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Highfish

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Highfish was founded 1996. In 2000 they released a first EP Round Robin, and in 2003 the second EP Ride On was released on Little Jig Records.
The second EP also contained what you could call a "hit-single", namely Rip Tide, for which (only) in 2003 (!) they were awarded with the "Kick Ass Award" from Radio 3fach and in 2004 they received the "Diesel-U-Music-Award" at the M4M Demotapeclinic.

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Gardening at Night

(english version below) I Gardening at Night sono una band di Torino nata nel 2006 a seguito dello scioglimento degli Squirrel. A Michele Sarda, Daniele Molino e Marcello Oliviero (chitarra+voce, basso e batteria degli Squirrel) si aggiungono Enrico Viarengo (già chitarrista dei Green Woodpecker) e, dagli ultimi mesi del 2008, Marco Gottero (già bassista dei Somewhere Between).
Il gruppo si ispira al pop rock americano dei R.E.M.

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Ever Since

Founded in 1998 on the smoking ashes of « Sacrement », Ever Since has created its own style of music :
Melodic Dark Metal
This style is half way between black metal and heavy metal, accompagnied by keyboards and dark voice, that will lift you thourgh different dark and tourmented atmosphere. In june 2001 Ever Since recorded the first album called “Into a reign of pain”. First album and first big experience because it was recorded live during four different concerts. Sold over 500 copies it was a huge hit according to specialized media.

Read more about Ever Since on Last.fm.

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IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA

Imperial Tiger Orchestra are Raphaël Anker (tp), Alexandre Rodrigues (rhodes, key), John Menoud (sax), Cyril Moulas (b), Luc Détraz (per) and Julien Israelian (d), from Geneva, Switzerland. The orchestra's repertoire consists of revamped remakes from the Golden Age of modern Ethiopian music (1969-1978).Visiting each of the foremost artists of period in turn, the orchestra blends Ethiopian rhythms with their own influences. Playing music that is usually sung, this entirely instrumental group emphasizes the dark and hypnotic grooves of the rhythmn as well as the polished, ethereal brass themes.

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Ravenheart

The Powermetal Band Ravenheart was established by Roger (vocals and drums) in 1997.
Suitable band members were found quickly with Greg (guitar), Marco (guitar), Luca (bass) and Bea (key). After several concerts and the fist demo CD ‘Timeless Knights’ Ravenheart worked on producing
a full-length album. During the time of recording Luca was tragically taken away from us in 2006 and the whole production was put on hold.

Read more about Ravenheart on Last.fm.

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Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger (born May 21, 1939) is a Swiss oboist and composer. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland and began his musical education at the conservatories of Bern and Basel. He also studied composition with Pierre Boulez. He took first prize in the International Competition in Geneva in 1959. He has become one of the world's most celebrated oboists, and numerous works have been written for him. He began teaching at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1966.

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Hildur Gudnadóttir

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (b. 1982) is a cellist and composer. Best known for her collaborations with múm and guest appearances with Pan Sonic, she has a rich catalogue of collaborations and varied projects behind her. Guðnadóttir began playing cello as a child, entered the Reykjavík Music Academy and then moved on to musical studies/composition and new media at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and Universitat der Kunste in Berlin.

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Serpentine

There are at least two acts with this name: 1) A singer / songwriter from Switzerland. He recorded his debut album "The Tragedy of Being Honest" in 2005 and signed at B&B Records Sweden. In 2007 he released the album "Beauty Queen" featuring Heidi Happy & Sophie Hunger etc. For more info visit his MySpace 2) A Dutch rock band from the 1970s.

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