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Genetic

There are at least 2 artists with this name: 1) A young punkrock-band from Emmen, The Netherlands 2) Alias of Paul Jackson, psychedelic trance producer and ex-member of Juno Reactor. Paul Jackson was born in Redhill, England, UK in April 1970. He worked as a sound engineer and producer for various London recording studios before finding underground exposure with 'Transmission' under the name of 'Genetic' on producer Youth's Dragonfly Records in 1992. Following the release of Transmission, Paul became part of small group of people that helped to shape the Psytrance sound of the 1990s.

Led to Sea

Led to Sea is the solo project of Seattle-based violist Alex Guy. Guy's new album, "Into the Darkening Sky", is a beautiful collection of both orchestral compositions and stripped-down songs for viola, voice and drums. She's joined on the recording by some of Seattle's most talented musicians, including Jherek Bischoff (The Dead Science) on bass, Paul Kikuchi (Orkestar Zirconium) on drums and Lori Goldston (Black Cat Orchestra) on cello.

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Fola

There are two acts with the name Fola: 1: Mobo award winning singer-songwriter Fola sings about the power of women from her own experience. Growing up without a father figure, Fola quickly learnt of the strength it took her own mother to raise a family on a single income. 2: Fola is Andy Lucas &Kate Barry, who are based in the Black Country to the west of Birmingham, England. They play mainly original songs, mixed with some Irish traditional tunes and the odd folk song.

Jazz Jamaica All Stars

In 1991, inspired by the rhythms of traditional Jamaican music and the largely improvisational nature of jazz, original Jazz Warrior, and veteran jazz double bassist, Gary Crosby turned a musical concept into a joyful reality. Gary

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Pollyanna

Pollyanna is the name of two musical artists : *Existing in the mid to late 90s, but still popular today, Pollyanna were an Australian indie/alternative rock band. The band consisted of, at various times, Matt Handley, Maryke Stapleton, Ace Moley, Andy Strachan, Shaun Lohoar, Glenn Maynard and Serge Luca.
see here: http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1551
They were originally a Sydney band but then later relocated to Melbourne (in 1997).

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fair dinkum australian mate

morceaux magnificient

melancholism

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Arrakis

There are 2 trance acts using the name Arrakis: One of them is Kai Tracid + Drax (Thomas Peter Heckmann). They released The Spice in 1999. Their style is acid trance. The other is formed by UK producers B. Jamieson and J. Sutton. They released "Medusa" and "Aira Force". Their style is trance with some progressive elements.

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Lardpony

Synthy indie-pop from derby, often seen around the midlands (and, increasingly, further afield) supporting bands like Bearsuit, The Research, Mates of State and so on.

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The Vanguard

In order to create the Vanguard, Zeus pinned a gigantic map of the world to the wall in his office. He picked up four golden darts. Blindfolded, he reached for the first dart, drew his hand back and flung it to the map. "Ah I see, the singer shall be from the mountains of Virginia," and so, Aaron Barr was born. Flying through the air, the second dart dropped down in Przemysl, Poland. "How cute, a potato baby will be the guitarist.

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The Loved Ones

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Loved Ones were an Australian rock group of the 1960s, formed in the wake of the British Invasion. Although the band’s career lasted only two years, the group is now regarded as one of the most significant Australian bands of the 1960s. 2) The Loved Ones are a punk rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band was founded in late 2003 by Dave Hause (formerly of The Curse and Paint It Black) on vocals and guitar, Michael Cotterman (formerly of Kid Dynamite) on bass and Mike Sneeringer (formerly of Trial By Fire) on drums.