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Conforce

Conforce is the moniker of Boris Bunnik from the Island of Terschelling (the Netherlands). Nowadays he lives in the city of Leeuwarden and finished several media studies in The Netherlands. After two debut EPs on Rush Hour and releases on Curle and Modelism, he just released his well received first album on UK's Meanwhile label. His Grace EP was released on Delsin Records, featuring some slick produced atmospheric tunes, in style of label mates like Delta Funktionen, Quince and D5. http://www.myspace.com/conforce

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Quince

Quince is an indie rock band from Erie, Pennsylvania and also a techno producer from The Netherlands. Quince the producer: Bram Sluiter has been releasing techno productions on the delsin and spring collective label since 2003. He first used the name 'Quinn' which he later transformed to 'Quince'. His debut full length cd is called En.vi.sion and was released in june 2007. Quince the band: The groundwork was laid in the winter of '99 with Joe Stadler (Vocals, Guitar) and Steve Marzka (Drums), lifelong friends, puting together a band with the best intentions but did not fare well.

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DJ Funk

What words can describe the one and only DJ Funk? Pioneer? Party Rocker? Ghetto House Icon? Let's start at the beginning, DJ Funk grew up on the musically rich West Side of Chicago where he was exposed at an early age to Chicago, New York & Detroit dance music. Developing from his early influences he started DJing out when he was just a teenager at house parties, school dances, and neighborhood clubs; selling mix tapes in the hood with his former crew "do or die" to make ends meet.

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James Carter

Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1969, James Carter began playing saxophone at age 11, first recorded with a Detroit student ensemble in 1986 and, by 1991, had recorded with legendary trumpeter Lester Bowie on The Organizer and contributed to the 1991 collection The Tough Young Tenors. Mastering a family of reed instruments, from sopranino to contrabass saxophones to contrabass and bass clarinets, James Carter mesmerized the jazz world after arriving in New York City in 1988 to play under the auspices of Lester Bowie.

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Daniel Bell

Born: Sacramento California in 1967. After years of being in bands and producing hip hop music, Daniel had a surprise success with his first 12' released on +8 records while still in film school near Toronto, Canada in 1990. The record was "Technarchy" co-produced by Richie Hawtin and John Aquaviva, and it spurred a move by him to Detroit, Mi. After touring and recording extensively throughout 1991 and 1992, including a 38-date American tour opening for Moby and The Prodigy, Daniel left +8 to start his own company, Accelerate Communications in 1992.

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Finale

There are more than 3 artists that go by Finale. 1. Finale is a Detroit, Michigan-based MC, known best for his collaborations with the late J Dilla, Invincible, Dabrye, DJ House Shoes and others. In 2007 he dropped Develop, a collaboration with Spier1200 on the Rawkus 50 album, and in the next year you can expect a solo album, as well a mixtape and an album with DJ House Shoes. http://www.myspace.com/finale 2. Finale is a Buffalo, New York-based side project made up of Keith Buckley from Every Time I Die on vocals and Steven Riter on guitar(s). http://www.myspace.com/thefinalemusic

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Cosmic Vampires

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Esquire

There are two groups with the name Esquire and one DJ: 1) eSQUIRE (Lee Squires) is one of the hottest & most exciting young producers in the UK. Rapidly spreading his name to clubbers and industry heads alike, his sound of uplifting funky fuelled house is becoming the sound of dancefloors across the globe. With a successful string of releases and remixes on labels such as All Around The World, Hed Kandi, Data, 3 Beat Blue, Ministry Of Sound, Boss & Toolroom Records.

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Coyote Men

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Unclean

There is more than one Unclean.
1. The Unclean were a punk/Oi! band from Detroit Michigan in the late 80's and early 90's. They frequently played shows with bands such as Rival and The Rogues 2. Unclean is a Czech black metal band founded in 1993. They recorded a two-song promo tape the same year and played several gigs in the Czech Republic in 1994 and 1995. In 1995 they released their second demo titled "Tam kdesi v hlubinách" which included 5 songs of occult black/death metal in the Czech style established by bands like Master's Hammer, Amon and Root.