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David Hill

David Hill is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. David's music is known for its "old and new" collage of musical styles,thought provoking lyrics, samples, sequencers, live instrumentation and interesting sound effects. David was born in Fremont, California, to parents that were very involved in the art world through photography. David grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota (home of Prince)...

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The Huxleys

The Huxleys are a female fronted, three piece rock band. Their influences stem from the surfy sound of the sixties and guitar rock of the seventies.
The music of The Huxleys was originally created by Neil Drummond (guitars) and Jessica Brett (bass and vocals) .
Once in London, The Huxleys teamed up with Alan Walder (drums, backing vox) to complete their edgy, vintage folk rock trio.
check them out on myspace www.mypsace.com/thehuxleysband

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Kev Choice

This Oakland native is an up and coming M.C. as well as an accomplished pianist and musician. He fronts a 10-piece band called "Kev Choice Ensemble" and brings a diversity and creativity to live hip-hop never before seen. He is also a producer and his mostly self-produced album "The Broken Mold" will be released in 2009. He is a conscious m.c. in the veigns of Common and Nas who uses wit and creative lyricism to bring a positive and inspiring message to Hip-Hop.

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Ben Mono

Ben Mono – ambitious multi-player, producer, remixer and in demand DJ from Munich – has built himself a solid reputation in the world of advanced diskotainment during the past years. His debut album "Dual" was praised by critics for being “complex, deep, tight and authentic at the same time” (De:Bug). His tracks can be found constantly on heavy rotation in the playlists of supporters like Dave Clarke, Jazzanova, Funkstörung or Zombie Nation. Finally, after carefully polishing his latest compositions, Ben Mono is about to drop his long awaited sophomore effort: "Hit The Bit".

Read more about Ben Mono on Last.fm.

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Flea

There are 2 bands/artists sharing the name "Flea". 1/ Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary on October 16, 1962, in Burwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia) is the bassist for the alternative rock/funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, and is a regular session musician as well as an occasional actor. 1/
Early life Michael (as Flea was then still known) led a relatively conventional family lifestyle in Australia until his father Mick was posted to New York in March 1967 in accordance with his job as a customs officer, taking with him his wife Patricia, daughter Karen and the young Michael.

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Ping Pong

1) PING PONG: Ping Pong is a jazz-rock and progressive band from Italy, borned from early 70's. In 1971 the band members were Mauro Falzoni (guitar, voice), Celso Valli (keyboards), Paride Sforza (sax, clarinet), Alan Taylor (bass, voice), Vittorio Volpe (drums). But in 1973 joins the group Giorgio Bertolani (voice). The albums of this band are About Time (1971) and Ping Pong (1973). 2) Ping Pong (ピンポン, Pin Pon?) is a 2002 sports film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Fumihiko Sori.

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Scott Garcia

SCOTT LONDON THING GARCIA The story so far Scott Garcia is without a doubt one of the pioneers of the UK garage scene after setting up his own record shop in 1994 at he very young age of 16 he has not looked back. Scotts shop Ruff Trax was one of the first of its kind stocking only house and garage made in the UK while the Sunday scene was dominated by dub versions of US garage tracks made by American producers such as Smack and DJ Disciple.

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Dante

There are few artists and bands named Dante. 1) Dante Kinnunen, drummer of The Concretes and a solo artist
2) Progressive metal band from Germany
3) Alt-folk band from Edinburgh, Scotland
4) Argentinian hip-hop artist
1) Dante (Kinnunen) is a Swedish drummer turned singer/producer and is described as a Phil Collins and The Weekend. In 2012 he released a new single "Burning" with Adrian Lux. http://soundcloud.com/dantekinnunen/
https://facebook.com/kinnunendante

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