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Loop

1) Loop was a South London band founded in 1986 by Robert Hampson and his then wife, Bex. Loop's sound was characterized by strong krautrock and avant-garde influences in addition to the minimalist mayhem of The Stooges and MC5. Their songs were almost uniformly harsh and repetitive, with indecipherable vocals buried under layers of noisy guitar riffs and metronomic drumming. Some of the records featured covers of Suicide, The Pop Group and Can as bonus tracks.

Duncan

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Lardpony

Synthy indie-pop from derby, often seen around the midlands (and, increasingly, further afield) supporting bands like Bearsuit, The Research, Mates of State and so on.

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Fatlip

Fatlip (b. Derrick Stewart in 1969) is an American rapper and former member of the alternative hip hop group The Pharcyde, which he was a member of from 1990 to 1995. After being fired from The Pharcyde, Fatlip began his solo career with the single "What's Up Fatlip?" in 2000, but did not release a solo debut album until 2005, when he released "The Loneliest Punk". Fatlip has appeared on songs by many artists, such as The Chemical Brothers, Neon Neon and N.A.S.A.

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Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931

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Menswear

Menswe@r were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig, appearing on the cover of Melody Maker (in an article about Camden club night Blow Up) before they had recorded a note. They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica.

The Charm Offensive

Formed in Nottingham not very long ago, it's members from all over the world - the British world at least - The Charm Offensive are an alternapoprock trio that sound like noise and distortion desperately trying to disguise a tune; like a melody that wants to love you and hurt you at the same time. These are pop songs. Just very, very heavy pop songs. The line up of Mark (guitar/vox), Lawrie (drums/vox) and Kylie (bass/vox) have been together just 9 months.

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science fiction music

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Olivia Louvel

Olivia Louvel is a French-born British composer, producer and performer, crafting electronic songs from laptop and voice. Within a few bars you know you are in the world of Olivia Louvel, unique, minimal, weird and wonderful electronica with a human breath. Her musical ground zero was 2003 when she bought her first computer and started her digital compositions.Learning from scratch, she honed her production skills and made her debut with the release of “Luna Parc Hotel" in 2006. "Luna Parc Hotel" was released on Angelika Koehlermann run by Gerhard Potuznik.

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Potential Bad Boy

Potential Bad Boy - London based jungle producer turned garage producer turned jungle producer. Welcome home. He describes his style as more musical and traditional than that of many of his peers, which means he focuses more on vocals and makes more direct references to the music's roots in reggae. Surveying the scene he's come back to, McFarlane feels the future looks good. Key track - Meat of the Ghetto - Potential Badboy feat. Junior Dangerous on Jekyll and Hyde Recordings - LF2526

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Gary Wilson

Hailing from Endicott, NY, Gary Wilson is an archetypal figure in the "outsider music" movement with other artists like The Shaggs and Jandek as its most notable members. Gary Wilson first came onto the scene in 1977 with "You Think You Really Know Me," which he recorded alone in his parents' basement. Using synthesizers and spinning disturbing tales of obsession with different women, Wilson's record had no effect on the mainstream but its cold detachment and electro-funk aesthetic was a hit with the college radio stations.