Mike Westbrook (born Michael John David Westbrook 21 March 1936 in High Wycombe, England) is an English jazz pianist, composer, and writer of orchestrated jazz pieces. He became a key figure in the development of British Jazz in the late 1960s. Westbrook spent his childhood in Torquay and went to art school in Plymouth where he began his first bands with such musicians as John Surman, Lou Gare and Keith Rowe.
Honest Ruse is a two piece Electronica / Drum & Bass / DubStep band based in Oxfordshire. It's members are both 15 and are Tim Davies (drums), and George Burrage (electronics and vocals).
Our main influences are Radiohead, Enter Shikari, Chase & Status, Pendulum, Your Demise, letlive, Muse, Netsky, NERO, and Nirvana.
Honest Ruse released their first EP The Storm on 25th August 2011 and are currently working on writing new material and playing shows as much as possible.
Campus are a post-hardcore band from Tessenderlo, Belgium. Bandmembers:
Martijn Leenaers - Vocals
Tijs Mondelaers - Guitar
Fabrice Parent - Guitar
Tuur Geeraerts - Bass guitar
Josse Wijckmans - Drums Releases:
This Time I Scream For More (2005) (EP)
Inside The Mind Of A Serial Killer (2007) (EP)
We Are The Silence (2008)
Oh, Comely! (2010) Since their debut "We are the silence" CAMPUS has been around non-stop. The band did a great job touring all over Europe including some of the biggest festivals and support shows for major bands.
Chie Mukai (向井千恵), born February 17, 1953, is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group Che-SHIZU (シェシズ）. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the East Bionic Symphonia group, a graduation project for students of Takehisa Kosugi (小杉武久) at the Bigakko art school in Tokyo. Her primary instrument is the bowed Chinese er-hu, although she is also a fascinating vocalist, and plays piano and percussion. Every year she organizes the Perspective Emotion mixed media arts festival in Tokyo.
What started out as a regular jam session between Ian (guitar) and Terry (Drums), eventually became a full writing band in winter 2010/2011 after the arrival of Ric (vocals) and (now former) bass player Ryan. The direction was clear, back to basics ol' fashioned Blues Rock, very much influenced by bands like Free and The Black Crowes, but giving it their own little stamp.
After playing several gigs around the Bolton/Preston area, the band was given the opportunity of playing Manchester Academy.
There are 3 artists that use the name Mega 1. Shapeshifting rhythm oriented unit form Latvia. mostly causing intense breaks and heavy beating, but then again wandering into psychedelic grooves or wherever it takes. highly unregular activity since 2002. 2. Mega, a fleunt welsh pop group of 4 welsh boys. Their names are Marc, Rhydian, Arwel and Trystan. The debut album 'Mwy Na Mawr' was released on the welsh label Recordiau A3 Cyf. based in Cardiff, Wales in 1998.
Rock Icon Andy Fraser has been recently honored by BMI’s 3 Million Play Club for crafting the monster rock anthem "All Right Now". Andy Fraser is best known around the world as the legendary bassist and founding member of the 70's rock band FREE, and for writing Robert Palmer’s mega-hit "Every Kinda People". For over four decades Fraser has been composing and songwriting with artists’ Rod Stewart, Chaka Khan, Paul Young, Joe Cocker, Paul Carrick, Wilson Pickett, Three Dog Night, Bob Seger, Randy Crawford, Etta James, Frankie Miller, Ted Nugent, and many more.
Put away the Laptop, There