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Voltaire

There are multiple artists called Voltaire: 1. Voltaire (born 1967 in Havana, Cuba) is a singer/songwriter whose music has its roots deeply embedded in European folk music, but also has influences from the gothic scene. He has also been directing commercials and animating short films for ten years, and is best known for his Hieronymus Bosch-inspired station IDs for MTV. Inspired by the films of Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), Voltaire began animating at the age of ten on a super8 camera.

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Birdeatsbaby

Brighton based Birdeatsbaby formed sometime in 2006 with the intention of breaking away from current musical trends. This piano driven female fronted cabaret rock band, with the unusual addition of a string section, creates a sound impossible to pigeon hole, but recent live reviews have included 'a female divine comedy with behavioral problems '. Live shows are theatrical, highly entertaining, frightening but fragile, with brutally honest and witty lyrics.

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Flipron

From Glastonbury, UK and generally described as un pigeonhole-able! Jesse Budd - Vocals, guitar, lap steel, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, dobro & clarinet
Joe Atkinson - Organ, piano, some guitar, accordion, backing vocals.
Greg Shepheard - Bass guitar & producer/ engineer of Flipron recordings
Mike Chitty - Drums, percussion & backing vocals They signed to Tiny Dog Records in 2003, with whom they have released two LPs, Fancy Blues & Rustique Novelties (2004) and Biscuits for Cerberus (2006).

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Andi Sex Gang

Lead singer, primary songwriter and founder Sex Gang Children. From 1985 on, Andi has recorded and performed as a solo act and with various line-ups of Sex Gang Children. More info at www.myspace.com/andisexgang.

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Freaks Outing

Freaks Outing specialise in recording outrageous comedy songs that are written and performed from the perspective of gross caricatures. Each song has its own musical and production style, each "performer" a back story. Richard Lilley plays keyboards, programs, produces and plays the roles of all the characters. Elliot J. Huntley plays bass, guitar, mandolin and is a veteran stand up comedian. Live they perform as a spectacular two man comedy show.

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The Dresden Dolls

The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Formed in 2001, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano, ukulele, toy piano, harmonica) and Brian Viglione (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals). They describe their heavily art-damaged and theatrical style as "Brechtian ", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would invent a name that "would involve the word ''," and are part of an underground movement that started gaining momentum in the early 1990s.

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The Bad Things

Bubbling forth like a mossy belch of polka filth from the greasy, jet fuel-contaminated wetlands of the Northwest, comes The Bad Things. With junkyard waltzes and shameless shanties, The Bad Things are hellbent on providing traditional music for the post-apocalyptic era. "Combining elements of Gypsy, folk, Klezmer, Hillbilly ballads, mariachi crooners, and a Vaudeville theatrical aesthetic, the group has a reputation for drunken debauchery and feverish dancing at their live shows.....The group lends their old-fashioned style with a post-modern sense of black humor."

Read more about The Bad Things on Last.fm.

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Brides

BRIDES's debut album Ocular.Unveil is out! Get your copy of the album fom the following sites: amazon | hmv.com | play.com | itunes Though only 18 months young, Brighton crossover quartet BRIDES are shaping up as one of the U.K’s most intriguing new bands. Since their formation in May 2007, the band have already shared stages with the likes of A Wilhelm Scream, Gallows, Architects, Devil Sold His Soul and Your Demise, Brides’ own eclectic musical character allowing them to simultaneously fit their feet to any bill whilst standing out as bold and unique.

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