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Tobias

There are multiple Tobiases. (1) TOBIAS hails from Sioux Falls, SD, and the mastermind behind it is the epynonymous Tobias. Tobias's first encounter with music began at local screamo shows in the mid-90s, where he encountered screamo legends like Spirit of Versailles. Some years later, Tobias came to recognize that all emo/screamo thereafter failed to live up to the heart-wrenching sincerity the mid-90s acts. Scholars recognize this as 'phase one' of his musical becoming, as this agitated Tobias much and would eventually lead to his musical efforts, recorded as TOBIAS.

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Hobo

Growing up in Sarnia about an hour’s drive from Detroit, Joel first connected with electronic music through Kraftwerk who in turn stimulated his interest in the rich techno landscape just a stone’s throw away. Jeff Mills and Juan Atkins were particularly influential but it was Plastikman’s Sheet One that really sealed the deal, inspiring him to start building his own loops and samples. He was soon hooking up for laptop jam sessions with Adam Young after high school and the pair gradually evolved into Tractile.

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Claire Ripley

Claire Ripley is a DJ and producer from Maidstone in Kent, a town famed for generating an influx of talent currently flooding todays dance scene. Claire experienced immediate success with her first demo being awarded DJ Mag Top Pick and her early productions being described by DJ Mag as "very impressive stuff". Previous DJ sets have included playing at London clubs such as The Key, The Aquarium, Babalou and Hidden as well as a local residencies for Phobic, the night to accompany the label founded by Claire and Richard Belsom.

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De Ville

(Tytus) de Ville - leader of famous Polish darkwave, was also in bands such as Blitzkrieg, Bruno Watpliwy (Bruno The Questionable), which later transformed into Fading Colours. Curently in a band Daimonion. On his album "Eco", released only on cassette by SPV Poland, he played great minimal ambient. It's too bad this record was never released on CD.

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Sonja Moonear

Sonja was born in the Swiss Mountains in autumn 78. At the young age of four, she got in touch with her 1st instrument: the piano. Aside her classical music studies, she was on the search for other musical styles. As a depeche mode and david bowie young teenage fan in the late 80's, she was a bit out of her time. With the wonderful discovery of KLF, acid music sounds and Electro rythmics she did while visiting underground and open-air parties all over Switzerland and Germany, she dived into the whirl of electronic music.

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Deadbeat

Though based in Montreal, Deadbeat and his ultra-textured ambient dub soundscapes made their way around the world, finding large audiences in Europe as well as in North America. Deadbeat producer Scott Monteith is a member of the same fertile Montreal scene that includes such luminaries as Akufen (Marc Leclair) and Algorithm (Jeff Milligan). Like his peers, he gained international acclaim in the early 2000s once the French-Canadian city became a hot spot for laptop techno (see the Montreal Smoked Meat compilation)...

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