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Franco Battiato

Franco Battiato (born 1945 in Sicily, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and painter.
He is considered one of the most original personalities in music from the 1970s to now. Battiato's songs are dreamy, controversial collages of images and sensations, very experimental and convoluted, rich of esoteric, philosophical and East Asian religious themes. His collaborations (from 1994 onward) with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added further depth to his apparently nonsensical lyrics...

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Ian Boddy

Ian Boddy is one of the UK's leading electronic musicians, helping to pioneer the UK EM scene and continuing to influence it to this day with his diverse approach. Ian's early albums were rhythmic, melodic and tuneful in nature. He has always experimented with different concepts with his music, from live drums and occasional vocals, to unusual ethnic instrumentation and clever use of samples. His more recent work has become more ambient, and also more daring and experimental through a variety of collaborations with influential EM musicians including Ron Boots...

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Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin

Instrumental Tourist, by Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), is the first chapter of SSTUDIOS (Software Studio Series), a new venture in the Software Recording Co.’s expanding catalog. SSTUDIOS invites artists in the field of electronic music to create collaborative works of quality and vision. With a deliberate focus on source material of a synthetic and mimetic nature, Hecker and Lopatin designed a sound palette from the acoustic resonance of digitally-sourced “Instruments of the World.

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Daniel Vincent

Daniel Vincent is a multi-instrumentalist and producer, who is most commonly known as one half of post-progressive duo The Resonance Association. In 2001 Daniel formed ambient rock band Onion Jack with his brother Pete. When the band disbanded in 2005, Daniel continued to create music as Karma Pilot, and also under his own name in numerous acoustic performances. In 2006 Daniel met guitarist Dominic Hemy and together they formed The Resonance Association, a creative partnership that continues to this day.

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ROVO

Rovo is a psychedelic rock-jazz band founded in 1996 in Tokyo by former Boredoms guitarist Seiichi Yamamoto (山本精一), electric violinist Yuji Katsui (勝井祐二), and synthesizer/effects technician Tatsuki Masuko (益子樹), with Jin Harada (原田仁) on bass guitar, Hiroshi Nakanishi (中西宏司) on synths, and featuring two drummers/percussionists, the prolific Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (芳垣安洋) (of legendary improv noise group Ground-Zero) and Yoichi Okabe (岡部洋一).

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The Resonance Association

The Resonance Association was formed in 2006 by guitarist Dominic Hemy and multi-instrumentalist/producer Daniel Vincent. Their music is hard to categorise as it varies stylistically between each release. The band's website includes references to "experimental electronica, space rock, EBM, post-rock and progressive rock". The duo have released numerous free EPs, both via mrs.vee recordings and Burning Shed. The Resonance Association Volume One (Aug 2006)

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Intelligentsia

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Originally from space, MIRAI ('Future Boy') is the founder of the neo-futurist network 'Intelligentsia' - its prime directive to bring together artists on the vanguard, with an amalgamation of innovative philosophy and positive future. Mirai spent his teens designing video games in the U.K, released over 10 titles from age 14 onwards, and then moved onto music, video & fashion during the growth of the rave culture, where he began to group in numerous members into his unit.

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Octave

* Nume adevarat: Octavian Teodorescu
* Pseudonim artistic:Octave S-a nascut la 29 ianuarie 1963, in Bucuresti. Inca din copilarie ii placeau toate tipurile de instrumente si muzica in general. Desi parintii sai observasera acest lucru, nu l-au orientat in acest sens. La varsta de 16 ani a vazut primul concert rock din viata sa: Suzi Quatro 1979 live in Bucuresti. Impactul a fost foarte puternic. Genul acesta de manifestare artistica, Rock, ii va marca adolescentului de atunci devenirea artistica ulteriora.

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