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Cipher

There are several artists with this name: 1) Canadian-based underground hip-hop duo.
2) Hard core/metal band from Long Beach, New York.
3) Ambient duo of Theo Travis and Dave Sturt.
4) New Wave / Postpunk band from L.A. (1977-83) 1) Canadian-based hip hop duo whose album 360 Degrees came to prominance on the Canadian scene in the mid-90s.
Cipher is producer Clean, providing an atmospheric blend of smokey jams, late-night jazz and ambient synths whilst rapper G2, brings true microphone talent to the mix.

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Dallas

There are at least 3 artists by this name: an indie pop band from Estonia; the frontman of Fat Freddy's Drop; a punk-pop trio from the north of England. 1) Dallas was an indie pop band from Estonia. They formed in Tallinn in 1991 and disbanded in 2003 - soon after singer Kristi Kindel decided to leave the band just before the launch of their last album Delay Lama. Their major recordings include:

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Justament

Riia mäest tuli alla grupp noori inimesi, nende seas ka Lunge ja Elgula. Nad tulid koolinoorte klubi ALO koosolekult, kuhu kuulus aktiivseid tegelasi peaaegu kõigist Tartu koolidest. Korraldati nii endale kui ka oma eakaaslastele ülelinnalisi üritusi (diskud, etendused, kohtumised jne) ning elati isekeskis muidu toredat elu. Selle klubi eestvedajaks oli Ilme Tiik, kes süstis poistesse mõtte, et miks ei võiks ALO klubil olla ka oma bänd.

Contra

There are at least nine "Contra's", they will all be dealt with below. 1. Contra was a hardcore/punk band from Long Island, New York. They formed around 1997/98 and at the time were Jon Berg, Steve Andolfo, Anthony Greco, and Craig Hughes. They toured a few times, released a couple of records on Traffic Violation records, and defined what hardcore and punk was about for a lot of people on Long Island for a long time.

Metsatöll

Metsatöll, an Estonian folk metal band, was formed in 1999 in Tallinn by Markus Teeäär (vocals), Silver “Factor” Rattasepp (drums) and Andrus Tins (bass), playing epic heavy metal with small influences from ancient Estonian folklore. The debut album called "Terast mis hangund me hinge" (Steel Frozen in Our Souls) was released at that time. In 2000, a good friend Lauri "Varulven" Õunapuu joined the band.

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Xiu

Xiu is a recent project based in Milan and formed by Oksana (Xiu). Oksana was born in Estonia, studied academic music in Russia. Academic knowledges had a deep impact in the creative process of her musical entity. During several years she also sang in the church's choir which is undoubtedly had influenced her work. Next to the writting of her first musical effort she contributing appearances for the minimal-synth band Newclear Waves. She is familiar with underground musical scenes which emerged during the 80s, from sonic minimal synth experiments to cold wave and post-punk.

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Metsat

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Blacky

Blacky is an ex-all-women band from Estonia
The band debuted at the Nordic Young Musicians Assemblage in Iceland in 1999. They are considered to be innovators in Estonian rock music, putting out a single a year since their inception. The members now are Lea, Katre, Angela, Argo and Silver. Lead singer Lea Liitmaa is also a successful solo artist and in 2004 won the "Golden Disc", the Estonian Pop Music Annual Award award for female artist of the year.
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(2000) Blacky LP
(2003) Kui me päikeseloojangut ootama peaks (If we for the sunset should wait) LP

Ak

There are at least three AK. One is the British girl group,Atomic Kitten.
In Taiwan's album, we used AK as a shortened name.
Member are Liz McClarnon, Natasha Hamilton ,and Jenny Frost.
The group has changed member for twice.
After they released their Greatest hits, they also made both only Asian and British released collection album.
Natasha also started her solo career.

The other one is a Japanese singer-songwriter,Kakihara Akemi(柿原朱美). AK is from her name's first and second letter.

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