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Cobblestone Jazz

Cobblestone Jazz is Mathew Jonson on drums and SH-101 bass, programmer Tyger Dhula, and Danuel Tate on keys and vocoder, Itiswhatitis Recordings, Vibraphone Biography Cobblestone Jazz have been performing live electronic music for four years on the west coast of British Columbia. The three members of the group are programmer Tyger Dhula, keyboardists Danuel Tate and Mathew Jonson, whose recent works for Itiswhatitis, Minus and Substatic have brought him international recognition.

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The Dials

There are various bands called The Dials: 1. A band from Brighton, UK formed in 2002 who play a hybrid of psychedelic garage, country, surf and folk music. They have released the following records on Gear Discs: Albums:
The Dials, 2007
Companions of the Rosy Hours, 2009 Singles:
The Coracle, 2007
Where Did Our Love Go? 2007
Watch Her Walk Away, 2009 They have also recorded a number of sessions for BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music.

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DJ Rush

DJ Rush, born Isaah Major in Chicago, Illinois, was exposed to Chicago house music at a young age, and began DJing in the late 80's/early 90's. He later defected to Berlin, Germany where he and his record label (Kne Deep) have been promoting harder schranz techno ever since. He is nice, and doesn't like to be confused with Carl Cox. ;)

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brighter arrows

"Brighter Arrows formed in the summer of 2010 as a project between Jake Norris and John Olds. Eventually Colin May was recruited and Owen Mallon was brought in for bass duties. Jamie Dougherty originally contributed synthesizer and piano parts but in February of 2010, he began taking over on bass when Mallon departed from the group."
- Bobby Markos, Sun is Everywhere http://www.brighterarrows.tumblr.com/

Read more about brighter arrows on Last.fm.

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HipGnosis

There is more than one artist using the name HipGnosis: 1. HipGnosis is a US electronic music producer, Eric Young. With several releases under his belt, he creates psychedelic music similar in style to artists such as Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Burial, Harmonic 313, Machine Drum, and others. Owing to both a sample-based and synthesis-based creation method, HipGnosis achieves a balance between organic sounds and processed digitalia, remaining ever smooth in the process.

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Michael McDermott

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Michael John McDermott is one half of Workshy, the smooth jazz / sophisti-pop duo from London. 2) Michael McDermott has been the drummer of The Bouncing Souls, a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey formed in 1987, since 2000. 3) Michael McDermott, a singer-songwriter from Chicago, has been crafting personal, evocative music for almost two decades. His first album, 620 W.

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Binge & Purge

Binge & Purge is the union of personality and noted DJ Tommie Sunshine and producer Mark Verbos. The two started working together in 1998 in Chicago. Their 2001 debut as Binge & Purge was a doublepack, released on Switzerland's Mental Groove, called "Wait, It's Fantastic." Highly regarded by the press and the big DJs at the time, it sold small numbers. Their only other release, "Take Your Drion Pill," was a collection of left overs and re-edits from the same sessions.

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Chief Keef

Keith Cozart was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Dulles Elementary School and later Banner High School on the city's South Side. He released his debut mixtape The Glory Road on July 9, 2011 and his second mixtape Bang on October 11. In December 2011, Cozart was arrested on a weapons charge (aggravated unlawful use of a weapon) and put under house arrest at his grandmother's home. While under house arrest, Cozart posted several videos to his YouTube account.

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Naked Raygun

Official Site: http://www.nakedraygun.org
Naked Raygun was a very influential Chicago-based punk band of the 1980s and early 1990s. All incarnations featured Jeff Pezzati on vocals. Members over time include Jim Colao and Eric Spicer on drums, Pierre Kezdy and Camilio Gonzalez on bass, and Santiago Durango. John Haggerty, and Bill Stephans on guitar. Naked Raygun began as a noisy, free-form artist, often trading members with Big Black but later sharpened into a hard pop outfit in a league with the Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Jam.

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