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Clorinde

Clorinde was formed in the year 2005 in the city of Glasgow , Scotland by two Italian brothers Andrea Salvatici and Simone Salvatici.
Their musical roots lie around the town of Florence , Italy . Each one of them had formed a number of music projects in the late 90's exploring a variety of music styles, from Punk and Experimental to Ambient/Noise and Electronica, with a particular interest in video art. Both Andrea and Simone have been developing their skills in a wide range of musical instruments since an early age.

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Bear Driver

Bear Driver are Oli and Harry and Cassie and Joe. From different corners of England, they all found themselves in Leeds at some point last year - and that's where the magic happened. They write songs compulsively and they travel the world in a Volkswagon van. Their debut EP 'Paws and Claws' was released on May 23rd 2009. On 1st June it was announced that they had won a slot to play End of the Road festival.

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Juana Molina

Born in 1962, Juana Molina is an Argentinian singer/songwriter and actress. Following the military coup in Argentina of 1976, Molina's family fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for six years. She grew up in a musical environment and her tango-singing father taught her guitar when she was 5. Juana Molina started her career in 1988 as a comedic television actress in Argentina on the show La Noticia Rebelde. She later starred in Juana y sus hermanas, a hit sketch show across the Spanish-speaking world, for which she remains better known in Latin America.

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~~~

~~~ (triple sones) is one moniker of Benn Curry, a 21-year old graphic designer and photographer, living in the north east of England. Recording all the sounds at home with minimal after production, ~~~ utilises various instrumentations, ranging from guitars, bass, mobile phones, voices, casiotones and banjos. Through Grass Note, ~~~ expresses a great understanding of how to create sounds and textures with a deep feeling and atmosphere and takes you on an intense journey with every piece of music.

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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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