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Akasha

At least five bands have used the name "Akasha." The first was a Norwegian spacey, electronic prog band, who recorded one album in 1977. For more information on the band, visit progarchives.com. The second Akasha is a Swedish group consisting of five women. The group was inspired by Sri Chinmoy's poetry and songs, and started to sing and play together in 1982. Since then the group has been giving concerts in Sweden regularly and has also been on tours in Finland, France, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

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you are welcome in poland

almost unclassifiable

lesser known yet streamable artists

Norwegian Progressive Rock

symphonic progressive rock

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Funeral Hag

Funeral Hag are a Brighton, UK/Worthing, UK based band playing down-tempo, heavy music in a sludgecore/stoner/doom vein. The band started as a solo project of guitarist Jon Hill (ex-Killing Mode, ex-Misery) in 2008, but he decided to take the band further and began recruiting members. It is now the beginning of 2009 and those band members have been found. Now featuring Nev Taylor (ex-Landmine Spring, Sabazius) on 2nd guitar, Steve Patton (ex-Batholith,ex-Pægan Terrorism Tactics...

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Cosmic Kids

Cosmic Kids Ron Poznansky and Dan Terndrup didn’t meet in outer space as their DJ moniker may indicate, but the story is still equally as good. The two met in a high school classroom meant for kids who had trouble paying attention. They bonded over their love of classic rock. Right out of high school they both volunteered to work at the Los Angeles radio station KCRW. Known for its eclectic programming, the friends were exposed to all different kinds of music, and began collecting and consuming records, feeding their ever-expanding appetite for music.

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Kuba

#1 Laurence Harvey, an ambient, dub and downtempo producer,uk
#2 Kuba Ka, a pop/rock artist from the U.S.
#3 An instrumental band from Latvia, loosely described as postrock.
#4 A Polish Nationalist singer. KUBA (Laurence Harvey) on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/kuba-laurence-harvey KUBA (Laurence Harvey) facebook link - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=901810054 Laurence Harvey, an ambient, dub and downtempo producer from Cambridge, UK.

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ambient for sexy days

ambient psychill dreamlike

i2 world fusion psybient

ambient soundscapes from space

now available on last-fm radio 07q2

melhores

ZodRauChill

nice enough worth more maybe

fern must check out later

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My Friend The Chocolate Cake

Formed 1989 by David Bridie and Helen Mountfort (members of Not Drowning Waving) Like their former band, My Friend The Chocolate Cake's music can be seen to straddle the worlds of ambient and world music, with an emphasis on piano and violin-led acoustic music. Influences range from the obvious (such as Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Celtic folk music), to the less obvious (such as John Cale and Talk Talk).

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Long Arm

Long Arm took up music when he was a kid. In music school he studied how to play piano. He was really impressed by a DJ

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James Murray

James Murray is a composer, music producer and multi-instrumentalist. His productions combine delicate sound design and manipulated acoustic recordings, and tend towards a low-tempo, reflective aesthetic. The critically acclaimed debut Where Edges Meet was released on Ultimae Records in 2008 and forms the centre-piece of a small, considered catalogue released internationally over a seven year period.

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Alexis

There are at least six artists called alexis. 1) alexis German-Danish artist. The music can be describet as IDM, Downbeat or Chillout with Breakbeat-elements - sometimes it makes you happy sometimes very sad. It can you make feeling in love or it could also make you feel stupid. For more informations about and free downloads from this german guy, please visit the official myspace-Site www.myspace.com/lxsmusic. 2) Alexis, Chanson-Singer 3) Alexis, aka Elena Ferretti Eurobeat singer. Aliases: Alexis, Helena, Jilly, Karina, Rose, Sophie, Victoria

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Transient

Transient names at least six musical entities. 1) Transient are a melodic hardcore band from Greenville, SC, United States. Forming in the fall of 2010, they started to gain recognition with their debut EP Alone, promoting their own brand of passionate modern hardcore, with strong and ambient melodic guitar riffs. They have released 2 EP's to date, Alone, a 5 song EP in May 2011, and their latest release We Do Not Lose Heart, a 3 song EP in March 2012. Both of these EP's can be downloaded from the bands Bandcamp page, with a donation scheme implemented for both.