Martyn Jacques, the founder of The Tiger Lillies, spent much of his early years living above a brothel in London's Soho. His songs describe (in lurid detail) pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, losers and other unsavoury characters. He wrote the music for Shockheaded Peter and won an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for his memorable role in the work. He is currently working on several theatrical projects.
Debbie Davies (b. 1952 in Los Angeles, CA) is a blues guitarist. She has been the featured guitarist in several female based bands including Maggie Mayall and the Cadillacs (led by John Mayall's wife) and Fingers Taylor and the Ladyfinger Revue (who opened for Jimmy Buffett during his 1991 tour). Besides her solo work, Davies is best known for her work with Albert Collins as a member of his band, the Icebreakers.
Classic FM is the United Kingdom's first national commercial radio station, broadcasting classical music in a popular and accessible style. Classic FM is a Dutch radio station, the most listened classical music station in The Netherlands. Their website can be found at: www.classicfm.nl
dbClifford is a veteran musician for the young age of 27. Raised in France and England he was surrounded by music his entire life. Labeled a child prodigy, he had already mastered the opera Carmen on the piano at the age of five. At age eleven dbClifford began branching out towards drums and eventually bass, guitar and sax. At age eighteen he attended the prestigious CIAM School of Music in Bordeaux, France.
The mid-eighties, Madrid. The Spanish capital is teeming under the grip of a musical explosion the likes of which has never been seen before. In the midst of that rabid swirl, a teenager, unknown and unassuming, enters a record shop to blow his savings on an album, Standing on a Beach, by The Cure. Little did he know that this was to be his first step on the long and difficult path to becoming one of the country
iMMa is an orgy of diverse hard rock delivered with tremendous self belief, and zeal. The world might have a looming energy crisis at present, but there is no shortage here. There is enough to light up a small city. iMMa, originally was a band, a partnership between Erika Footman and Jonas Jalhay. After the 5 year partnership came to an end - Erika decided to carry iMMa as a solo project. Using fantastic players to play with her live some of these include: Jonas Jalhay ( guitar - Them is Me, Lady Sovereign)...
The Advent may refer to the alias of techno artist Cisco Ferreira or the Christian metalcore band. aka Cisco Ferreira Longtime advocates of sonic terrorism even before banding together as the Advent in 1993, Cisco Ferreira and Colin McBean's assault on conventional techno flourished in part because of abundant glimpses into related styles, from electro and hip-hop to techno. Soon after leaving school, Ferreira began working as an engineer at Jack Trax Records, a job which enabled him to glimpse first-hand the work of such auteurs as Derrick May and Marshall Jefferson.
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), better known by her stage name Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, is an American Grammy Award winning rapper, singer, producer, actress and former member of the R&B group Sista. With sales of over seven million in the United States alone she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA and has worked extensively as a producer for many other artists along with her childhood friend Timbaland.
Friday nights are an urban music soundclash at Fabric, touring all tempos from hip hop to drum and bass. Resident DJs Weekly: Joe Ransom
Bi-monthly: Scratch Perverts
Monthly: Plump DJs Evil Nine James Lavelle Ali B
Guest Nights: A Night of True Playaz, Wall of Sound’s (sic.), Plump DJs Present Eargasm, Run the Road, Radio Soulwax, Kill ‘Em All, Let God Sort it Out, Breakbeat Kaos, Distinct’ive Breaks Y4K, Bashy.