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DJ Spooky

DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid (born Paul Miller, 1970), is a Washington DC-born illbient and trip-hop musician, turntablist and producer. He borrowed his stage name from a character in a William S. Burroughs novel. Growing up in DC, Spooky became interested in punk and go-go music, and attended Bowdoin College in Maine, earning degrees in French literature and philosophy. He began writing science fiction and formed a collective called Soundlab with several other artists.

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NRK

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http://nrkpyramids.bandcamp.com/ NRK (Nobody Really Knows) is a group of musicians who predominantly create hip-hop from Powder Springs, GA/Los Angeles, CA. They released Goodwill (as The Bandits) in 2009 and The NRK Compilation on April 17th, 2010. Both are available for free download. NRK was started by Pyramid Vritra, KC 2.0, Pyramid Murdock, and Gloomy Pyramid while they were in 8th grade. Members such as Jay Cue, Andre McCloud, Mr. Northstar, Tyler Major, LuiDiamonds, and Pyramid Mables were added later on when they were all in High School.

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David Hill

David Hill is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. David's music is known for its "old and new" collage of musical styles,thought provoking lyrics, samples, sequencers, live instrumentation and interesting sound effects. David was born in Fremont, California, to parents that were very involved in the art world through photography. David grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota (home of Prince)...

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Hiperkarma

Hiperkarma is a band formed in Budapest, Hungary in 1999. The project was started by founding member Bérczesi Róbert who previously was member of the band Blabla. After Blabla split up, Bérczesi went on to create the first post-Blabla album mostly alone this time under the name Hiperkarma. After some minor changes in lineup, the lineup consists of Bérczesi Róbert on guitar and providing vocals; Frenk (Torma Gábor) on drums and providing backing vocals; Laca (Varga László) on bass guitar; FX (Bacsa Gyula) on keyboard; and Stevenson (Kis Tibor) on guitar.

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Tor Cesay

Grafting her own pathway to musical success, homegrown UK talent, Tor Cesay is flipping the rap game on its head with her melodic flow and fiery feminine ways. And that’s no hype talk. You may have been lucky enough to witness Tor spitting over the BBC Concert Orchestra at Urban Classic, or see her performance at Glastonbury 2007 on the BBC Introducing Stage. Perhaps you recognize her vocals from the live performance at the Olympics 2012 winner’s announcement viewed by one billion people?

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Noah

There are multiple artists to be found under the name Noah: [1] Noah was an American late 60's psychedelic rock band. Their only recorded album was not released until 1995. [2] Noah is Jens Buchert ( http://www.jens-buchert.com/ ). [3] Noah is a dutch allround coverband based in Nijmegen. The line-up consists of: Robert (voc, git)
Chantal van Brummelen (voc)
Vincent (dr, perc)
Michiel (git, voc)
Kobus Groen (b, voc)
Berry (key, voc) http://www.noahonline.nl/

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Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan), better known by his stage name Xzibit, is an American rapper, actor, and host of MTV's Pimp My Ride. He began his music career as a member of the Likwit Crew, a loose collective of West Coast rappers including King Tee, Defari, and Tha Alkaholiks. He released his solo debut album 'At The Speed Of Life' in 1996 and has since released 5 more albums, his latest being Full Circle, released in 2006. His new album MMX is expected to be released sometime in 2011.

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AJ

1. Renamed Now known AS Anna Jackson 2. Name: AJ (Lee Ki Kwang)
DOB: March 30, 1990
Height/Weight: 174cm, 58kg
Set to debut: April 2nd, 2009
1st Single: Dancing Shoes
Single album: AJ 1st Single Album - First Episode A New Hero
Label: Cube
Trainee years: Trained for 4 years under JYPE Highly anticipated newcomer AJ (ì´ê¸°ê´‘ Lee Ki Gwang) from Cube Entertainment finally made his debut on M! Countdown. He's debuting with the song "Dancing Shoes."

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Melanie Fiona

Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents (mixed with black, Indian, and Portuguese ethnicities) and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music was her passion. Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced, and remembers her mother playing music at home; everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston.

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