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Tom Arthurs

Trumpeter/composer from London, living now in Berlin, Tom has been at the heart of the F-IRE Collective and the Not Applicable Artists, and in addition to his own projects has played and recorded with artists such as John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, John Hollenbeck, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey, Icarus, Max de Wardener, Stéphane Payen, Nicolas Masson, Seb Rochford and more... Tom's main projects are currently the trio Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie with Jasper Høiby (bass) and Stuart Ritchie (drums), and the duo with Richard Fairhurst (piano).

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Bela Emerson

Improvised, multi-layered electric cello from Brighton, UK. "She makes her instrument speak in tongues" Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector, November 2008 "Spontaneous music of extreme beauty and power" Venue magazine, September 2007 "A more captivating, physical performance you are not likely to see." Brighton Source, November 2006 "Excellent!" Mark Russell, Mixing It, BBC Radio 3 "My favourite concert: Bela Emerson, Ladyfest Brighton; she touched me so deeply with her cello playing and beautiful, passionate appearance... she got me in tears" Charlotta Kerbs, The Tumbling Dice

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Man Eat Man Eat Man

MAN EAT MAN EAT MAN is an experimental project featuring: Hunter Barr [Knifeladder, Altered States]: Guitar, Keyboards, Programming
Lloyd James [Naevus, Retarder]: Voice, Guitar, Trombone, Stylophone
Ben McLees [Sonver, This Is Radio Silence]: Bass, Programming, Violin, Guitar Formed in London, October 2008. You can view their official MySpace page at www.myspace.com/maneatmaneatman where you can keep informed of their recording progress, gigs, news along with listen to all their latest recordings.

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Vei

www.veimusic.co.uk Veí is the alias of multi-instrumentalist, producer and current 'Kin' keyboardist Jonn Dean. Having made computer-based music for over a decade, this latest solo project is a complete departure from typically modern techniques and sees Dean returning to a hardware-only setup. Using live loopers, samplers and drum machines with a plethora of circuit-bent and glitchy fx - Veí's sound is awash with samples of orchestral and world instruments mixed with complex percussion and lo-fi beats.

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Supersilent

Supersilent is a Norwegian / group from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997 and signed on Rune Grammofon. The band reportedly never rehearse together or communicate about their music outside of live sets and studio sessions. Supersilent was formed when the trio Veslefrekk (Arve Henriksen on trumpet, keyboardist Ståle Storløkken, and Jarle Vespestad on drums) played a concert with producer, artist and self-described "audio virus" Helge Sten (a.

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RED trio

Formed by three musicians from the new improvised music Lisbon scene, RED trio features Rodrigo Pinheiro at the piano, Hernâni Faustino at the doublebass and Gabriel Ferrandini at the drums. The trio was formed in 2007 as a response to a challenge posed by Hernâni Faustino. RED Trio explores one of the most prolific jazz formations: piano/doublebass/drums. The trio's music is characterized for being fast, energic, highly focused, dynamic and sometimes nervous and violent. Most of RED trio influences are based on jazz and especially on improvised music.

Read more about RED trio on Last.fm.

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Aus

There are 2 bands with the name Aus: 1) Born in 1983, Aus is the talented Yasuhiko Fukuzono from Tokyo, Japan. Yasuhiko Fukuzono is an experimental video score, ambient breaks and sound artist from Tokyo, Japan. His third LP, "Sonorapid", mixes floating ambient electronics and gentle female vocals with glitch rhythms. He started his journey in the world of music at the age of 4, when his family sent him to attend piano classes.

Read more about Aus on Last.fm.

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Chooka Parker

Chooka Parker is a self-taught pianist, who featured on Australia's Got Talent in 2011.
He composes his own music, and does variations on others. He has a unique gift of
communicating through his music. He will go down to the level where people are at,
then lift them to a higher level. His music is described as ecclectic with a classical base.
He has been described as a 'genius, prodigy and freak.'
He recently won the 'People's Choice Award' at the Musicoz Awards at only 18. He has
just returned to Australia's Got Talent as a special guest where he made up another

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