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Giles Peterson

is an influential DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of countless well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu and Tony Rich plus Jamiroquai. He is also well known as a radio DJ. After starting out on pirate radio, and having shows on various legal London-based radio stations, most noticably including Kiss FM dance music station, he was recruited to the BBC's youth-oriented Radio 1 in 1998.

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bong

Bong is a Sleep-worship band consisting of a member of the ambeint/drone project Trollmann Av Ildtoppberg as well as two other members are unknown. They have a self titled demo out, and that is all that is known about them. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=371392 Bong is also the moniker of a producer known from the mixtape-site b00mb0x.org Bong is also an Icelandic electronic band.

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Spragga Benz

Spragga Benz (born Carlton Grant in Kingston, Jamaica on May 30, 1969), is one of Jamaica's most famous Deejays. He began his career around 1991. Once known to his friends as Spaghetti (tall and slim) but later shortened to Spragga. The Benz in his name comes from the sound system for which he used to work for, L.a. Benz, and it is through this that he found his way into the music business at a Dubplate recording session with Buju Banton. The famed elder DJ was slated to do 4 tracks for L.a. Benz but only voiced two and suggested that Spragga do the other two.

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Algar

Algar is a chip music artist from Berlin/Stockholm, Germany/Sweden. He discovered the wonderful music when he was about 10 years old and is still active. He is a part of the band Morgonjuice

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The Nomad

New Zealand producer Daimon Schwalger has released music under the name The Nomad for many years. The first album Movement was drum'n'bass, but subsequent releases have been releases with (obligatory in New Zealand) influences. Prior to his solo project he was performing drum'n'bass as part of trio Locust with Pearl Runga (sister of Bic Runga) and Ryan Smith (aka The Silversmith). They had no official releases.

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V.I.V.E.K

Today's electronic music scene revolves continuously on hype, and there are few artists and label camps that can rely almost entirely on their musical content to do their talking. Mala's Deep Medi camp and V.I.V.E.K the artist are noted exceptions to this rule. Influenced by the golden years of drum and bass and a steady diet of dub and roots music, V.I.V.E.K has been honing his musical construction skills since 2004.

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The Drastics

Chicago Dub Massive!
http://www.thedrastics.com Hailing from Chicago, The Drastics bring a distinctive edge to their take on reggae and dub. The band started out as a strictly instrumental act showcasing exotic winding melodies on strange instruments and live dub effects in the vein of the classic producers. After some early lineup changes, the foundation of the band became the rhythm machine of drummer/producer Anthony Abbinanti and bassist Chris Merrill. They have since added vocalists Fada Dougou and MC Zulu to the mix, broadening the band's already deep musical range.

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KeNsEi

Ninjaraps? Ja, dus!!! Dit short-album bevat 10 tracks. Kensei brengt vreemde vertellingen verpakt in wervelende flows, geïnspireerd door de legende van de samurai. Geen rapper in een ninja-pak, maar een metal shirtje. Kensei heeft zowel een metal als hiphop achtergrond. Eerder heeft hij samen met producer DEC het album "Ontstemmen" uitgebracht onder de naam "Verbaal Verzet" en is ook bezig aan een project genaamd Mori. Nu is het tijd voor zijn eerste solo-plaat.

Read more about KeNsEi on Last.fm.

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