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A Split Second

A Split Second is a Belgian electronic and industrial band.
A Split Second is simply too good to be ignored, and from their conception in 1985 it didn't take the world long to acknowledge the importance of Marc ICKX's and Chrismar CHAYELL's unique musical vision. Official website A Split Second's first American release, the 1987 EP A Split Second, collected highlights from their early European releases, which included Ballistic Statues (which featured the tense masterpiece "Close Combat"), Smell of Buddah as well as their innovative EBM classic, "Flesh".

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Off

There are 4 artists with the name "OFF": 1) OFF was an Eurodisco-project founded in 1986 by Sven Väth, and also Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti (who both became very famous as SNAP!). In the same year they produced the debut single "Bad News". That year the second single "Electrica Salsa" was released. This song was very successful in the charts in Germany, Austria, France and Italy. Suddenly, Sven Väth was a pop star. Electrica Salsa was immediately marketed internationally and released on different labels.

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Ajax

1. A New York-based Electronica / New Beat band, led by female singer Mitchel, who released the singles "Mind The Gap" and "One World" on Wax Trax! in 1989-90. The group's self-titled LP combined industrial and house, and became a minor club hit. Mitchel revived the name in the 1990s, most successfully on the 1995 "Ex-Junkie" single. 2. An Australian DJ

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Dirty Harry

There are at least 4 people with the same name: 1. An alias of DJ Hazard
2. A British rock singer (The one and only Miss Dirty Harry)
3. A New York Blend DJ
4. A Belgian new-beat formation From Wikipedia: 2. Born in London, Harry spent her early life living in Singapore and New York as well as in the UK, and was raised under strict conservative family values – a vicar grandfather and mother in charge of a local Sunday school.

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Traxx

Chicago born and bred Melvin Oliphant aka Traxx is known for constructing the "jakbeat" sound -- "a turbo-charged take on old school acid and Chicago house for the '00s put together with the unmistakeable tones of classic analogue gear such as the TR-909, TR-808, and, of course, the TB-303". Traxx himself talking about this phenomenon:
"It's a truly separate genre in its own right... the reason is because jakbeat is influenced from not just by techno and house...

Read more about Traxx on Last.fm.

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