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Felix Dennis

Felix Dennis is one of Britain's best known entrepreneurs. He was born in Kingston-upon-Thames in 1947. After leaving Harrow College of Art, Dennis wasted a great deal of his youth playing in R&B bands. In 1971 he was imprisoned by the British government as a co-editor of OZ magazine at the culmination of the longest conspiracy trial in English history. Dennis recorded a single with John Lennon to raise money for a legal defence fund.

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Listener

Dan Smith (also known as Listener or The Listener) is a Siloam Springs, Arkansas, musician who has created a subgenre of hip-hop he calls "talk music". With the Release of Ozark Empire, Listener began his first Tour of Homes. This consisted almost entirely of traveling from home to home around the United States (and later, a European Tour of Homes) in a grassroots style of touring. He has played in homes, coffee shops, art galleries, empty warehouses, venues, and more. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own food for potluck before or after the show.

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Boyd Rice

Boyd Rice (born 1957) is an American experimental sound artist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name Non and Boyd Rice and Friends. he has collaborated with numerous artists. For a WEALTH of info, see Boyd's official website at http://www.boydrice.com

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Prince Paul

Prince Paul (born Paul Huston) is a legendary DJ and hip hop producer. Prince Paul is known for having a very unorthodox, but mostly well-received sense of humor. Musically, he was one of the driving forces of what was to become known as alternative rap, by using surprising samples and quirky humour. Originally a member of Stetsasonic, he produced De La Soul's 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising (It was on this album that Prince Paul invented the hip hop skit which has a long-standing and pervasive tradition on Hip hop albums to this day).

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Dialogue

Dialogue is the common tag for tracks of famous lines/exchanges in movie soundtracks. There are also at least three groups with the name Dialogue: 1) Dialogue is a project created in 2000 by Stefan Riesen and Niels Jensen straight outta Bern, capital city of Switzerland.Riesen(Founder-manager of Phont Music, SuperBra,Morris Audio,Speaker Attack)joined forces with local young talent Jensen to enter the field of minimal deep dubby clicky house,not afraid of using some tasty samples.Dialogue released several 12"es on labels like Lo-Fi Stereo,Highgrade,Stattmusik and Morris Audio.

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