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Minilogue

Minilogue are a Swedish Progressive House/Tech-House/Minimal Techno music project of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson. The name is a portmanteau of minimal (the musical style) and dialogue, which refers to music as a form of communication. Beside their music production as Minilogue, they are both involved in the projects Son Kite and Trimatic, and Sebastian has the soloprojects Kooler, Filur and Ooze. Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds.

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Agnelli & Nelson

Agnelli & Nelson, the collective name of Northern Irish pair Chris Agnelli and Robbie Nelson (who also produce under the names Afterburn, Cortez, Green Atlas, A&N Project, and Quincey & Sonance), writers and producers of dance music, are notable for helping to define the genre of Trance music since 1997. Since 1997, Chris Agnelli and Robbie Nelson have been writing and producing dance music, of which their hits El Nino and Everyday have become classics of their genre. They have to date produced five top 30 hits in the United Kingdom, and countless remixes, from Armin van Buuren to U2.

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Lisa Pin Up

Lisa Pin Up(b. Lisa Chilcott) is one of a new breed of British female electronic dance music producers to emerge from the late 1990s. She is a hard house producer and part of the Nukleuz family. She is also a part-time model and ranked number 54 in Loaded’s Hot 100 babes in 2002.
Before becoming one of the UK's greatest female DJ's, Lisa worked as a model, where she appeared in an early 90's TV advert for Nescafé and also appeared on the cover of erotic novels with Geri Halliwell.

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Morgan Geist

This New Jersey native was initially inspired by England's take on the sound of Detroit, but eventually tracked techno back to its Motor City innovators. When he began listening to music, however, it was the sound of early-'80s synth heroes like Devo, Severed Heads and New Order alongside early hiphop, jazz and 60's Hindi film soundtracks. Geist released his first 12" (via Dan Curtin's innovative Metamorphic label) while studying at Oberlin College in 1994.

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Goma

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.

Read more about Goma on Last.fm.

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Young American Primitive

Young American Primitive, aka YAP, is Greg Scanavino a producer/remixer who emerged from the Bay Area house scene in the early 90's. Young American Primitive is mostly known for his self-titled debut album released by Zoë Magik Records in 1993. He also released several 12"s and made several compilation appearances. One of them is "These Waves". That song, originally present in the 1993 album, was included on Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure I mix album in 1996.

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Black and White

For the psytrance artists go to the Black & White page and fix your tags. The band went under the name “First Love” and performed at the Hemmens Auditorium Battle of the Bands. The band took first place and won “cash plus recording time”. As time went on the band changed its name to “Black and White” and soon became very popular on the Illinois Club Circuit. The band performed at Chance’s R, Stay Out West and other Classic venues. Black and White Is: BOB SLAWEK / VOCALS JIM PATTERSON / BASS

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Ajja

Ajja S.F. Leu is an eclectic and multi-talented Swiss artist who channels his creativity through parallel careers as musician/producer/dj, Peak Records label manager, graphic artist and tattoo artist. Born in London in 1975, AJJA grew up roaming the planet with his world-renowned family of tattoo-artists and travellers. He started playing guitar when he was nine years old. At the end of the nineties, his interest gradually shifted towards electronic music, causing him to explore new digital horizons.

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Pandora's Box

There are four bands named Pandora's Box:
1) a Hungarian hard rock band formed in 1980
2) a Jim Steinman studio group, formed in 1989
3) a Philippine nu metal heavy metal band featured in the MusikMAX BICOL compilation CD.
4) a Psytrance duo from Argentina producing darkish sounds. 1)In 1979 Gyula Vikidál left the legendary band P.Mobil and entered Dinamit. A year after Sándor Bencsik "Samu" (lead guitars) and István Cserháty "Pityi" (Hammond organ) left P.Mobil as well and formed a new band named Pandora's Box after the title of a Procol Harum. The

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Man With No Name

Martin Freeland, also known as Man With No Name or by the initials M.W.N.N., is a UK goa/psytrance DJ and producer, one of the very defining artists in the genre having a unique sound of heavy bass lines, raw grooves and explicit melody lines. Originally a techno producer, Martin’s long and illustrious career began way back in 1988 when he appeared with several tracks on the collection “Urban Acid” (released by, a sub-label of Polydor, Urban) that sold over 65.000 copies. He followed this by releasing several EPs with techno tracks, but in the early 90’s he changed his sound to trance.

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