ALEA JACTA EST is a french hardcore band from TOULOUSE.
Born in May 2006, they released a demo in 2007 and a split CD in 2008 on 4 independant labels.
They’re working on their first album !
Los Planetas is a Spanish pop/rock band from the Southern city of Granada, formed in the early-1990s and active through the 2000s, and led by J ('jota': guitar, vocals) and Florent (guitar, moog & synthesizers). Current line-up includes drummer Erik (formerly of Lagartija Nick), guitar and keyboard player Banin (formerly in Ciao Firenze) and bassist Julián Méndez (formerly in Lori Meyers and of Checopolaco) .
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Redrum - (often stylized as REDRUM) is a Japanese indie/shoegaze rock band who formed in 1996 with the decisive goal of becoming a band similar to Portishead for Japan. The members of the band consist of Yumi (vocals), Tsuyoshi (guitar) and Kazi (drums). The role of bassist officially changed two times and was helmed primarily by Soto who joined the band early on and stayed until his departure in December 2004. Their catalogue of works consists of only a few proper albums, several mini albums and maxi singles.
Adrift is a band from Madrid that plays intense, heavy music with a variety of influences, ranging from the experimental darkness of bands like Neurosis, Isis, and Sunn O)), to the more straight-ahead riffage of Kyuss and Tool. Founded in 1999, they have 5 releases:
Cogito Ergo Actuo (first demo cd, auto edited 2002)
Austero (7" edited by La Idea 2004)
Troya (MCD edited by The Other Light 2005)
Waterloo V.A (with another kind of dead, moksha and moho, edited by underhill 2006)
Monolito (CD edited by underhill 2008)
1) Omerta is a brutal metalcore band from Bruges, BE. They formed in 2004 and have one EP running called 'Blacken The Days of Man'. They are working on new songs. They played with bands like Burning Skies, All Shall Perish, Despised Icon, Whitechapel and The Black Dahlia Murder. Their current line-up:
- Pieter Vanderschaeghe (grunts - ex Tronius Mind)
- Frodo Neels (screams - ex Vanity, Reduced to a Whisper)
- Tijs Verbeke (guitar)
- Kenneth Lingier (guitar)
Folk punk from Bloomington, Indiana.
There are multiple artists that go by the name Goma. 1) GOMA is a Jungle Music producer and pioneering Japanese didgeridoo player. In the 1998 Arnhemland Barunga Didgeridoo Competition (judged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu), Goma received a prize, surprising audiences by being the first non-Aboriginal to be recognized. Since that time, as a solo player, session musician, and band member, he has steadily increased his audience by consistently striving to innovate and expand his musical horizons.
Born in Badalona (Barcelona), Spain, in 1973 In 2007, he received the National Prize of Music for his great ability as a performer. When he was fifteen years old, he started to sing in the “Peñas Flamencas” circle.
In 1993, after winning four prizes including the “Lámpara Minera” (one of the most prestigious prizes in the Flamenco genre) in the national singing contest, “Cante de las Minas” in La Unión (Murcia-Spain), he started his professional career.
A.D's Latest critically aclaimed mixtape 'The situation part 2' is available for free download at 'http://www.bigfam.co.uk/downloads' or visit 'http://www.myspace.com/ad2006'
