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Cicada

The name 'Cicada' refers to more than one band. The first Cicada:
Member Since: 12/19/2005
Band Website: www.cicadamusic.com
Band Members: Aaron Gilbert, Alex Payne, Heidrun Bjornsdottir. Imagine Blondie jamming with Can, New Order and The Sugarcubes, The Cocteau Twins and Slowdive adding the sonics, with Daft Punk and Quincy Jones at the controls of Paisley Parks mixing desk - the result might sound everything and nothing like Cicada. With a series of critically acclaimed singles under its belt, one of the most talked about electronic bands in the UK is about to release its debut album.

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DDR

There are several artists with the name DDR; 1. DDR is an indie post-punk band from Istanbul, Turkey . Inspired by the out of date Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic), cihan cinemre and Can Batukan founded the band in 2002. On the same year, the band released its first demo Post-Technik. In 2004 Cem Şimşek and Üner altay joined the band and their self-titled second demo DDR was released.

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Ellen

i'm an artist in chicago, trying to put myself on the musical radar. 20 years I have aged.
i study english at loyola university... so, naturally, scrabble IS my favorite game at all time. anyway, if you like any of my vids i put on youtube (http://youtube.com/ellenloveseverything), please! check out my myspace www.myspace.com/ellenloveseverything I write acoustic and electronica songs! so, be my friend? please?

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Alesha Dixon

Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978), in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) is an English singer, MC, songwriter, model, television personality and former member of girl band Mis-Teeq. Dixon's career began in 1999, when she met Sabrina Washington as they joined Dance Attic (a popular dance class school in West London), and the both of them became a duo. In 2000, when both Dixon and Washington were auditioning, they met with Su-Elise Nash, and formed a trio.

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Diva

There are, at least, fourteen artists using this name: 1. DiVA, a sub-group from Japanese idol group AKB48 formed in February 2011. Members consist of Akimoto Sayaka (秋元才加), Umeda Ayaka (梅田彩佳), Masuda Yuka (増田有華) and Miyazawa Sae (宮澤佐江). They are being promoted as a 'vocal and dance unit'. Their debut single Tsuki no uragawa (月の裏側; The Other Side of the Moon) was released May 18, 2011. 2. A Los Angeles based psychedelic pop artist (full name Diva Dompe) who released the album "The Glitter End" on Critical Heights in May 2011: www.criticalheights.com

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Tom Neville

Kicking off 2008 with a helter-skelter tour of Australia & New Zealand; electro DJ, remixer and producer Tom Neville is set for the most exciting year of his career. Alongside this; look out for his new band project ColouringIn (www.myspace.com/wearecolouringin). LoveminusZero -his own label- is proving a roaring success, releases including that of; Specktrum, Tommy fourseven and Chaim. Tom is also no stranger to impressive remix action.

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Richard Dinsdale

House music: it's more than just a feeling. For young turk Richard Dinsdale, it's a way of life. Although only a sprightly 24 years old, this new kid on the house block's been living, breathing and bleeding dance music for the best part of a decade. His mouth-watering mix of tech-tinged electro and bass-heavy house is a regular fixture at leading London nightspot The Cross, his solid, groove-led productions snapped up by UK labels Renaissance, Kinky Vinyl, Big Love and Toolroom.

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Djinn

There are at least four artists with this name:
1) Djinn is an Italian depressive-industrial-ambient act formed in 1999 by Alex Vintras. His music combines the atmospheric layers and reverberations prominent in dark ambient music, and combines it with the experimentation and rhythmic qualities of second-wave industrial music. His work is known to commonly use samples from multiple sources, be it field recordings of Gregorian chants, audio clips from famous films, or even snippets of classical compositions.

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