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SwizZz

Born and raised in Southern California, SwizZz is not your stereotypical MC. Through his music, SwizZz reveals a wide range of experiences, much of which he credits to his biracial background. He is not, nor does he claim to be, a

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Sonnamble

Sonnamble is a project set up by musician, programmer and engineer Conor Curran to explore the possibilities of mixing real time playing with live processing. His principal collaborator is bassist and lap steel guitarist Peter Marsh, and together they make music that blurs the distinction between improvisation and electronica, mixing lush dronescapes with glitchy abstractions or wispy, fragmented clouds of melody.

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Open System

Open System are Michael Martin & Matt Hillier. The two decided to combine forces in 2003. The pair are also working on a new ambient/IDM project called Octophonic (also featuring the late Jake Stephenson otherwise known as Ganja Beats). Matt's main project is Ishq, with his partner Jacqui. They are based in Cornwall, UK, and have been writing music since about 1994 under various names and guises. They have released 3 solo albums to date and 3 collaboration albums on various labels including their own label Virtual.

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Twine

There at least two different representatives of the name Twine. 1) Baltimore, Maryland's Greg Malcolm and San Diego, California's Chad Mossholder comprise a unique musical entity. Twine is the culmination of their extended history, which includes their acclaimed 2002 LP Recorder for France's Bip-Hop and their distinguished catalogue for Chicago's Hefty Records and Sweden's Komplott. Their sound contains a mysterious and unresolved quality, the result of the musical relationship which the group's two main practitioners share.

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Lee Gamble

Founding member of the UK-based Cyrk collective, explores abstraction through computer software, synthesis, process, and the deconstrucion/reconstruction of form. He has performed throughout the U.K and Europe. Lee has curated and co-curated several events and produced radio for ResonanceFM 104.4. Current research interests; speech phasing, paracusia, A.I.W.S syndrome, perpetual computer music, the real..

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