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David Byrne

David Byrne is a musician and artist best known as the singer for Talking Heads. He released his first "proper" solo album in 1989, and remains active (in a variety of media) today. His most recent release, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is also his first collaboration with Brian Eno in 30 years. You can stream the full album or download an MP3 at EverythingThatHappens.com. David maintains a frequently updated journal/blog. A detailed official bio and discography are available on his website.

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A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio (aka Acr or A.C.R.) are a post-punk/funk band from Manchester, UK. Formed in the late 1970s, they were one of the bands (along with Gang of Four and The Pop Group) who forged the new musical hybrid which became known as punk-funk, a style which fused the energy and aggression of new-wave with the rhythms and musicianship of funk and soul. The band's members were originally Simon Topping, Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop, Donald Johnson and Pete Terrell.

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The Dear And Departed

The Dear & Departed rise above the noise. Like a mournful violin melody cutting through a chaotic symphony, the band's dark aesthetic and esoteric approach to their mix of punk and new wave has more in common with The Cure, The Church and Sisters Of Mercy than the increasingly pedestrian sub-par offerings cluttering up the pages of the monthly music magazines. They are a fresh breath in a room filled with stagnant air.

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Richter

Richter are a contemporary electropop band from Toronto, Canada.
Richter is also the online alias of a member of OverClocked ReMix. Richter coordinated the "Hedgehog Heaven" project to ReMix the game "Sonic the Hedgehog 2." Finally, Christoph Richter is an austrian artist who released his full-length debut album Audioexile in 2006 on DZihan & Kamien's Couch Records. Just like back in the days, when you turned on your favourite record and nothing else really mattered, Richter takes you there again.

Read more about Richter on Last.fm.

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Yachts

Formed in 1976 in Liverpool Art College, the members where all members of the same art college as Deaf School two years before them.
The Band consisted of Henry Priestman on vocals and keyboards; Martin Watson on Guitar and Vocals; Bob Bellis on Drums; Martin Dempsey on Bass and JJ Campbell on vocals.
Two albums where recorded Yachts (1979) and Yachts Without Radar (1980) and a clutch of singles.

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