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Leftfield

Neil Barnes and Paul Daley, inspired by house music's many facets formed the production team of Leftfield, working with several artists who were at the cutting edge of dance music. Leftfield were famous in the studio for their remixes of such artists as Adamski and Detroit house legend Kevin Saunderson's Inner City project. In 1991 their first single, "Not Forgotten" was an instant club hit heard around the world, trademarking their production work on a simple, but cutting edge dance track.

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Bag Raiders

Sydney dancefloor princes Chris Stracey and Jack Glass have already built up a Bag Raiders hype storm. Here's why. "Fun Punch", the lead single from the Bag Raiders EP, was resolutely flogged by all those in the know and landed the duo on "best of 2007" lists and compilations galore. The Power Rangers inspired film clip received over 700,000 views on YouTube! The Raiders then forward-rolled into 2008 with the release of a second EP on the Bang Gang label, "Turbo Love".

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CeCe Peniston

CeCe Peniston (born Cecelia Peniston, September 6, 1969 in Dayton, Ohio) is a female American dance music singer who scored an international hit single in 1991 with her signature song “Finally”. Cecelia Peniston moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 9. She attended Trevor Browne High School in Phoenix and later took to entering beauty pageants where she was crowned Miss Black Arizona in 1989. CeCe’s music career began in 1990 when she signed to A&M Records and got her initial exposure doing featured vocals on female rapper Overweight Pooch’s 1991 single “I Like It”.

Read more about CeCe Peniston on Last.fm.

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Blaqk Audio

Blaqk Audio is an electronic project from Oakland, United States, created by and consisting of Davey Havok as lyricist and vocalist and Jade Puget writing music and programming synthesizers. Both Jade and Davey are members of the band AFI. Blaqk Audio were signed to Interscope Records, their debut album, CexCells, was released on August 14, 2007. The first single from the album is 'Stiff Kittens', revealed by Jade on the BA myspace blog.

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Le Castle Vania

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http://www.myspace.com/alwaysneverentertainment Atlanta based and internationally known, Le Castle Vania, commonly known as Dylan Eiland, quickly escaped the local trappings of his hometown in Georgia to play music around the world. Atlanta’s burgeoning music scene allowed him to develop his passion for music and nightlife, and he soon gained notoriety with his riotous DJ sets and penchant for production, which made him a household name in the dirty and distorted, indie-electro scene.

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johnty wilks

Johnty Wilks is an emerging contemporary nu - jazz saxophonist, electronica artist, & meditator. Based in London he is known for his distinctive sensual, mellow, velvet tone and his love of creating & playing relaxing chillout, ballads, nu jazz, electronica & sacred music. He also plays modern and traditional versions of various jazz ballads and in particular is well known for his version of "The Nearness of you"

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Spektrum

There are three bands named Spektrum. The first one is the London-based genre-busting four piece, Spektrum. With one smash debut album Enter The Spektrum released on Germany's acclaimed Playhouse imprint already tucked under their belt - which saw the birth of globally-renowned singles Breaker, Freakbox and Kinda New - Spektrum are back at last. 'Fun at The Gymkhana Club', for UKs Nonstop Recordings, features singles Horny Pony, 'May Day' and latest offering and blistering dance floor wobbler, 'Don't Be Shy.

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We Are Tokyo

We Are - Alex Fox(Synths & Vocals), Jamie Forrest (Synths/Bass), Dave Royce(Guitar) and Tom Wheeler(Drums/Samples). We have played with: Passion Pit, Shy Child, Inner Party System, The Maple State, Aldo Vanucci, Magistrates, Johnny Panic, Violet Violet, The Volt, Let’s Tea Party The Cafe Kids, Telegraphs, Maths Class, Error Error. We take influence from many different sounds and you will here hints of Editors, Bloc Party, Justice, Digitalism, Patrick Wolf, Prodigy, Rusko and Calvin Harris in our tunes.

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