Bossa Nova

FILO & PERI BIOGRAPHY 2009

Consider their global chart success and you begin to gain the sense of scale New York based production team Filo and Peri are achieving. Having conquered the number one spot on the Billboard dance plus an entry into the UK National Top 40, Filo & Peri continue to surprise to the upside. To think this is only the beginning for America's number one trance producers makes for a very exciting time in their lives.

Lamp are an indie pop, jazz, and alternative trio from Japan. Formed by Taiyou Someya (composer, guitarist, conductor, producer), Yusuke Nagai (vocal, multi-instrument-player, composer) and Kaori Sakakibara (vocal, flute, accordion) in 2000, they are heavily influenced by 60s American music, ethereal tunes, and bossa nova. They debuted in 2003 with the release of a six-track EP, "Soyokaze Apartment 201" (そよ風アパートメント201). All of their albums are released under MONTE BLEU, an indies label.

Jazziz praised Brazilian guitarist Badi Assad (pronounced Bah-Jee Ah-Sahje) as "a virtuoso of the highest order" while Guitar Player pegged her as "fearless!" Wonderland, her second for Deutsche Grammophone is not only an album fantasy and hope; it is also a plea for some sanity in this insane world of ours. The CD touches on many taboo topics including rape, prejudice, child prostitution and loss of cultural identity.

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