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Banco de Gaia

Banco De Gaia began as a solo project of Toby Marks producing a variety of dance and chill-out music often featuring tribal samples. After several tape-only albums, Banco was signed to Planet Dog where he received much wider recognition. Banco expanded into a band in 1997 and later moved to the Gecko label (see also Disco Gecko). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_De_Gaia Official home page: http://www.banco.co.uk/

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Dan Curtin

Dan’s lengthy musical quest began amidst the inception of the techno/electro phenomenon of the early 1990s. From his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio Dan experimented with a vast number of styles, producing innovative sounds of every variety: from Chicago to Detroit to the East Coast. Dan’s considerably impressive discography dates back to 1992 when his first releases on Detroit’s 33 RPM Records and Belgium’s Buzz motivated him to launch his own production hub: Metamorphic Recordings.

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Jody Watley

She’s an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the 80s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her recordings. With an amazing 32 Top Ten Singles and 13 No. 1 Singles in the R&B, pop and dance music genres over the past three decades – including such classics as “Looking For A New Love...

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ohead

Based in Frome,Somerset,Dave Hendry is the man behind ambient psychedelic outfit ohead.Dave has had a long and colourfull history in the electronic and dance music scene including ten years as Transequence,one of the pioneering Psy-Trance acts from the early nineties.Never one to stand still,dave has delved into all sorts of musical genres from Reggae (remixing the Dub funk Association's "raise the dub" which featured several times on Brinsley Forde's BBC radio 6 music show) through to drum 'n' bass,hardhouse and even a stint as a drummer a heavy metal band.

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Homelife

Homelife is a group based mostly in Manchester, signed to the Ninja Tune label. Homelife is not a definite entity. It's hard to pin down their sound, how many people are in the band or even which band they are in! Nearly every Homelife track has a different line up. Less of a collective, Homelife is more of a pool of musicians whose talents are marshalled by reluctant foreman Paddy Steer. There's a do-it-yourself ethos evident in Homelife.

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Koru

KORU is the Maori word for waves and spirals of energy.....unfolding and evolving. Recorded as part of UK / Global Dance music History. KORU music is produced and composed by Koru, a Maori computer alchemist based in Brixton, London, UK. Koru has played in many events across the globe. Music (and visuals performed), arranged and jammed live on the moment. Linked together for the journey. Some of the Places KoRu has Played * EcoSystem - Amazon Jungle - Brazil

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Parachute Youth

Matt K. Von And Johnny Castro are Parachute Youth, an Australian duo originating from Sydney and Adelaide, respectively. Matt and Johnny met in 2010 at a boring shindig: six or seven guys just bonging around the couch. After thirty minutes, they left the less-than-party, went home, got arty, and made their first track. They titled their new creation "It Can't Get Better Than This". By default, the bong had created an incredible team.

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