Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. He took the surname Brown from the Black Panther, H. Rap Brown. His music is a mixture of Brazilian and rock and soul music. The music features heavy percussion rhythms and Caribbean and Afro-Brazilian-influenced musical styles.
Death At Sea are a new punk rock band from Southampton, UK. Influenced by the likes of Rise Against, The Lawrence Arms, Descendents, Alkaline Trio and The Get Up Kids.
Los Van Van is a Cuban band led by bassist Juan Formell, and is considered to be one of Cuba's major timba acts, while Juan Formell has arguably become the most important figure in contemporary Cuban music.
In 1967, Formell became musical director of Elio Reve's charanga orchestra. He reformatted the group into Changui '68, and then founded his own group, Los Van Van, on December 4, 1969. Musical style
You have got to be a little mad (some would say insane) about music to take on a project like this. Genesis were arguably the most layered and complex definers of the progressive rock sound. So recreating as accurately as possible, their sound, is a big challenge - and I guess in a nutshell there it is. G2 all like a challenge and this project continues to stretch them in all areas. What is the Ultimate Aim? To give you the real deal.
Gold Coast based world music band A FRENCH BUTLER CALLED SMITH have been performing their high energy Latin, funk, instrumental fusion over a 2 year period to ever increasing audiences on Australia's East Coast. The initial creators behind this all organic dance music sound were acoustic guitar aficionado (Scott French), bass maestro (Jake ‘the Butler’ Martin) and respected world percussion artist (Brennan Smith).
Terranova is used by two groups: one German, another from USA. 1. Terranova is a German band made up of current members Fetisch, Marco Meister and Kaos. They have previously went under the moniker Turntable Terranova on the Compost label and sometimes as Edition Terranova. Their music is a fusion of punk rock, electronic and trip hop. They currently reside in Berlin and perform DJ sets at the Berlin night club, Pogo Club.
A four piece rock band from Pontypridd, South Wales. SaidMike have been together for a over 5 years constantly working hard ! In 2007, an EP 'Stop The Clocks' has been released and is currently available from the E-Store and on sites like iTunes. SaidMike have still been rockin' as often as possible and completed UK tours with Bristol's I|AM|THE|DOOR, and fellow Welsh friends Kids In Glass Houses.
Salerosa is an Afro-Cuban 6-piece from the UK playing Latin jazz favourites, sizzling salsa grooves, original compositions and popular chart topping songs all fused with pulsating Afro-Cuban rhythms. Their new and distinctive arrangements are performed by some the finest UK Latin jazz musicians - Sulene Fleming (vocals) Andrzej Baranek (piano), Richard Hammond (bass), Howard Jacobs (sax, clarinet & percussion), Chris Sykes (drums) and Pete Williams (congas).
