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Cryogenics

Born in Athens in February 1980, Cryogenics. spent his early years listening Hip Hop, Breakbeat and Hardcore,artists like LFO, Quadrophonia,Holy Noise, Future Sound Of London, The Orb, The Prodigy, Shut Up And Dance, SL2,The House Crew, Acen, 4 Hero, Public Enemy, NWA, Wu Tang Clan and many more. At the age of 15 (with the nickname "Squawk" )he tried to spin his 12", the rest are history!With his best friend,at that time,he start a project called "Euphoria".

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Magnolia

There are at least 12 bands called Magnolia: 1) Female Country Duo. > www.magnoliacountry.com
2) Romanian quality disco/pop band > www.magnoliamusic.ro
3) French trip-hop band that released "Intravenus".
4) New Zealand breakbeat/electronica/dub band.
5) Israeli post-rock/metal band.
6) Swedish rock band.
7) A Quebec band led by Melanie Auclair, cellist from Lhasa De Sela.
8) An italian screamo band from Torino's underground scene.
9) Japanese band led by Maiko Kishi (mai-Magnolia), Tsuru Onishi (g.), Toshiyuki Kasahara (b.), Kyoichi Shiino (dr.)

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Transient

Transient names at least six musical entities. 1) Transient are a band from Greenville, SC, United States. Forming in the fall of 2010, they started to gain recognition with their debut EP Alone, promoting their own brand of passionate modern hardcore, with strong and ambient melodic guitar riffs. They have released 2 EP's to date, Alone, a 5 song EP in May 2011, and their latest release We Do Not Lose Heart, a 3 song EP in March 2012. Both of these EP's can be downloaded from the bands Bandcamp page, with a donation scheme implemented for both.

Read more about Transient on Last.fm.

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Tor

There are multiple artists that go by the name TOR. (1) Tor was raised in a small mountain town on Canada's west coast where he started experimenting with music production as a teenager. He further honed his skills while living in Australia, running a small recording studio and remixing some prominent Australian producers. He later produced the Sufjan Stevens hip hop mashup album 'Illinoize', which garnered a lot of critical and audience acclaim.

Read more about Tor on Last.fm.

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Drift (Oxford, UK)

Drift is a three piece band that features the iridescent voice of Comus vocalist Bobbie Watson, the sometimes shimmering, frequently incandescent guitar work of Rich Hamel, and the chest-collapsing lo-bass of Comus' woodwind player & percussionist Jon Seagroatt.
Their fractured songs dialogue and take issue with laptop-fired loops of percussion and electronica. A number of their songs appear on Bobbie Watson's 'Off The Leafy Pathway' album, available from Reverb Worship at http://www.reverbworship.com.

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Shirley Said

ShireySaid was born in 2001, founded by classical pianist and sound designer Giulia Scarantino and Alessandro Bottari (Drummer and percussionist) who’s passion is electronic programming.Coming from different musical backgrounds they fuse their diverse vibes to create their first unique sound in tracks such as “Angel Tears”, “Mother I’m So Cold”, “Definitely” and “He”). Defining their own inclination for Trip-Hop and Electronic Pop written in English Lyrics also receiving many inputs from varios musicians giving their individual talents to ShirleySaid as an open-project.

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