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Finn Peters

Finn Peters is one of the leading flute and sax players in the UK today. A musician born and bred, he has dedicated his life to perfecting his art. He comes from a family of musicians, which can be traced back to the 1600s and started playing the flute aged five. Fortunate to be surrounded by famous musicians as he grew up, he decided on a career in music and has been studying ever since. After spending his teens practicing non-stop, he studied musicology at Durham University, then completed a post-graduate course at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

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Transient

Transient names at least six musical entities. 1) Transient are a band from Greenville, SC, United States. Forming in the fall of 2010, they started to gain recognition with their debut EP Alone, promoting their own brand of passionate modern hardcore, with strong and ambient melodic guitar riffs. They have released 2 EP's to date, Alone, a 5 song EP in May 2011, and their latest release We Do Not Lose Heart, a 3 song EP in March 2012. Both of these EP's can be downloaded from the bands Bandcamp page, with a donation scheme implemented for both.

Read more about Transient on Last.fm.

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Terranova

Terranova is used by two groups: one German, another from USA. 1. Terranova is a German band made up of current members Fetisch, Marco Meister and Kaos. They have previously went under the moniker Turntable Terranova on the Compost label and sometimes as Edition Terranova. Their music is a fusion of punk rock, electronic and trip hop. They currently reside in Berlin and perform DJ sets at the Berlin night club, Pogo Club.

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Wake

There are at least 6 bands with the name "Wake"*. *If you listen to the British post-punk band, the Finnish melodic death metal band, or the US goth rock band, the correct tag is The Wake. Please fix your tags. 1. WAKE is a Canadian grindcore band from Calgary, Alberta. www.myspace.com/ourwake or http://hearingaidsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/surrounded-by-human-filth-7 Started in 2009 and have released a self titled 7'' , a split 7'' with Dephosphorus and Full length on 7 Degrees Records.

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Paris Suit Yourself

You can tell a lot about a band by how it performs offstage, as was my initial experience of Paris Suit Yourself on Thanksgiving last year. The three expatriate band members made a surprise visit to my Berlin apartment after hearing word of an American feast, hours after dinner and just in time for the vodka. Like the band's music, their behavior was as charming as it was abrasive. Drummer Joseph Heffernan, who hails from Arkansas and intentionally, if not performatively, assumes that anyone from north of the Mason-Dixon Line is from Connecticut...

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Gabriel & Dresden

Gabriel & Dresden is the collaborative act of San Francisco duo Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden. Being recognized DJs and producers in the United States, their activities are based on electronic dance music, mostly influenced by progressive house with a touch of trance. Gabriel & Dresden is also the production unit behind Motorcycle in collaboration with JES. The duo was formed in 2001 and made a name for themselves by creating numerous remixes; amongst their works include names such as New Order, Sarah McLachlan and Annie Lennox, to name but a few.

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Stormchild

There are three artists with the name Stormchild…
1. The original band named Stormchild is a NWOBHM band formed in Bolton in 1979 and won a national UK rock talent search in 1981. They signed to Kilo records and released a single in 1982. They split in 1983.
Their single Rockin steady is the highest valued single of the Genre with a copy selling in 2009 for 2,300 pounds sterling on ebay.
A compilation called Maiden Voyage was released in February 2012 by High Roller Records featuring tracks from their recordings with Kilo records in the 1980's from Riverside studios and Jamm studios..

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