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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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Joe T Vannelli

Joe T Vannelli is a wonderful Italian DJ/Producer. He owns JT Company a record label and production company out of Milan Italy. Joe is also a radio personality on Radio Deejay in Milan Italy, Radio Deejay is the biggest radio station in Italy. Joe's new single "ATTENTION" is sung by Helen & Terry. Helen & Terry also co-wrote the song with Joe and have co-written many of Joe's hits! Visit www.philerzy.com to find out more about Helen & Terry and www.jtcompany.it to find out more about Joe.

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Ed Rush & Optical

Both Ed Rush and Optical are the co-heads of a drum and bass record label called Virus Recordings, based in London, UK. Both have earned acclaim separately, with Optical engineering tracks on Goldie and Grooverider's albums and releasing some excellent solo tunes on the likes of Prototype, 31, and Metro. Ed Rush also has countless releases, notably on No U-Turn, where he and Nico first emphasized the dark era of drum and bass with the masterpiece album Torque, and Metalheadz, where he produced such classics as "The Raven" and "Locust".

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Defected

The Defected label was launched on 1 Jan 1999 by Simon Dunmore, who parted company with AM:PM to start his own label. The music policy is funky house records tinged with US garage, funk & Latin vibes. Defected has been fortunate to have many great producers willing to remix its tracks, and the number of artists that the label boasts is growing with every release.

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Brace

#1) Dutch artist who became famous with Lange Frans and Baas B, and a few solo-tracks. #2) Brace was also a DC Hardcore band that was together 1999-2003 #3) Hard Rock band from Sydney, Australia. Featured ex-members of Henry's Anger. #4) UKHC band based in Birmingham. #5) Aberdeen, Scotland Hardcore band.

Read more about Brace on Last.fm.

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Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase became a sensation as a cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live. He also hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show.

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Salva

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) "Paul Salva is a funky motherf-cker," says The Fader. Beyond those who already know this, the rest of the electronic music world is catching wind of the 29 year old producer, DJ, promoter and label boss. Already heralded by the Numbers, Ernest Endeavors and LuckyMe crews in the UK, the Low End Theory residents in LA and his own Frite Nite label/crew in SF, Salva is primed as he preps the release of his debut album, Complex Housing for the Friends of Friends (FoF Music) label.

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Sagat

January 12, 2010
SAGATMANCHU … formerly known as Sagat
Profile: Baltimore Based Rapper and Poet
Label: Imperial Underground Sound Signals
In the Beginning of the Hip Hop Explosion at age 13 (1983); writing rhymes and free styling became Sagatmanchu’s best aspiration as a vocalist. While experimenting with different artist names including Chico Slamm, Sagat, Blacksam and Blackstar Oneson, Sagatmanchu developed a wide array of M.C. styles including Word Play, Word Bending, Braggadocio, Battle Rapping, Commentating and Simile / Metaphor.

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