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Studio Apartment

The Studio Apartment core duo, dj/producer Masanori Morita (Masa) and keyboard player Noboru Abe (Abe), are masters in the combination of Jazz, Soul, Latin, Afro and Brazilian grooves with Electronic Music. The single "Fantasma", from their debut album "Paraiso Terrestre", got a well-deserved attention by Gilles Peterson, which have launched them to the world. “Flight”, from the 2nd album, got a memorable remix by Frankie Feliciano and was a house anthem. In 2005 they have released their 3rd album called "People To People” and definitely got a general acclamation.

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Comets On Fire

Comets on Fire are a band from Santa Cruz, California. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarist and vocalist Ethan Miller and longtime friend bassist Ben Flashman, who were seeking to create rhythmically and sonically intense music that paid no attention to categorizations. The band's self-titled debut was released in 2001 and eventually issued on the Alternative Tentacles label. Recorded on a four-track, it was a garage/psych freakout of intense if not epic proportions.

Read more about Comets On Fire on Last.fm.

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Carnation

1) carnation is a Rock'n'Roll band hailing from Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
In their tunes you can definitely hear that 60's thing, mixed with the attitude and energy of 70's rock. their latest album "waxy's little sister" has been recorded in Sweden by Fredrik Kronbäck & Martin Sventorp.
14 tunes that will keep you straining for more... 2) Carnation(カーネーション) is a japanese R&R Band. 3) Carnation is a shoegaze/indie rock band born in Melbourne, Australia influenced by the Brit-pop of the early 90s, 80s Manchester rock, as well as the psychedelic 60s.

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Locust

There are at least 4 artists named Locust: 1) Locust is a project of Mark Van Hoen, a British artist who has been releasing electronic music since 1993. 2) The Locust is a grindcore/experimental band formed in 1994 in San Diego, California. Please correct your tags to The Locust. 3) Locust (로커스트) was a Korean popular music band, active in the early 80's. 4) Locust is an alias of Perry O'Neil, who runs the progressive trance label Electronic Elements.

Read more about Locust on Last.fm.

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Sleepers

There are at least 6 bands / projects named Sleepers: 1. Sleepers is the recording and performance project of Silas Ciarán and Amanda Boutourline. It began as a solo outlet for Ciarán in early 2004, and was at this time geared towards Black and Doom Metal with flecks of ambient. It is now a full fledged crossover project, incorporating many different sources into one heap of sound. 2. Sleepers was a progressive new wave rock band from Gold Coast, Australia. They have changed their name to Awaken I Am.

Read more about Sleepers on Last.fm.

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GACKT

GACKT (神威楽斗, Kamui Gakuto, born July 4, 1973) is a singer, songwriter, model, designer, actor, voice actor, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist (piano, guitar, violin, drums, bass, trumpet, tuba, french horn, trombone, and so on...) famous in Japan. Since the launch of his solo career, he has gained an even greater fandom and notoriety than he had while working as the vocalist of the iconic visual kei band MALICE MIZER, and has been extremely successful.

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Dissident Genro

ENGLISH: Dissident Genro sprung to life in March 2008 as the world’s first Scottish Kei solo artist. Rimu is the brainchild behind Dissident Genro, armed only with one laptop and his trusty guitar. "I want to marry my Eastern and Western influences and create something completely orignal…” Rimu says. “Like the unique and wonderful visuals many Visual Kei bands wow their audiences with today, I want to do the same, but fly the flag for the west, which had not been done before in this genre. With Dissident Genro, I’m expressing every part of myself – musically, visually and culturally."

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Harvest

There are several bands with the name Harvest: (1) A Minneapolis band
(2) A Barcelona band
(3) A Texas band
(4) A UK-based band
(5) A band from New Zealand
(6) A German band
(7) An Oklahoma City band from the early 70s
(8) A dark ambient music project
(9) A Japanese band
(10) Jump up drum and bass producer
Harvest (1) Harvest (US) was a seminal hardcore band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. It released two full lengths on Trustkill Records plus numerous 7"s and splits.

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