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Atmos

Originally from Poland, Atmos (Tomasz Balicki) is a Swedish progressive/psychedelic trance producer. He is most famous for his 1999 hit, "The Only Process", and of course klein aber doctor, released on various compilations. Along with other Swedish artists like Noma, Vibrasphere and Human Blue, Atmos was responsible for introducing and popularizing the new minimal and progressive form of psytrance circa 2000.

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Beast

1) A Canadian indie, electronic music duo based out of Montreal, Quebec. Beast's members include vocalist and lyricist Betty Bonifassi and composer/producer Jean-Phi Goncalves.
www.myspace.com/beastsound 2) A Korean group from Cube Entertainment which consists of 6 members: Dujun, Dongwoon, Yoseob, Gikwang, Hyunseung and Junhyung. 3) Hardcore/Punk band from Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.myspace.com/stockholmbeast 4) A Japanese rock band that got their start on Extasy International, a record label in Japan run by Yoshiki of X-JAPAN. They released one album called "Imagination-lens".

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Aphid Moon

Aphid Moon is Jules Hamer, a psychedelic trance artist. With couple of Aphid Moon releases before the millenium he has continued with a successive string of releases on virtually all the British psy-trance labels as well a few notable foreign labels. His first solo album"High Diver" was released on Dragonfly Records in 2003 a deep night time sound with a distinctly british trance sound. With the help of the insane software revolution Jules has steadily been developing his own unique style; playing DJ & live sets in Japan, Israel, S.A., Brazil, Europe and the U.K over and underground.

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Quarantine

Quarantine are a post-hardcore politico tech punk five piece from the southwest of England. Together now for 10 years, the band has morphed from an erratic and drunken garage punk band to an intently focused group of musicians that have absorbed all range of music from the last fifty years to create their inimitable sound. Drawing influences from the U.S hardcore scene, the independent UK punk scene and anywhere that progressive music is being melded;

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A Split Second

A Split Second is a Belgian electronic and industrial band.
A Split Second is simply too good to be ignored, and from their conception in 1985 it didn't take the world long to acknowledge the importance of Marc ICKX's and Chrismar CHAYELL's unique musical vision. Official website A Split Second's first American release, the 1987 EP A Split Second, collected highlights from their early European releases, which included Ballistic Statues (which featured the tense masterpiece "Close Combat"), Smell of Buddah as well as their innovative EBM classic, "Flesh".

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Hux Flux

The originator of the Swedish psychedelic trance sound. In 1999 Hux Flux released his well-received debut album Cryptic Crunch and he became one of the most popular names in the psychedelic trance scene. Many have attempted to copy his unique sound but none have come close.

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Another Green World

Another Green World are the ultimate chill out, featuring ethereal keyboard wizard Paul Chousmer and psychonaut saxophonist Dan 'Spannerman' Carpenter. Between them producing an eclectic blend of electronica, woodwind and percussion, with melodies strongly influenced by the likes of Erik Satie, Holger Czukay, the Klezmer tradition and Lee 'Scratch' Perry They came together for their first performance, an extended 4 hour improvisation, in Chislehurst caves, in 1984 (on a psychedelic mystery trip organised by Christian Paris of London underground club Alice in Wonderland).

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