trip hop

Another band from Bristol, also friends of Portishead (some songs on "Radar" contain some additional work by Geoff Barrow) and often grouped in the Bristolian 'triphop' set that includes Massive Attack and Tricky. Most of their songs have vocals by rapper Mau and some are with the female singer Moni. After their debut LP "Radar" in 1995 they dropped out of sight. Mau collaborated with two other bands - "Cuba" and "Dirty Beatniks". The third member of Earthling, Andy Keep, has just released the debut LP of his new Project called "Ming".

Dntel is the solo project of Jimmy Tamborello. Dntel is known for mixing glitch and cut-up electronic techniques with instruments like acoustic guitars, accordions, and symphonic instruments. Dntel is also the project that spawned The Postal Service. He started working as Dntel, pronounced Din-tell, in 1994. A collection of tracks created between 1995-1997 (Early Works For Me If It Works For You) was released on the Phthalo label in 1999, followed by the release of an EP recorded in 1994 (Something Always Goes Wrong) in 2000.

Sharks took the Rest are a North-East (England) based band brought together by songwriters Beccy Owen and Adam Kent. The band make original music that takes a certain influence from many different genres, including pop, alternative rock, ambient, electronic, classical, folk and trip hop. They have been described as 'something special...sublime bliss' (Journal Live), 'a revelation' (The Crack) and 'a cross between Joanna Newsom fronting an unplugged Cocteau Twins' (www.thenationalstudent.co.uk)

Tomáš Dvořák (*78) aka Floex - clarinetist, composer, producer and multimedia artist from Prague (Czech Republic). While Tomáš solo works are released under his Floex moniker, the soundtracks are released under his own name Tomáš Dvořák. From childhood he has been learning clarinet which later becomes the key instrument for his music - not only as "instrumental signature" but also as way of his compositional approach.