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Fonseca

Juan Fernando Fonseca is a colombian singer. His most famous song is "Te mando flores". He started making music at the age of 5 and by the age of 12 he had already sold 500 copies of his first song. In the year 2002 he released his album named "Fonseca" and the most important songs from that CD were: "Noches de carnaval", "Sueño", "Confiésame" and "Magangué". This lead him to perform with Shakira, Juanes and Carlos Vives, all colombian singers like him.

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Spit

Spit is a band name shared by (at least) 3 bands. 1) SPIT is a brand new electro-club project formed by 4 experienced young musicians. They all come from a professional background and they’re involved in different projects as producers/musicians. They signed a recording deal with the Italian dance label Test Pressing and their first single “Falling” remixed by Daddy’s Groove team has become a global club hit in a few months smashing the dance charts in and outside Europe, being played massively by radios, big DJs and definitely one of 2007/2008’s best dance tunes worldwide.

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Kraak & Smaak

Kraak & Smaak is a DJ/producing trio hailing from the Dutch city of Leiden, consisting of Mark Kneppers (also known as DJ Knuppelhout and one half of retro-party DJ duo DJ Wipneus & Pim), Oscar de Jong and Wim Plug. As owner of a local record store, Mark Kneppers started out in 2003 with sampling all kinds of soul, jazz and funk. With the aid of his friends Oscar and Wim, they produced a demo which got them signed to UK label Jalapeno.

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Octave

* Nume adevarat: Octavian Teodorescu
* Pseudonim artistic:Octave S-a nascut la 29 ianuarie 1963, in Bucuresti. Inca din copilarie ii placeau toate tipurile de instrumente si muzica in general. Desi parintii sai observasera acest lucru, nu l-au orientat in acest sens. La varsta de 16 ani a vazut primul concert rock din viata sa: Suzi Quatro 1979 live in Bucuresti. Impactul a fost foarte puternic. Genul acesta de manifestare artistica, Rock, ii va marca adolescentului de atunci devenirea artistica ulteriora.

Read more about Octave on Last.fm.

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Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve

Anonymity has become both a gift and a curse for the blogosphere — a “gift” for feeding our hunger, and a “curse” for, well, not informing us as to who is feeding us. Burial has the world eating out of his hand, picking and choosing various publications access and admitting truths like “only five people know I make tunes.” Argh. And then there are the artists that leave you a message that reads: “If you are wondering who we are, we will soon reveal all.. we are planning some wonderful all night parties, we wear belts with huge buckles and we play the best music ever.

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Macca

Tension, filth, technical, obnoxious, and in your face beats are ways one can best describe Macca’s cutting edge sound. Most of his releases have made it to the top of various charts across the globe which has led to immense respect from many of the industry’s key players. He continues to break new ground with every new release by experimenting with new sounds, textures, tones, and crossbreeding key elements from other musical genres and blending his own mix of undeniable electronic infused dirtiness.

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The Dhol Foundation

The Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group playing bhangra music. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former Alaap member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001 . Dhol drums are a traditional percussion instrument from the Punjab province in the north of India, from which Kalsi originates. In London he experimented with dance beats and electronic music, which he mixes with the traditional bhangra style in his albums.

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