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Menswear

Menswe@r were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig, appearing on the cover of Melody Maker (in an article about Camden club night Blow Up) before they had recorded a note. They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica.

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the night

www.thenightishere.com the night was a solo project, focussed on incorporating and recording guest musicians. An EP was released in 2008 via iTunes and some sales and fans were recruited. A band finally formed in mid 2011, The members of the band brought their own influences and experience, and made the music evolve into what it is today. They recorded their first album independently in December 2011 at Jungle Studios.

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Kevin Drumm

Kevin Drumm is an musician based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Years active from 1991. Drumm's work expanded to include compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers. He has collaborated with many artists working in similar fields, including Japanese guitarist Taku Sugimoto, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jim O'Rourke...

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1877

1877 are a four-piece alternative electronic rock band from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. They have released one E.P. ‘The 1657 Demonstrations’ and singles ‘The Day a Pacifist Tried to Kill Me’ and ‘A Bitter Pill’. Their latest release ‘I am an Antagonist’ is out now, distributed through Dead Pilot Records and has featured on BBC Radio Oxford and Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 show in May 2009.

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