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Militia

Militia is the name of at least 7 artists.
1) Militia is a Belgian industrial percussion band. It was founded in 1989 by the multi-instrumentalist Frank Gorissen and wind instrument player Jo Billen and now 6 musicians are involved. The band is known for its use of self made percussion and wind instruments and the scrap material they transform into musical instruments. The band's music is often inspired by the anarchic and atheist social views and their concirn about our natural environment, themes that can be found in most of their lyrics and statements.

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Born Liege 1822, died Paris 1890. Belgian composer. Pianist.1835 went to Paris to study harmony. In 1858 he became organist of the church of sainte clotilde. He was ignored by the public. In 1877 he wrote 3 of his best compositions, including the symphony in d. His work also played a large part in restoring french taste for pure music, thereby opening the way for Debussy, Ravel etc...

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soho grant

Soho is the female part of the Belgian band 'Coffee Or Not'. Inside of this project, she writes, sings, plays guitars, piano and keyboards, ... Their first album is out since September 2010 and the second one will be out in October 2011. Besides Coffee Or Not, she has collaborated with artists like Pierre Castor and has her own project 'Soho Grant'.

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Coone

DJ Coone is a pseudonym of Koen Bauweraerts (born 30th of May, 1983). A Belgian DJ, from the municipality of Turnhout. He started his career when he was 12 years old making music on his keyboard and had the feeling for making good riddles, and together with his friend Marijn Venmans he made his first single called "Protect The Innocent". After some live gigs he decided to focus more on DJing. His music is a style called jump, a subgenre of harddance.

Read more about Coone on Last.fm.

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Creature With the Atom Brain

Creature with the Atom Brain is a Belgian alternative rock band consisting of Millionaire keyboardist Aldo Struyf (Guitar/Keys/Vocals), Dave Schroyen (Drums), Jan Wygers (Bass) and Michiel Van Cleuvenbergen (Guitar). The band have been said to make "fuzzy stripped-back rock’n'roll noise with a generous helping of weird." The band's name is taken from the Roky Erickson & the Aliens song (which in turn was taken from the 1955 film of the same name), with Struyf citing Erickson's former band the 13th Floor Elevators and the man himself as influencing Creature with the Atom Brain's sound.

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Campus

Campus are a post-hardcore band from Tessenderlo, Belgium. Bandmembers:
Martijn Leenaers - Vocals
Tijs Mondelaers - Guitar
Fabrice Parent - Guitar
Tuur Geeraerts - Bass guitar
Josse Wijckmans - Drums Releases:
This Time I Scream For More (2005) (EP)
Inside The Mind Of A Serial Killer (2007) (EP)
We Are The Silence (2008)
Oh, Comely! (2010) Since their debut "We are the silence" CAMPUS has been around non-stop. The band did a great job touring all over Europe including some of the biggest festivals and support shows for major bands.

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Isbells

After 15 years of playing, making and recording music with several rockbands (Soon, Ellroy,...) Gaëtan Vandewoude felt the time was right to start creating his very own songs. Mostly writing & recording during nighttime, in a shabby old stable, this resulted in a collection of introspective yet observing songs, inspired by his immediate surroundings. Somewhere in that proces a band was formed with Naima Joris, Bart Borremans and Gianni Marzo, allowing each one of them to give their own colour & contribution to the music.

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