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Former Thieves

Former Thieves have been a band characterized by their hard work and grueling tour regimens in their seemingly short life span. But this changed with their signing to No Sleep Records. Coming from the barren and simple fields of Iowa, Former Thieves have created a record that personifies the feelings and emotions of coming from nothing and fighting the entire way to what they have created. Their first release was 'The Great and the Alleged Great'.

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Dan Guidance

Dan Guidance AKA Dan Guy is a Bristol based producer. Dan takes his influences from a wide ranges of styles, such as Drum n Bass, Breaks, Techno, Trance and Dub. Dan has been mostly concentrating on Drum n Bass recently, drawing influences from the warm up / wind down atmospheric Drum n Bass sets at free hill parties in the heart of Wales, in the late 90s…Think Dom and Roland, Aquasky, Calyx and EZ Rollers... mIxed with new influences from the likes of new comers Phaela, Ghosts Of Paraguay & Feint.

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Chet Faker

Shrouded in secrecy, hidden behind an alias and disguised by a beard, Chet Faker is an artist that enjoys the mystery. Hailing from the tight-knit deep disco scene in Melbourne, Australia and taking elements from an acoustic past, Chet Faker has carved out his own style that fuses personal stories of love and loss with an electronica soul, which reaches far beyond his homeland. Chet quickly came to everyone’s attention when his cover of 'No Diggity' hit number 1 on the worldwide indie music aggregator, Hype Machine.

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To Bury A Ghost

East Midlands “To Bury A Ghost” make epic, ethereal & haunting, heart-bruised celestial art-rock. Debut EP “The Hurt Kingdom” swells with ambition & brooding melancholia, a mesmeric sonic montage of ghostly sullen operatic choirs, fluttering violins, rumbling horns & tinkering glockenspiel. Produced and recorded by Russ Russell (Dimmu Borgir, Nepalm Death), the EP is the new incarnation of former “Hungry I” songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Stolber, whose subtle, vulnerable and mournful Ryan Adams-esque wail underpins the records macabre wide-screen elegance.

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Norm Talley

Born and raised on Detroits westside in the late 60's Norm's addiction to music began at an early age.By the age of 13 years old Norm's diverse musical outlook consisted of Disco,Progressive,Jazz.Starting off Norm collected good music(45's-8-tracks-Vinyl)with proceeds earned from his paper route and eventually was introduced to Ken Collier who just happened to live 3 blocks over so needless to say most of the Disco and Progressive I attained was through Ken who was a DJ mentor for me.At this point and time I only had one turntable an eight-track player a receiver and some speakers.

Read more about Norm Talley on Last.fm.

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Blackbirds

There are at least two bands/artists with this name: 1) BLACKBIRDS is a hardcore/punk band from Michigan (although some members are from Canada). Their earlier material took cues from American Nightmare/Outbreak/97A but their new material is in the vein of His Hero Is Gone/Tragedy/etc. They are not broken up anymore and are back together with a new lineup, new releases soon, and are back touring. The hardcore band Blackbirds is not associated with blackdog records.

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