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LM.C

LM.C is a rock band from Japan. Members:
Vo. Maya ( sinners (as a guitarist)→ 雅-MIYAVI- (support, as a guitarist) → LM.C )
Gu. Aiji ( KALENPierrotLM.C )
Support:
Ba. Ikuo / Ken
Dr. Death-O / Yuya
Key. JAYKAY / Jun
VJ. DENKI-MAN LM.C was founded by Maya in Tokyo,Japan , a support guitarist for musician Miyavi in the support band Ishihara Gundan (Ishihara being Miyavi's real last name, Gundan means 'brigade' or 'army' in Japanese) and a guitarist in his own band, Sinners. While still with Miyavi, maya and other support members also played live shows as LM.

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hiro

There are several artists named hiro: 1. Hiroko Shimabukuro (島袋 寛子 Shimabukuro Hiroko, aka hiro) is a Japanese musician. She was born on April 7, 1984 in Okinawa, Japan, and debuted as a member of the popular 4-girl group, SPEED in 1996. In 1998, hiro released her first solo song "Mitsumete Itai" as a b-side to SPEED's single "ALL MY TRUE LOVE." She made her official solo debut in 1999 with the single, "AS TIME GOES BY", which sold 800,000 copies in Japan.

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Glacier

Actually there are at least 7 bands/artists called Glacier around at this moment. 1) An American power metal band that released only a self-titled EP in 1985 and two demos before breaking up. 2) Glacier is the alias of Melody D's ambient piano tunes.
Glacierisation was released independently on December 6th, 2005 and Songs From Under Umbrellas was finished as of September 28th, 2006. Another album is currently in the works. 3) Glacier is a Hamburg-based indierock/shoegaze-band who released their debut-album A Sunny Place For Shady People on October 13th, 2006.

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Kan

KAN (born September 24, 1962) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His real name is Kan Kimura(木村 和). He once said that he chose the artist-name simply as "KAN" in order not to confuse listeners, because it is not common to read the letter "和" as Kan.
He released "Yokereba Issho-ni" as the new single on Feb.10, 2010. The release of the new album is also scheduled on Mar. 10, 2010, and it will be titled "Kanchigai-mo Hanahadashii Watashi-no Jinsei" .

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Tom Budden

DJ and producer Tom Budden is a multi-talented artist whose diverse yet distinctive style of music has gained him the respect of his peers and has seen him play alongside major artists such as Steve Bug, Steve Lawler, James Zabiela, Nic Fanciulli and Sven Vath. Holding residencies at High Tide and Release in Southampton, Tom also has regular sets at London and International clubs such as Jaded at AKA, Cocoon at The End and Kristal in Romania.

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Sana

There are at least three artists going by the name Sana: 1) A KONAMI-employed pop artist (新谷さなえ) sings for several games. Most are part of the bemani series, although her work in Zone of the Enders: Anubis is a notable exception. She sings primarily for the Pop’n Music series, and has released several CDs of her vocal tracks from the games. 2) SANA is the ex-guitarist of Japanese rock band Mask. He is currently an indies solo artist and released his first Maxi Single 「一人法師」 in 2006. As of late, he has been performing as part of a session band called TheJEAN.

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DEATHGAZE

DEATHGAZE (typeset as simply deathgaze from 2004 to 2006) is a Japanese / band formed in July of 2003 in Nagoya. The band's current-line up hasn't changed since 2009, and its only founding members still in the band are vocalist Ai and drummer Naoki. Current line-up:
藍 (Ai) - Vocals (2007-present), guitar (2010-present), bass (2003-2008)
貴樹 (Takaki) - Guitar, backing vocals (2009-present)
孝介 (Kosuke) - Bass, backing vocals (2008-present)

Read more about DEATHGAZE on Last.fm.

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Move

1) m.o.v.e (formerly known as move) is a 3-member Japanese musical group. The group consists of Yuri Matsuda (益田祐里 Matsuda Yūri, vocalist), motsu (瀬川素公 Segawa Mototaka, rapper) and T-Kimura (木村貴志 Kimura Takashi, producer). In 1996 after the break up of t-kimura's previous project Favorite Blue, he formed the band move and by 1997 they released their first single "Rock it Down", but they achieved fame when their followup single "Around the world" was used in the anime "Initial D".

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