Kiss, the four have brought their own unique traits to the table, creating a sound that is smooth, warm and full.

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Consequence

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Dexter Raymond Mills, Jr. (born June 14, 1977 in Queens, New York), better known by his stage name Consequence, is an American hip hop artist. 2. Consequence (Cameron Mclaren), a artist, pioneering the new minimal style of . His first album, Live For Never, was released on D-Bridge's Exit record label in November, 2009.

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Soft Toy Emergency

Soft Toy Emergency is made up of five anti-glam casio kittens. Obsessed with tiny drum kits making big noises that seduce the tranquil toe-tapper into a dancing fanny; we drank a bottle of Buckfast and wrote some tunes. Our mission is to inject you with our squelchy electro – coercing you into a state of divine gyration. But aye… we’ll exchange our beeps for your unsynchronized convulsions. JEN vocals
GEORGE bass
LUCIANO synth
ANDY guitar
WILL drums

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Spunky

Rafa Spunky is a spanish music producer and performer. He is well known for producing several techno/electronica spanish acts, but specially for being the backing vocals of Fangoria, in both studio albums and live concerts. He also released a couple of solo albums in english, and an album of cover songs under the name 'Popbitch featuring Spunky'. This year he released an EP entirely in spanish.

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GusGus

GusGus, Iceland's leading techno-/soul band saw the light of day for the first time in 1995, during a break in the making of the shortcut "Pleasure". Initially GusGus was as a multimedia collective that combined sexually tinged dance music with visual arts and shorts made by the group's members. A self-titled debut album appeared on their Kjól & Anderson imprint in conjunction with the screening of "Pleasure" and immediately caused a buzz on the scene in their native land.

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The Twelves

From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The Twelves were formed by the duo João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira in 2005. The name came from the strange coincidence of their birth dates: 12th July 1980. The breakthrough for The Twelves came in July of 2007 when they remixed the track "Boyz" from M.I.A's sophomore album, Kala. The reworked track with an added club feel resulted in one of the most talked about remixes of 2007.

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