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Named after the legendary Dr Who episode from the 1975, this band has been created to push music to its limits. Crushing doom, blastbeats, harsh electronics/vocals and a beautiful prog feel combine to push boundaries a little further in extremity. Noise artist Stuntcock had been looking for some extreme musicians to accompany his electronic racket, calling on his old cohort Seddon, and two travelling Sontarans, Rooster and Si.

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“With roots in pop, r&b and atmospheric electronica (think Stereolab and Prefuse 73), Danimals are as fun as they are interesting.” Online Guru

Danimals send reverb-soaked, summery vocals, layered and looped over and over, with strong groove rhythms and playful accents of quirky R&B pop. Initially they hold your attention because of their charm, but the longer you listen, the more the nuanced, developed production shines through.

Aki Pasoulas is a London-based composer of electroacoustic and acoustic music. He teaches at the Universities of City London, Middlesex, and the Arts London, and completed his doctoral research at City University under the supervision of Denis Smalley. Aki's research was funded by the AHRC and investigates the listener's experience and interpretation of time passing, and the interrelationships among timescales in electroacoustic music. Further research interests include psychoacoustics, microsound, spatial distribution of sound, and the use of voice in sound art and in non-western musics.

Sa Chen (born 1979 in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese classical music pianist. A third place winner in the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Germany She began her musical studies at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and then at the Shenzhen School of Arts with Prof. Dan Zhaoyi in both places. In 1994, Chinese President Jiang Zemin listened to her performance and interviewed her along with Prof. Dan. Following her success in Leeds in 1996, she was subsequently offered a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where she has been studying with Prof.

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