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Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles (born January 18, 1955, in New York City) is a DJ, producer and remix artist. He has earned the appellation "The Godfather of House." While studying Textile Design at FIT in Manattan, Knuckles began working as a DJ. He played soul, disco and R&B at The Continental Baths with fellow-DJ Larry Levan. Shortly after this, he began to gain notoriety and played at Better Days. When the Warehouse opened in Chicago in 1977 he was invited to play on a regular basis. He continued DJing there until 1982, at which point he started his own club, The Power Plant.

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Alexi Delano

Alexi Delano dwells in the perfect balance between shiny minimalism and dark vivacious techno. With more than two decades on stage he has been able to combine different roots and facets of the contemporary music scale. Alexi is intimately linked to the Plus 8, Clink Rec and Truesoul labels and each one of his projects has been leaving foot prints on the minimal/techno scene. He performs constantly in clubs around the world and in prestigious events.

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Charanjit Singh

In 1982 the Bollywood session musician CHARANJIT SINGH imported with much pain some of the latest synthesizer equipment into India. A good investment as Bollywood composers liked to feature the latest sound in their songs, and with these keyboards Singh spiced up numerous Bollywood recordings. But apart from that, in the late nightly hours after the studio recording were over, Singh set out on his own, wholly original project.

Read more about Charanjit Singh on Last.fm.

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PJ & Duncan

This was the name under which UK TV presenting duo Ant & Dec, had most of their UK hit singles and albums. They were also their character names in the teen drama Byker Grove in the early 90s, in which they started a band and sang one of their early hits "Tonight I'm Free". Their name is sometimes written as PJ & Duncan AKA.

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Carbon Parlour

Carbon Parlour is a UK based music producer. Her electro house and jackin' house sounds have made it onto Kissy Sell Outs BBC show, Charles Feelgoods Top 10 on Beatport and have also earned her a number 3 spot on Trackitdowns charts. Signed to labels such as Jack Union, WoNKed and Bone Idle Records she has had multiple EP and remix releases since 2008. In September 2010 she founded Bone Idle Records.

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