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Twine

There at least two different representatives of the name Twine. 1) Baltimore, Maryland's Greg Malcolm and San Diego, California's Chad Mossholder comprise a unique musical entity. Twine is the culmination of their extended history, which includes their acclaimed 2002 LP Recorder for France's Bip-Hop and their distinguished catalogue for Chicago's Hefty Records and Sweden's Komplott. Their sound contains a mysterious and unresolved quality, the result of the musical relationship which the group's two main practitioners share.

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Kyoshi

Kyoshi are a band from North London. Fronted by the very amazing Leanne King, a girl with rhymes so wicked she'll flip you upside down and tell you what she's found, Kyoshi's music is an upbeat mix of indie, ska and hip-hop. Pop music with attitude. It's like Tate Modern - full of weird shapes and bright colours. The band formed in Leicester. Drummer Ben and guitarist Dan met in their school playground aged 10.

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Dynamic

There are two artists that have gone by the name "Dynamic".
1) Psytrance duo from Israel. They are and Ben Avital and Shay Elmakaies. Their songs on Psytisfaction CDs hit the full-on hearted minds ... 2) Urban Soul, group "Dynamic" operates out of California's Bay Area. They have released two albums. The first, "Photosynthesis" was heavily influenced by hip hop and the vocal style of Dynamic's drummer/lead vocalist Darian Gray.

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Desaparecidos

Desaparecidos was a short-lived American quintet formed in 2001 in Omaha, Nebraska, fronted by Conor Oberst (vocals, guitar) and featuring Denver Dalley, now of Statistics (guitar), Landon Hedges, now of Little Brazil (bass), Ian McElroy (keyboards), and Matt Baum (drums). This project however was restarted in 2010. Oberst may be better known for his confessional songwriting and storytelling as the lead singer of the popular indie folk band Bright Eyes, but Desaparecidos has a very different flavor.

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Diversity

It was a late autumn evening in year 2006, and as energies flowed, crossed, collided, soughed over the city of Rīga, Latvia, eventually they intersected, forming a beam of light, which struck four people who were at the time together at the studio, as a lightning. Immediately, they felt - we have something to say, we have to play together to make the world understand what it needs to know. That’s how Diversity was formed.

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Brandy

Brandy is both an actress and an R&B singer. She is the daughter of gospel singer Willie Norwood and the older sister of Contemporary R&B singer Ray J.She is best known for her starring role in the UPN sitcom Moesha, and for hit records such as "Sittin' Up in My Room", "Have You Ever", and "The Boy Is Mine." Throughout her career, she has received eleven Grammy nominations. When Brandy was 15, she was able to land a record deal with Atlantic Records, and in 1994 her first album, Brandy, was released, reaching gold status in less than two months, and quadruple platinum status soon after.

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Substantial

When Substantial was recording his debut album, …To This Union a Sun Was Born, he was driven by adversity. The Maryland native was struggling to balance school with a budding music career, was homeless at times and still reeling from having buried more than ten friends and family members. The resulting album—produced by Nujabes and Monorisick of Hyde Out Productions and released in October, 2001—earned Substantial international critical acclaim and a particularly devoted following in Japan, where it was recorded and distributed.

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