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Master Margherita

Master Margherita is a musician based in Switzerland. Since 1988, he has been very active in the european music scene where his first steps were as a bass player in various Rock'n'Roll bands. But in 1994 he started composing tracks which mixed and matched live instruments with all sorts of electronic " devices ". This experimentation saw a change of musical direction for him into the world of " ambient " soundscapes. Since then his talent has been appreciated in many styles, from french text songs, to experimental techno, via ethnic grooves and reggae.

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Allaby

Matt Allaby is a trance producer from Manchester in the UK. His unique sound has been forged through his background in the acid house scene in the 'Madchester' nineties and the years following where Matt played his part in the beginnings of the Northern psytrance scene.
He was a resident dj and co-promoter of the 'Sunrise' party in Manchester from its creation in 1997. This became a launch pad for his studio work which first saw fruition on Spiral Trax in 2002.
Before discovering dance music Matt played drums in bands of various styles from the age of 11.

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Rod

There are multiple artists/groups called Rod. 1. ROD is the newborn alter-ego of Rotterdam based [artist, currently one of the most popular and inspiring electronic music artists of the Netherlands. Known for his ver-satility, Benny has chosen this additional artist name to clearly define the more Techno oriented side of his musical identity. ROD's critically acclaimed debut-release "Malmok" was released on Ben Klock's Klock-works label and formed the start of a fruitful discog that reads very positively...

Read more about Rod on Last.fm.

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Twin

Among many other artists who used "Twin" as a moniker, Twin are: 1) rock duo Betsy Kwo and Rachel Carns. They released a split-EP with Mikaela's Fiend on S.A.F. Records in 2007. 2) experimental electronic trio Brendan Murray, Howard Stelzer and Jason Talbot 3) house trio Fredrik Eriksson, Joachim Persson and Niclas Molinder. In 1999 they released "Star Wars Theme (The Force)" on Detective Records. However, among the majority of filesharing users it is known as an Aphex Twin hoax.

Read more about Twin on Last.fm.

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Jaws

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Jaws was a hardcore band from Perth. 2) Jaws is Californian rock band with members from RKL (Rich Kids on LSD), Lagwagon, King City, Mad Caddies & The Revolution Smile. The project includes the last recordings of influential musician Derrick Plourde who passed away in 2005. http://jawsattacks.com 3) Jaws is a party metal band from East Vancouver(myspace.com/jawsjams) 4) Jaws is a psychedelic / goa trance artist.

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Electrypnose

Electrypnose, the electric hypnosis, is Vince Lebarde's multi-flavored musical project. Created in 2001, Electrypnose is exploring the electronic music-and-noise world and tries to share its sound universe. Based in Switzerland, the laboratory doesn't stop to be active since the beginning of the project. After the first track released in 2003 by Peak records, more than 100 pieces of work have been released on record labels from all over. Beside working in the studio, Vince is travelling regulary around the globe to present his new material and to share time with the comunity.

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Black and White

For the psytrance artists go to the Black & White page and fix your tags. The band went under the name “First Love” and performed at the Hemmens Auditorium Battle of the Bands. The band took first place and won “cash plus recording time”. As time went on the band changed its name to “Black and White” and soon became very popular on the Illinois Club Circuit. The band performed at Chance’s R, Stay Out West and other Classic venues. Black and White Is: BOB SLAWEK / VOCALS JIM PATTERSON / BASS

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Sugar

There are several bands by the name of Sugar:
(1) Project of former Hüsker Dü member Bob Mould.
(2) is a Korean girl-pop group with releases in Japan and Korea
(3) is a Japanese visual-kei group (Sugar).
(4) is Australian psy-trance producer / artist Felix Hamer, on the Green Ant label from Melbourne, Australia.
(5) is a rockband from Den Bosch The Netherlands. Sugar (1) was formed by Bob Mould after the breakup of Hüsker Dü, and conceived as having a similar sound, though with Mould as the sole leader.

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Mojo

There are 4 artists known as "Mojo" 1.) - Mojo is a 20 year old producer from Sheffield, U.K.
Picking up his first chord at the ripe age of 6, he has been bouncing between genres for 4 – 5 years now, and has within the last two years moved to Dubstep. With support from the likes of Funtcase, Cookie Monsta & Plastician, and a monster remix of Psyman's "Drama", he is splurging onto the scene with his enchanting riffs and gritty basslines.

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FREq

FREq is Aran F Gallagher, Born New Zealand, based in Melbourne Australia. Both an Electronic Engineer and trained Keyboard player, Aran has combined Music production with self designed Analog FX and control gear from Frostwave. With this combination FREq has defined a unique and huge progressive sound engineered for maximum audio enjoyment. The early formations of FREq began in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1990.

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