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Andrew Pekler

Andrew Pekler was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (then U.S.S.R.). His family immigrated to the U.S., eventually settling in Monterey, California. In the mid 90s he moved to Heidelberg, Germany to attend university. Since 2000 he has been living and working in Berlin.

Under his own name he has produced two records for the ̃scape label, Station to Station (2002) and Nocturnes, False Dawns and Breakdowns (2004) as well as releasing Strings + Feedback (2005) on Staubgold. His latest album Cue, was released in June 2007 on Kranky (Chicago, USA).

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BeatTree

Wildman, Poly-sonic, singing drummer / guitarist Brian Charles Hedemann aka ‘BEATTREE’ sits at the centre of his drum kit whilst simultaneously ambidextrously triggering samples as if he was an Octopus. Having grown up in a musical environment, Hedemann practiced on pots pans and anything else he could get his hands on. His father (Preben Hedemann) was an international trumpet player, so for Brian, a musical path and destiny was inevitable.

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Daphni

Music project of Caribou's Dan Snaith. Daphni's debut album, Jiaolong, will be released on 8 October on Merge Records. "During the time I was making the Caribou album Swim, I'd fallen back in love with moments in small, dark clubs when a DJ puts on a piece of music that not only can you not identify, but that until you heard it you could not have conceived of existing," Snaith said. "Daphni tracks are rough and spontaneous … They're about working fast and intuitively, capturing the manic energy needed to start a track one afternoon, have it finished, and be playing it in a club that night."

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Canadian Psychedelic Afrobeat

post-dubstep

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