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Hakim Murphy

Hou- Hou- H- House has been on the brain of Hakim Murphy since he first heard a mix tape by one of his class mates during his freshman year of high school. The mix tape had mostly Cajual and Relief records cuts on it and Hakim's love for the music blossomed. The blurred line between Techno and House has allowed Hakim to experiment with the harder sounds of the music world. The love of Disco, Jazz, R & B...

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Nicky Romero

Nicky Romero, born on 6 January 1989 grew up in a small city called "Amerongen", lived in Canada (Kingston) for a few years. Nicky hits the first snare drum at the age of 6 and started playing drums in a fanfare. After playing a year or three, he'd been asked to play in a huge group who had acts on street and big events. That was fun though, but not enough for small Nicky. At the age of 12 he got is first set of Drums, and started practising, practising and practising. Well, after 3 years playing drums everyday and night , it was enough and he changed the drums for turntables.

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Ben Macklin

Ben Macklin has fast become one of the hottest young producers to break through in 2006 with his versatile sound that crosses dirty electro, 80’s inspired electronica as well as energetic funky house. Since taking time out from his production partnership with Stretch Silvester as the Sucker DJ’s, Ben’s solo productions have been in huge demand after the underground successes of ‘Crush’ and ‘Release’ as well as the more commercially edged ‘Feel Together’ all of which have found homes at prestigious labels such as Azuli records and Free2air recordings.

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Aqua

Aqua is a - dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single Barbie Girl. Initially forming as Joyspeed in 1989, the band was renamed Aqua in 1994 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two albums: Aquarium in 1997 and Aquarius in 2000, before splitting up in July 2001. The group sold an estimated 33 million albums and singles, making them the most successful Danish band ever and the second most successful Norwegian band.

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M.A.N.D.Y.

M.A.N.D.Y. is a Berlin-based electrohouse group consisting of Patrick Bodmer & Philipp Jung. Their first official release was a popular remix of a Galleon song. They were co-founders of Get Physical Records, along with Booka Shade and DJ T.. With Booka Shade, they were responsible for the club hit Body Language, which was named "Ibiza Track of the Season 2005" and has been licensed to more than 100 compilations. They were featured on BBC 1's Essential Mix on November 6, 2005.

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Henrik Schwarz

Let's just pause for one second; now, think about all that music that has so
enriched your life down the years. All of it, without fault, and regardless of any
strict genre definitions, is soul music.
If it flicks a switch deep inside you, speaks to you, comforts you and makes you
feel good about yourself, then that, my friend, is soul music. German DJ and producer Henrik Schwarz understands this musical truth more than most.

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