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DJ Sneak

In 1983, Carlos Sosa aka DJ Sneak, moved to the city of Chicago from the island of Puerto Rico, where his early musical experiences and Influences were rooted in salsa, meringue and famous Latin orchestras. Chicago, like Puerto Rico, is a city rich with musical styles and sounds. It was in Chicago that Sneak found inspiration in underground house music, Warehouse parties and "old school" mix tapes from the early pioneers - Farley Jackmaster Funk, Ralphi Rosario, Steve Hurley and local radio station shows played on WBMX.

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Hercules

1)Hercules is Marshall Jefferson. 2)Hercules is a hardcore punk band from Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a joke to make fun of a local tough guy band, they've now released a demo and an EP, Those of the Damned Run on Circles of Glory, and their new LP titled "Moonriders" out now on Nihilism Records. Their Website is: www.myspace.com/herculesne 3) Hercules the band is two people: Ben Sumner and Peter Baldwin, an Englishman and a New-Englishman, who are responsible for all facets of Hercules music.

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Eric Martin

There are multiple artists that share the name Eric Martin: 1 A hard rock singer who fronted Mr. Big
2 A producer from Chicago, IL, a member of Traxmen.
3 The producer of the This American Wife podcast, a parody of public radio
1. Eric Martin (born on October 10, 1960, in Long Island, New York State) is a singer, best known as the former vocalist of hard rock band Mr. Big. Before his career in Mr. Big, he played in a rock group called 415, formed in the late 1970s. This band recorded one album, "Sucker for a Pretty Face", after which they changed their name to the Eric Martin Band.

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Motor City Drum Ensemble

Danilo Plessow is a hard man to pigeonhole. Since 2003, he's been producing broken beat and jazzier material with Joachim Tobias under the Inverse Cinematics banner. Their debut full-length Passin' Through was released this year, but there's another reason why people have been talking about Plessow in 2008. He's the man that's responsible for the Motor City Drum Ensemble project, producing music which seems to encapsulate the spirit of Detroit despite being made in Stuttgart - a place that is considered Germany's own 'motor city'.

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Cajmere

For an international audience reawakening to the influence of Chicago house during the 1990s, Curtis A. Jones acted as quite a renaissance leader. Besides donning his straightahead house guise Cajmere and a flamboyant, neon-haired acid-house alter-ego named Green Velvet for several of the most memorable underground house tracks of the decade (including "Preacher Man," "Answering Machine" "Brighter Days" and "Flash"), Jones helmed the two most respected labels in the new school of Chicago house, Cajual and Relief.

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