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The Young Punx

The Young Punx are London, UK based Hal Ritson and Cameron Saunders. Since 2003 they have firmly established themselves as the new darlings of UK dance music, with many of the world’s top DJs championing their records and over 100 BBC Radio 1 plays to date. The duo are at the forefront of the UK dance scene, and their cheeky pop culture mentality has seen them catch the headlines in mainstream media as diverse as The Sun, The Mirror, La Stampa, Radio 4 news and even BBC 2 Newsnight!

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Blackalicious

Gift Of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s. They released their first recording, "Swan Lake", on . The Solesides Crew consisted of the duo, as well as other friends of theirs they had met at University of California - Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

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ubuntu

Ubuntu is a reggae/dub/funk/swing/samba/ska dance mashup band from Chesterfield, England formed in 2012 after guitarist James and bassist Tom's former band Firing Blanks disbanded. Its lineup is:
Oliver Hunt - guitar/vocals
James Carter - guitar/vocals
Tom Gentle - bass
Jimmy T - trumpet
Josh Hunt - drums
Mr Simon Peterson - keyboard
Switham - trombone https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ubuntu-band/435075533244283?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/pages/Ubuntu-band/435075533244283?id=435075533244283&sk=inf...

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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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Sugar Jesus

'Sugar Jesus' is an award-winning electro pop act formed in 2009. Since then they have been busy gigging all over the country. Last year (2010) was especially frantic with touring alongside such acts as Calvin Harris, Data Rock, The Whip and Filthy Dukes. In 2009 they won "Best Dance Song" for their opener, 'Here Comes the Storm', at the Exposure Music Awards, at which they also received a nomination for 'Best Live Act'.

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Porno

There are at least four artists with this name, a Swedish rapper (1), a house DJ (2), a punk band from Siegerland, Germany (P.O.R.N.O.) and indie band from Kostroma, Russia. (1) Porno (real name Pierre Toftgård) is a Swedish rapper who lives in both Norrtälje, Sweden and York, UK. He has managed to make a name for himself both in Sweden and abroad. This he has achieved by always releasing new material (often for free download) and participating in Sweden's biggest rap-battles years in a row.

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Nathan Coles

Resident at the prestigious superclub FABRIC in his hometown, London, Nathan enjoyed his musical journey at such seminal clubs as SPECTRUM at HEAVEN and the SUNRISE parties where the first generation of House Music entranced a whole generation. Nathan was there at the very beginning, ready to make his mark. Armed with a 10000 watt grin, and almost superhuman reserves of stamina, Nathan bumped and hustled his way into the hot, humid netherworld of the warehouse party scene, and in alliance with Mr C launched the legendary RELEASE parties.

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BT

Brian Transeau (born Brian Wayne Transeau on October 4, 1971, in Rockville, Maryland) is a musician who records under the stage name BT. Classically trained from the age of 13, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for one year before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles, California, and then back to Washington, D.C.. Brian Transeau is the father of a young daughter, Kaia. He lives and composes his works in his Los Angeles home/studio in which he has a few Apple G5's and 8 AMD dual-core Opteron 64-bit desktops which he uses for his techno-wizardry.

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