MagicFolk
Magicfolk is a seven-piece band based in Norwich (UK) writing "contemporary esoteric psychfolk" - a blend of folk, rock, prog and psychedelia with a mystical slant.
Magicfolk is a seven-piece band based in Norwich (UK) writing "contemporary esoteric psychfolk" - a blend of folk, rock, prog and psychedelia with a mystical slant.
Solipsism is Craig Murphy, an Experimental Musician and Recording Artist from Glasgow in Scotland. His cross-genre style incorporates elements of Ambient, Techno, IDM, Electro and Experimental Music and his releases have been featured on various Radio Stations from across the Globe, including BBC Radio 1, BBC6 Music, XFM London and Digital Nimbus (U.S.A).
He is also a member of the Psychedelic/Folk band Shoosh, alongside Ed Drury and Neil Carlill. The latter who had several Top 40 hits in the UK with his band Delicatessen (Rough Trade, Big Life).
1) diSEMBOWELMENT was an Australian death/doom metal band from Melbourne that was formed in 1989 after the two piece grind band Bacteria featuring drummer Paul Mazziotta and guitarist/vocalist Renato Gallina changed its name and musical style. With Dean Ruprich from Necrotomy providing bass, the band released its first demo, "Mourning September" in 1990. The band played very slowly (and occasionally with great speed), and relied equally on the atmospheric effects of droning guitars and constant riffing.
Sirius: (1) Portuguese Black Metal band 1998-2002; (2) German Trash Metal band; (3) Norwegian rapper from Vestfold; (4) Greek Uplifting Trance artist; (5) Hong Kong Hard Rock Band (1) The black metal band Sirius was formed in 1998 and eventually attracted the interest of Samoth (ex-Emperor, who signed the band to his Nocturnal Art Productions label. Classic symphonic black metal is the order of the day here...
Mariam the Believer (Mariam Karolina Wallentin Riahi) was raised in Sweden. Previously in the duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums. Find out more at www.facebook.com/MariamTheBeliever
Abida Parveen (Urdu: عابدہ پروین), a Pakistani singer, is one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music. Her forte is the kafi and the ghazal, though she has also ventured into traditional male territory and sung qawwalis. She is known for her particularly stunning voice, as well as her vivid musical imagination. She has attained legendary status in the Indian Sub-Continent, especially within her home province of Sindh, Pakistan.
#1 Laurence Harvey, an ambient, dub and downtempo producer,uk
#2 Kuba Ka, a pop/rock artist from the U.S.
#3 An instrumental band from Latvia, loosely described as postrock.
#4 A Polish Nationalist singer. KUBA (Laurence Harvey) on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/kuba-laurence-harvey KUBA (Laurence Harvey) facebook link - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=901810054 Laurence Harvey, an ambient, dub and downtempo producer from Cambridge, UK.
http://magdalenasolis.com Lush warm sonic swells, all wreathed in thick swaths of serious psych guitar, the sound constantly shifting from tranquil and dreamlike, to blown out and druggy/droney and way tripped out, heady and hypnotic and easily some of the best kaleidoscopic kosmische space/drone/psych we've heard.
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Forging a one-of-a-kind career path, Kono Michi, Japanese for “This Path,” is the alter-ego of Juilliard-trained violinist, Michi Wiancko. Kono Michi’s latest album, 9 Death Haiku, was described by The Strad magazine as “intriguing and exquisitely beautiful… music that crosses the pop-classical barrier” and was selected by Playback:STL online music magazine as one of the "Top 30 CD's of the Decade."
Faiz Ali Faiz (born 1962 in Sharaqpur, Pakistan) is one of the main singers of qawwali, a devotional musical expression of the Sufis, a mystical offshoot of Islam. Faiz Ali Faiz comes from a family of qawwals from seven generations in Pakistan. He started his professional career in 1978, at age 16, creating at the same time his own qawwali ensemble. Though Faiz is from Lahore, he practices the doaba style from eastern Pakistan. He stated in recent interviews he has been influenced by Sham-Chaurasi, a famous Khayal singing school where Ustad Salamat Ali Khan belongs to.