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Raf

1) Italian musician Born in Margherita di Savoia, Italy on September 19, 1959, Raffaele Riefoli entered the music business in 1983, when his debut album "Self Control" was released as Raf. The album proved successful on the Italian charts, with two singles -- "Change Your Mind" and "Hard" -- performing very well. Almost five years later, Raf delivered his second album, "Svegliarsi un Anno Fa", and 1989's "Cosa Restera" followed quickly afterwards. Next to these, he released several albums, including:

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Alden Tyrell

Alden Tyrell is a leading contemporary nu-skool disco artist reinventing old disco and electro-funk sounds. He has produced several releases through the Dutch label Clone. His name is coincidentally very similar to the name of the character Dr. Eldon Tyrell in the 1980's science-fiction movie blade runner.

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Macrocosm

First formed back in the 1990s, UK based artist "Macrocosm" (Mike Letchford) started life producing ambient music, but moved into experimental "intelligent" dance music and a period of drum and bass. Featured as "demo of the month" in April 1996 edition of Future Music magazine (with the song "Choral Reefer", he joined the label Protean Vision Quest in 1997 (along with artists like Gnomadic) supplying music for the "Ancient Alien" video, and regularly performing in Brighton and as part of a UK "Ambisonix 3D Sound" tour (along with the band Quanta).

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Indiana

There are at least three artists with the name Indiana. 1. A West Australian rock band
2. An Italian eurodance project
3. A US indie rock / emo band 1. Indiana, a Fremantle, Australia based band have been playing their blues infused rock and roll around the state for 18 months. Formed from a strong friendship and plenty of beers, the band consists of the musicians Marty Thompson (Vocals, Guitars), Steve Jenkins (Bass Guitars, Vocals) and Shaun Tuia (Drums, Vocals).

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Daniele Baldelli

Legendary Italian dj known for playing slow, chuggy, cosmic disco sets. From the public dance hall to the disco, from the smooch to the shake,
from the orchestra to the deejay. Daniele Baldelli, one of the first Italian deejays, talks about and reveals the secrets of an era. Before the 1970s, the disco didn't exist. In the dance hall, live music reigned. Afterwards, people started to dance to records as an alternative or as a musical break for the orchestras.

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Eleven:Eleven

Defined by alternate beams of light and dark, Eleven:Eleven balances the celestial voice of Sicca with J.Childs’ grounded production. Together, the illustrious pair tinkers with genres such as ElectroDisco, Synth pop and indie dance, ultimately rising above the distinctions to create a magnetism of its own. Eleven:Eleven’s soundscape reveals deep, arpeggiated beats skillfully charmed by Sicca’s provocative lyrics. The end result is retro and avante-garde, classic and futuristic.

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Invidia

Invidia are a melodic death metal band hailing from Brooklyn, New York who formed in 2000. The band was once named A Madman's Desire but quickly switched to Invidia, which is Spanish for envy/jealousy. They play melodic death metal with many leans towards thrash metal. Influences include In Flames, Opeth, Sodom, Soilwork, Exodus and many other bands.

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