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Gift Of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s. They released their first recording, "Swan Lake", on . The Solesides Crew consisted of the duo, as well as other friends of theirs they had met at University of California - Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

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Adrian Roye

Adrian grew up in North London listening to his family's records: an eclectic mix of music from reggae to rock, country to soul. While these have shaped his style as a singer and songwriter, somehow he has achieved a voice that is uniquely his own. His personal musical journey started out as a solitary venture, but fellow musicians have been recruited along the way. Whilst recording his first album, "Welcome to One Man Town," he began playing regularly with songwriter Beth Dariti as a duo for several years in venues such as Camden's Green Note and The Troubadour in Earls Court.

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The Royals

There are several groups which have used this band name. Listed chronologically: Band #1: The Royals were a R&B group active on the Federal imprint of the King label in the early 1950s. They rose to prominence after adding Hank Ballard as vocalist, and as the 1950s went on they were renamed first as The Midnighters, and eventually as Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, who most notably were responsible for the original version of "The Twist".

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Rebelution

On Jan 10th, 2012 the Santa Barbara, CA based band Rebelution released "Peace of Mind" through their own label 87 Music in partnership with Controlled Substance Sound Labs. Peace of Mind was released as a multi-length triple album which includes Peace of Mind: Acoustic as well as Peace of Mind: Dub. Marking the highest chart debut of Rebelution’s career, Peace of Mind debuted at #13 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 Reggae and #1 Independent albums as well as #4 on the iTunes overall album chart.

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BubbleDubble

A three piece "space dub" outfit from the south coast of England playing occasional gigs and festvals with thier own variety of dub influenced chaos!
Live onstage, guests have included Steffe Sharpstrings (Here & Now) Joie Hinton (Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static), Nik Turner (foundin member of Hawkwind) Richard Lanchester, Micky cosmic and, last but not least, the infamus Cristopher (chemical) Cambridge

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The Explorers

1) The arty progressive rock of Roxy Music slid into a decidedly poppier direction when former members Phil Manzanera (guitars, keyboards) and Andy MacKay (sax, oboe, keyboards) collaborated as the Explorers. After Roxy Music's demise in 1983, MacKay moved to Ireland, developing a fondness for traditional Irish music. Wanting a respite from the studio, MacKay formed the Explorers with Manzanera and vocalist James Wraith.

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Benny Sings

Benny Sings - Art (2011) Benny Sings has finally graduated. With his new album Art, which was released on 27 May 2011, the multifaceted producer/composer/singer feels that it has all come together. ‘Making albums is a learning process. After every album I felt as if I completed another year at the Benny Sings Music University. And Art is my graduation project. It’s the finale to my ten years of toil. I now have my diploma. It represents my first work as a mature artist – my first real “work of art’’.’

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Jamie Irie

Jamie Irie is a reggae artist from Coney Hill, Gloucester, England. His single Words Can Be So Simple went straight to number four in the Italian singles chart

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