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Mirage

There are at least 14 bands named Mirage. 1) Mirage released numerous cover version megamixes of current pop hits during the eighties. Many of them were produced by Nigel Wright, sometimes together with Nigel Stock, John Davies & Robin Sellars. Mirage also had three vocalists that posed on the record-covers: Kiki Billy, Nicos Griffiths & Carlos Griffiths. 2) A cult hungarian new/darkwave band from the '80s.

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Vice Versa

Vice Versa was a synthpop band from sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Vice Versa comprised future members of the successful pop group ABC. Formed in 1977 by Stephen Singleton, Mark White and David Sydenham, they founded their own label, Neutron Records, releasing the EP Music 4. They had similarities to The Human League, who they supported in 1978. Martin Fry, who wrote the fanzine Modern Drugs, interviewed the band, and shortly afterwards, they asked him to join as synthesizer player, and Fry accepted, and shortly afterwards the band evolved into ABC, with Fry taking over on vocals.

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Polyphonic Size

Polyphonic Size has never been a real band, but Roger-Marc Vande Voorde's project. Born in Charleroi (Belgium) in 1959, the young teenager Roger-Marc spent some time in Germany, near Cologne. Being a true Rolling Stones fan, he started to learn guitar and began to play in small local bands : Berk, Reynolds, Magnetix and mostly Melody. Some live tapes still exist, recorded late 76, early 77, with an overexcited Roger-Marc singing 1960's/70's classics : Get Back, Jumping Jack Flash...

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Scattered Order

A noise making band from Sydney, Australia, who began their post punk assault on listeners in 1979. Releases on the M Squared, Volition, Klanggalerie, Ascension and Rather be Vinyl labels throughout a 30 year sonic journey. Original line-up reformed in 2009 with Mitch Jones and Michael Tee. Released "SO" CDr in September 2009. Released "Adjust the terminology" CD in September 2010 In 2010 Shane Fahey joined. Released "It's behind you" CDr in May 2011

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Die Selektion

Cold synthie lines, analogue sounds, a dynamic trumpet and a strong, leading voics. Influenced by the dark side of the 80s Minimal / New Wave, Die Selektion sound familiar to bands like Schwefelgelb, Nitzer Ebb, 1000 robota of partly Hurts. Die Selektion are Hannes Rief / Trumpet, Choirs & Glockenspiel Max Rieger / Synth, Sequencers & Backing Vocals Luca Gillian / Lead Vocals & Synthesizer Discography 02/2011 -"Kühle Lippen", EP, 50 CDs
04/2011- "NOIRE", EP/Minialbum,

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Chaim

Born into a family of traditional musicians and the son of a father who was already spinning records in the late sixties, Chaim grew up to become a complex producer. Influenced by Moroccan music he heard at home while growing up, and the sound of Chicago House he fell in love with while working as a light jockey in his local clubs, his productions tell a story of a sensitive musician from Tel Aviv.

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is an Australian musician, who played in JAB, The Models and Einstürzende Neubauten. Wednesday formed an Australian punk rock band in Adelaide in January 1976. The band's original lineup consisted of Bohdan X (Bodhan Kubiakowski) on guitar and vocals, Wednesday playing bass guitar, synthesizer and tapes, and Johnny Crash (Janis Friedenfelds) on drums and vocals. The band took its name from the first initials of the founding members. The band relocated to Melbourne in August 1977.

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