There is more than one artist with this name: (1) a Swedish pop singer, (2) a mid-'90s California emo band, (3) a Dutch rock band, (4) a progressive jazz band from Yugoslavia, (5) mid 80s pop-synth group. (1) September, a pseudonym for Petra Marklund, is a pop and dance singer who has reached the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Top 10 two times, with her singles "Satellites"(2005) and "Cry for You"(2006).
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
Hannah and the boy (formerly known as Hannah Scott and John Carden resp. Hannah Scott) disagree on just about everything: think thirty-year marriage, separate beds. Although you wouldn’t ever catch them swapping music, one thing they do agree on is that their differences are a vital asset to their song-writing – defining an original, yet strangely familiar sound. Hannah’s songs and distinctive voice were first showcased on her 2007 album, Till Angels Fall, which gained her national airplay and a solid fan base.
There is more than one band with this name. 1. Five (formerly styled 5ive) were a British boy band formed in 1997, created by the two men who had created the Spice Girls - Bob and Chris Herbert. The five lads - Richard 'Abs' Breen, Jason 'J' Brown, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson and Sean Conlon - were the five members picked from over 3,000 hopefuls at auditions in early 1997. They went on to have ten top 10 hits in the UK and three number 1's, and enjoyed marginal success worldwide, particularly in parts of Europe and in Australia. Five disbanded on 27 September 2001.
Groove Armada is an electronic music group from Cambridge, United Kingdom, composed of two members, Andy Cato (real name Andrew Cocup) and Tom Findlay. They first came to fame with a 1997 limited single release, At the River (made famous after being used in various Marks & Spencer advertisements), which sampled "Old Cape Cod" by Patti Page. The song has since made its way onto numerous chill-out compilations.
There are at least 2 artists with the name Echo Park. 1. Echo Park (real name Brian Gibbs) is an American electronic musician based in Santiago, Chile. In 2011 he was signed to dubstep producer Skream's Disfigured Dubz and is set to release his first single on the label titled "Fiber Optic" on October 3, 2011. He has previously produced techno under the pseudonym Gunjack, releasing an album called "Return to Form", as well as chilean hip-hop as Lester Diamond.
Groundbreaking psychedelic trance group Growling Mad Scientists -- Riktam (Shajahan Matkin) and Bansi (Josef Quinteros, who is originally from Barcelona)--regularly tour the world and have sold over 200,000 albums on over 150 releases. Their music pushes and blurs sonic boundaries and has inspired both producers and punters alike, making G.M.S. one of the most in-demand live electronic acts in the world.
Taffy is best known for her 1985 Hi-NRG disco hit 'I Love My Radio'. Other successes are 'Walk into the daylight' (1984) and 'Once more' (1985). Although Taffy was born in New York (in 1963 as Katherine Quaye) her hits are considered Italo Disco because they were produced and recorded in Italy. On the record labels Taffy is refered to as K. Quaye or just Quaye.
As the leaves started to grow back on the trees and the honey birds rose up from the dead, the band Sykur was formed by Stefán Finnbogason and Halldór Eldjárn. They had been making music together for three years, mainly jazz fusion and hip hop, and decided to do something new. Something fresh. After a busy summer of writing songs and playing at various venues, a third member, Kristján Eldjárn, joined the band.
