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Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles September 7, 1949) is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 #1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 #9, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have A Right)" (Hot 100 #42, 1980) and "I Am What I Am" (Hot 100 #82, 1983). She was born in Newark, New Jersey. Early career
Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz/pop band, in the 1960s. Her first solo single was "She'll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby" (1965).

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Amida

Manchester (UK)-based indie pop band who appeared on the reknowned "Kids At The Club" Indiepop compilation from How Does It Feel To Be Loved Records in 2006, and followed it in 2007 with their first full release, the "Arts & Crafts" e.p on the Peruvian label, Plastilina Records.

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Englebert Humperdinck

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Smokie

Smokie is an English classic rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe in the 1970s. They formed in 1966 in Yorkshire, England and did some early records under the name "Smokey" One of their top hits was "Living Next Door to Alice". While touring in Ireland they discovered the audience would cheer back "Who the Fuck is Alice?". As it turns out , this was a ritual at a Café in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) called "Gompie". The group decided to "cover" this version with comedian Roy Chubby Brown having the honor of yelling "Alice, Who the Fuck is Alice?" during the chorus.

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Panic Attract

From East London arrive Anglo-French duo Panic Attract. Purveyors of twisted pop noir, they consist of multi-instrumentalist Greg Heresztyn and enigmatic front man and songwriter Tim Garratt. Already championed by 6 Music DJ Gary Crowley as “rather gorgeous, a sumptuous sound”, their melodic sensibility is underpinned by sweeping electronics, urgent hip-hop beats and dark lyrical content. This is music that both soothes and startles. Recent Press:

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Clubfeet

Clubfeet create music for the night time, which can also be enjoyed in the day time.

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Close To You

Close II You was een Nederlandse meidengroep. De groep werd in 1996 bij elkaar gezocht door de producers Eeg van Kruysdijk en Ed van Otterdijk door middel van audities. In augustus van dat jaar scoren Natascha Scheffers, Sascha Koninkx, Nadja Nooijen, Sally Flissinger en Marsha van de Berg hun eerste hit met Nice & nasty. De groep wordt al gauw gezien als de Nederlandse tegenhanger van de Spice Girls.

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Peter Von Poehl

Peter von Poehl is a singer/songwriter from Sweden. Peter started his musical career as a guitarist for Bertrand Burgalat's backing band, A.S. Dragon. He gained exposure thanks to his debut 7" single, "Going to where the tea-trees are", a masterpiece of slow AM pop reminiscent of The Virgin Suicides and broken hearts. His debut album (titled the same as the single) was released on May 9th, 2006. The second single, "The Story of the Impossible", widened his audience and earned him TV and radio play, showcasing the album's refined orchestration and stellar songwriting.

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Takka Takka

Takka Takka is a foursome indie rock band from Brooklyn and Queens. Singer-guitarist-keyboardist Gabe Levine says their name comes from "writing songs about war, and it's a painting about war, with machine guns going, 'TAKKA TAKKA.'" Other band members are Conrad Doucette, Damion Jurrens, and JP Jones. They cite their influences as: the Kinks, Orange Juice (sometimes Orange Julius), Pavement, Lou Reed, Zombies, Johnny Cash, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Magnetic Fields, Brian Eno, REM, Bob Dylan, and OMD.

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Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Del the Funky Homosapien is an alternative hip-hop artist. Del was born Teren Delvon Jones, August 12, 1972, in Oakland, California. Del was part of his cousin Ice Cube’s backing band Da Lench Mob and made his first solo album, I Wish My Brother George Was Here, with support from his cousin in 1991. Critics and fans had mixed opinions about the album, many feeling that Del’s and Cube’s styles weren't an ideal match.