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The Austin Francis Connection

The Austin Francis Connection (a.k.a. AFC) are a band bringing a groovy, relaxed form of acoustic hip-hop suitable for both you and your mum! A three piece hailing for Gloucester, UK the Austin Francis Connection consists of Edi Johnson - a geneius MC and student of rhyme, Hobbit a young beatbox talent who provides both drum and bass for the group -and Mark Finney - a talented acoustic guitarist who rounds off the sound of the band.

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BeardyMan

Beardyman - UK Beatbox Champion: Amongst the throng of beatboxers emerging today, there are few like Beardyman. A tirelessly innovative performer, Beardyman has always pushed the boundaries of what people expect from human beatbox, merging phenomenal beatbox skills with his left-field sense of humour and incredible musicality. After winning the well renowned Lyric Pad Beatbox Battle twice in 2004, he went on to win the title of London's best beatboxer in the 2005 Championships and the following year became UK Beatbox Champion 2006.

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Diaz

Diaz is a artist from Jessheim, Norway who has been rapping since the late 80s. He has always been a part of the inner circle of Tommy Tee's Tee Productions click, and was featured on various releases by among others Warlocks, N-Light-N and T.p Allstars before releasing his solo debut "2050" (after Jessheim's postal code) in 2000. The album was produced entirely by Tommy Tee and featured the Tee Productions fam as well as several Swedish and American rappers such as Petter (with whom he had the hit "Crossing borders" in 1999)...

Read more about Diaz on Last.fm.

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The Elements

There are several artists known as The Elements:
1. The Elements was an 80's band formed in Keighley, West Yorkshire. In December 1982. The Elements evolved into the post-punk/goth group Skeletal Family (http://www.last.fm/music/Skeletal+Family). 2. a four-piece from Birmingham formed in 2001. They are an indie band heavily influenced by rock 'n' roll. They have toured the UK supporting such artists as Paul Weller and The Bluetones. 3. Christian hard-rock/prog metal band from Slovakia. They've released two albums so far, Out of the Dark and Inner Fight for Freedom.

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Tez

1. Tez is a rapper from Detroit, MI affiliated with Dirty Glove Entertainment. He is the cousin of Street Lord Juan and member of Best Friends Inc. 2. tez is a beat-boxer and hip-hop artist from france. Lately (July 2007) he has been touring in support of CocoRosie, for which he provides the majority of the beats and bass during their live show. myspace - http://www.myspace.com/tezshimer

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Djinn

There are at least four artists with this name:
1) Djinn is an Italian depressive-industrial-ambient act formed in 1999 by Alex Vintras. His music combines the atmospheric layers and reverberations prominent in dark ambient music, and combines it with the experimentation and rhythmic qualities of second-wave industrial music. His work is known to commonly use samples from multiple sources, be it field recordings of Gregorian chants, audio clips from famous films, or even snippets of classical compositions.

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Heymoonshaker

Meeting in late 2009 in Nelson, New Zealand, Dave Crowe and Andy Balcon carried their around the world as ever since. UK born Andy Balcon spent 2011 based in Gothenberg, Sweden working on his Debut release EP Self titled Andy Balcon Band, set for physical release late 2012. While working closely with Samuraj Cities Guitarist Jonathon Doe, BaLcon Brought to life the songs which illustrated his travels and experiences of life on the road.

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