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Radiodervish

Radiodervish was founded in Bari in 1997, an artistic partnership between Nabil Salameh and Michele Lobaccaro.
The result is a refined musical portrait, a harmonious blend of melody and lyrics in Italian, Arabic, English and French, inspired by both the Arab and Western musical traditions.

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Mike Simonetti

Born in Bayonne NJ, Mike Simonetti grew up a hardcore punk kid in the New
York hardcore scene in the mid 1980s. Through friends involved in the club
scene, he began going to nightclubs during the heyday of NYC nightlife- the
late 1980s. By 1989, he landed a job at the legendary club Mars as a
promoter. During that time he became friends with the djs and club
promoters of the day, and it was then he got his first taste of djing- going

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Hazell Dean

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Career
She started her career in 1970s, but achieved a chart success in the 1980s working with the famous Stock Aitken Waterman team. Dean was elected three times as the 'Best Live Performer' by the Federation of American Dance Clubs (U.S.), and twice as a 'Best British Performer' by Club Mirror awards (UK). Her biggest hits, were "Whatever I Do" (A track originally recorded by Michael Prince called Dance Your Love Away, re-written by Stock Aitken Waterman because Hazell disliked the chorus) and "Who's Leaving Who" (a remake of the Anne Murray hit)...

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Patrol

1. Patrol are from LEVEN which is in East Fife - Scotland, UK featuring Paddy - vocals - Jock - drums - Ronnie - Guitar Stewarty - bass. Patrol released 2 demos in 1981 and 1982. The first being called "Unknown Soldiers" and the second being "Another Fiasco". In 1983 No Future Records (home to Blitz and The Partisans amongst many others) released the Tracks Nurse Nurse and Unknown Soldiers on their "Country Fit For Heroes Vol 2 compilation LP Oi 23. Other bands on that comp were ABH, On Parole, Intensive Care, Impact, Mania, Government Lies, Criminal Damage and Cadaverous Clan.

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Casionova (UK)

BIOGRAPHY: UK Italo Disco producer who founded Cyber Dance (label) in 2004 and www.magicwaves.co.uk (internet radio) in 2006, along with Ali Renault and Spruxxx. Also signed to Dissident (label), and DJs for Human Shield (label). Part of the same circle of Italo producers in the UK that has yielded Heartbreak (Lex Records), Tommy Walker 3 (Dissident/Human Shield), Ali Renault (Dissident/Cyber Dance/Human Shield), Muravchix (Dissident) and New Europeans. Currently residing in Brighton.

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Mirage

There are at least 14 bands named Mirage. 1) Mirage released numerous cover version megamixes of current pop hits during the eighties. Many of them were produced by Nigel Wright, sometimes together with Nigel Stock, John Davies & Robin Sellars. Mirage also had three vocalists that posed on the record-covers: Kiki Billy, Nicos Griffiths & Carlos Griffiths. 2) A cult hungarian new/darkwave band from the '80s.

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