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moddi

Moddi is the solo project of Pål Moddi Knutsen, a North Norwegian boy in the twenties using his accordion and ocean blue guitar to make songs that "always sound bigger in my head than what ends up on tape". His debut album was recorded in Greenhouse, Reykjavik, produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, and was released in february 2010 on Impeller Recordings to great reviews.
Live members:
Katrine Schiøtt - cello
Hanna Furuseth - violin
Jørgen Nordby - drums/percussion

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Sondre Lerche

Sondre Lerche Sondre Lerche, an award-winning singer-songwriter, newly minted Hollywood go-to man, and frequent sighting on critics' year-end "best albums" lists, is back with his fifth studio album, Heartbeat Radio. The songs mix acoustic guitars and grand gestures of orchestral pop with elements of anything from '50s Jazz via '60s and '70s Brazilian psych-folk to state-of-the-art '80s pop masters such as Prefab Sprout, Scritti Politti and Fleetwood Mac.

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Black Majesty

There are several bands sharing the name Black Majesty: 1) A melodic power metal band from Melbourne, Australia. So far they have released five LPs: Sands of Time (2003), Silent Company (2005), Tomorrowland (2007), In Your Honour (2010) and Stargazer (2012). The band was formed in 2001 under the name Kymera and with various members already well known on the local metal and heavy rock scene. Guitarist Steve Janevski was drawn from Cyclone Tracy, a long-running heavy rock/hair metal outfit.

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Storm

There are numerous bands/groups by the name of Storm. Some examples include: - a female rapper, featured on 2Pac's "All Eyez On Me" and married to Mac;
- a Norwegian folk metal band;
- a German dance duo;
- an alias of U.S. techno artist Steve Stoll;
- Storm Large, a female rocker and stage performer in Portland Oregon;
- a Korean girl group also known as Storm (스톰);
- a Montenegrin all-girl pop group;

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Marnie

MARNIE machen ROP-MUSIK aber...
"WHO THE F*** IS MARNIE?" „Irgendwann haben wir dieser Stimme im Bauch, die unsere Energie entfacht, den Namen MARNIE gegeben“, so die Sängerin (L)emmy, das quirlige Sprachrohr der jungen Berliner Band. Und das, was die vier Musiker unter diesem Namen vereinen, scheint sie genau in die richtige Richtung zu führen!

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Imprint

There are four bands with the name Imprint. 1)Imprint is a five-piece hardcore metal band from the Norwegian west coast.
2) Imprint were a UK nu-metal band from Brighton/ Eastbourne who existed between 1997 - 2002 before changing 2 members and becoming Hiding With Girls
3) The second Imprint was a short-lived hardcore punk band from Western Massachusetts.
4) The third is a two piece Experimental/Ambient/Electronica band based in the U.K.

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Rafael

Rafael is a singer-songwriter that gained a little buzz after uploading "Gaydar" on youtube, a version to the Britney Spears song "Radar". The EP featuring pop, R&B and electro songs showcasing androgynous vocals is due for release in 2011. For the spanish singer change your tags to Raphael.

Read more about Rafael on Last.fm.

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Turbonegro

Turbonegro (known as Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian punk rock band from Oslo, formed in 1989. The band describes themselves as "death punk." The band started with Thomas Seltzer (the bassist, Happy-Tom as he is also called) setting up a band with some friends, called Akutt Innleggelse. They played some local concerts, and made an EP, including 3 songs, "CIA/KGB", "Supertstjerne" and "Lovesong", written by Thomas. The EP was named "Echoes From the Asylum". The cover art is a drawing of a skeleton, which Thomas found in his mothers book about the Scottish psychologist R.

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