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Aril Brikha

Aril Brikha (born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is a producer currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden, who initially discovered electronic music by listening to the likes of Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Jean Michel Jarre before discovering the more futuristic sounds of artists like Detroit's Robert Hood and Underground Resistance. After not receiving any response in his native country he sent a demo to some of his favourite record labels stateside.

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Sharooz

Bursting onto the scene in 2006, Sharooz's debut 'Hell Yeah' became one of the club records of that year, played numerous times on Radio 1 and selling over 40,000 copies. Other releases include 'Masterblaster', 'Sextitude' on DJ Dan's Instereo label and one of last year's defining club tracks - 'Get Off'. In the past year Sharooz has been remixed by or mixed artists such as Dylan Rhymes, Miles Dyson, Angel Alanis, DJed as far afield as the USA, Switzerland, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, France, Spain, Serbia and all over the UK.

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Backbeat

There are at least 3 artists with the name Backbeat: 1) A band put together to record music for the film of the same name (about The Beatles' early days in Hamburg. This band consisted of Dave Pirner (vocals), Greg Dulli (vocals), Thurston Moore (guitar), Don Fleming (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar) and Dave Grohl (drums) 2) A British percussion quartet active since 1995, who have worked with artists such as Sanju Sahai and Shonosuke Okura. They are also a chamber music ensemble-in-residence at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

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Fragma

Fragma, or the Fragma Project are a German house/trance group comprising four members. Founded in 1998 by brothers Dirk and Marco Duderstadt, they produced their first single Toca Me with experienced producer Ramon Zenker. When it was released the following year it topped several dance charts around the world, and reached number 11 in the UK charts. In 2000, a mash-up was produced, taking the music of Fragma's Toca Me and placing the vocals from Coco's I Need A Miracle over the top and renamed Toca's Miracle which gained further attention from DJs Pete Tong and Judge Jules.

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Paul Draper

Paul Edward Draper (born 26 September 1970 in Wavertree, Liverpool) is an English singer-songwriter and was the lead singer for the rock band Mansun. Along with bassist Stove King, and guitarist Dominic Chad, Draper was a founding member of Mansun. In an uncredited role, he has worked with Paul Oakenfold on his album Bunkka. They recorded an instrumental trance song called "Descent" in 2000 which appeared on Oakenfold's record Perfecto Presents Travelling. During 2004 Paul compiled and mixed the aborted 4th album sessions for their release in the Kleptomania box set.

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TG Collective

The critically acclaimed TG Collective was born in September 2006, bringing together a spirited brew of young, Birmingham-based performers. Based around the much-admired Trio Gitano, this dynamic young ensemble was founded by Jamie Fekete and Sam Slater - two of the three guitars of Trio Gitano, whose debut album Who Ate All The Tapas? dropped in at No.4 in the Sunday Times' Records of the Year.

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Hot Casandra

Hot Casandra is the stage name of Bucharest-born singer, songwriter and producer Paul Ballo. Paul got into music at an early age, whilst being home trained by his own mother, Bianca Ionescu, an internationally known Romanian operetta singer. He played as a drummer for bands like Go To Berlin, The Amsterdams and Kumm and after touring with the bands above he decided to concentrate on his own sound.

Read more about Hot Casandra on Last.fm.

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Benoit & Sergio

Hailing from Washington DC, Benoit & Sergio are an electronic-pop duo whose sound owes as much to Galaxie 500 or The Jesus & Mary Chain as to any house or techno pioneers. Their debut EP, "What I've Lost," was released in November of 2009 on Bruno Pronsato's record label, thesongsays. Boldly unfashionable, What I've Lost is a rich and charismatic record that effortlessly brings a pop sensibility to a techno framework.

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fazhands

Gaining universal support after his minimal tech-house was featured heavily on dance music blogs, Fazhands blew up at the beginning of 2009 when Tommie Sunshine dropped his Love Lockdown remix mid set at Ultra Music Festival in Miami. A few days later, Kissy Sell Out re-editted Faz’s track to play on his BBC Radio 1 Show. After the Flush EP dropped in February, Farhan Qureshi under the guise of Fazhands, embarked on a tour of North America, racking up support slots alongside Tiefschwarz and indie scenesters Hey Champ.

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