2010 | Musicosity

Matthew Barber

Matthew Barber (born January 10, 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of indie pop and pop rock with folk and alternative country influences. Barber was born and grew up in Port Credit, which is part of Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, before moving to Kingston, Ontario to attend Queen's University, where he volunteered at campus radio station CFRC-FM and performed at campus pubs. After graduating from Queen's, he went to McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario for his master's degree in philosophy, and here he began to take his performing more seriously.

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The Crowns

Free tracks can be downloaded at The Crowns website. Established in the heart of Amsterdam, The Crowns were built on the foundations of Dutch liberty and freedom. A shared passion for truly handcrafted music and a free environment strongly conductive to creativity led Valentine (vocals), Thomas (guitar) and Alex (keys) to craft the first royal rock prototype. Originally just intended for friends, the sound of The Crowns was nevertheless quickly picked up online by music enthusiasts.

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The Knife in Collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock

Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book

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New Politics

New Politics: David and Soren had been writing songs together for over three years (for respective solo albums that have yet to see the light of day) when they realized that they had unintentionally started a band. The pair had experimented with every imaginable style of music (every imaginable style) and suddenly recognized that the combination of their musical sensibilities, as witnessed on the 300 songs theyd penned together, created something new and interesting.

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Playing For Change

Playing for Change is a foundation and multimedia online music project created by producer Mark Johnson and his Timeless Media Group, in conjunction with Concord Music Group that seeks to bring together musicians from around the world. The project started in 2004 with the organization's self described goal to "inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music". The creators of the project travelled around the world to places such as New Orleans, Moscow, Zimbabwe, Tibet and using a mobile recording studio...

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The White Panda

The White Panda is a mash-up/remix duo made up of Tom Evans (aka Procrast) and Dan Griffith (aka DJ Griffi) based out of Chicago and Los Angeles. Panda formed in early 2009 after the duo decided to collaborate on their independent efforts. The two have been composing and producing music together on and off for about 7 years but just recently started focusing primarily on mash-ups. Most of The White Panda’s live sets are hosted by colleges although they can be caught at the occasional bar as well.

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Team Ghost

Team Ghost is a currently unsigned project of Nicolas Fromageau. Fromageau was originally one half of M83 on their first two albums (M83; Red Seas, Dead Cities, Lost Ghosts). Fromageau split with M83 in 2003, and emerged from his hiatus when he performed at 2009's Midi Festival on the French Riviera, under the new moniker "Team Ghost". Limited material can be found on Team Ghost's Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/teamghostmusic). Fromageau is currently based out of Paris, France.

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MINOTAURS

Originally birthing in 2006, South Shields sextet Minotaurs have been all too quiet for the past year or so. Luckily the bulk of that time has been spent writing, honing and recording their long-awaited debut album 'Eat yr Hate' in deepest Northumberland with Woodpigeon producer, Arran Fisher. Giving weight to their choice of name, as performances by the band became less frequent their mythology seemed to grow.

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The Great Escape 2007

under 2000 listeners

seen live

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Lucia Lip

electro - psychedelic - punk - spoken word by LUCIA LIP from berlin, germany.
member: LUCIA LIP (voices, words, music, instruments, programming). influences: birth, death and the breath between. "LUCIA LIP performs on stage almost in a trance in self-made costume as her backing tracks explode behind her. Trashy and beat-heavy electro provides an echoed noise backdrop from her stomping, violent and generally unsettling performances".

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