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James Yuill

Like many music lovers of his generation, James Yuill has a passion for both the emotional songwriting and atmospheres of artists such as Nick Drake, Radiohead and Sufjan Stevens and the visceral beats and dynamic rhythms of Justice, Chemical Brothers and Aphex Twin. Unlike anyone else however, Yuill has fused these seemingly disparate influences into a magical sound of his very own, something that hasn’t gone un-noticed; he is quickly becoming an influential part of London’s popular “folktronica” scene. Since the UK release of Turning Down Water For Air this past October 2008 on revered independent label Moshi Moshi Records (Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Au Revoir Simone), Yuill has garnered a huge amount of critical attention, including features in NME, Dazed and Confused and Clash Magazine, who featured him as “Best Newcomer 2008.” UK radio also jumped on board, with DJs including Huw Stephens, Colin Murray, Zane Lowe and John Kennedy all championing him on air. A hectic live schedule i

No Surprise (Earth Version) - James Yuill

James Yuill / How could I Lose

James Yuill - No Pins Allowed

James Yuill - This Sweet Love

James Yuill - No Surprise

Spearhead - Hole In The Bucket

Michael Franti

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Michael Franti

Michael Franti is a gifted and much-heralded spoken word artist and political activist from San Francisco, CA. As leader of the politically and socially-charged group Spearhead, Franti is at the forefront of hip-hop’s renaissance, expanding the music’s boundaries as he draws on funk and soul-driven beats. Through his music and poetry, Franti tackles a range of issues—the criminal justice system, corporatization of our daily lives, AIDS, gay rights, homelessness, the death penalty, drug addiction and suicide. Earlier projects of Franti include  The Beatnigs  and  The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy , which had more of an experimental/industrial sound, but addressed many of the same social/political issues. As a celebration of the Election of Barack Obama Franti recorded the Obama Song, offered as a free track on downloaded at their offical website,  www.michaelfranti.com/ .

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Soulshine

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey World

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey

Animal Collective - Fireworks

Animal Collective - Peacebone

Purple Bottle - Animal Collective

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Animal Collective - Brothersport

animal collective

Baltimore, MD (2000 – present) Animal Collective is a New York City/Washington, D.C/Lisbon based music collective of avant-garde musicians from Baltimore, Maryland. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform.  The band members met in school and started recording together in various forms of collaboration from a young age. Although the band is often classified as psych folk or noise rock, it is hard to define the Animal Collective sound as they often experiment with diverse styles and ideas from album to album. The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks on which they have released their own material as well as material by artists such as Ariel Pink, Terrestrial Tones, and The Peppermints. Paw Tracks’ latest signee is Tickley Feather, with whom the band recently

Animal Collective - My Girls

Zuco 103 with Tomy

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Zuco 103

It has been 13 years since Lilian Vieira, from Rio de Janeiro, moved to The Netherlands. It was there that Lilian, a former nursing student, started singing nights in Amsterdam and Zuco 103 was born. Zuco 103 is a trio lead by Lilian that brilliantly mixes traditional Brazilian singing and European electronic music. The great majority of the lyrics are in Portuguese with the exception of a few written in English. The name of the band, Zuco 103, was suggested by the drummer Stefan, who, with his poor Portuguese, wanted to say “suco” which means “juice” but instead said “zuco”. Lilian liked the mis-pronunciation so much that the name was approved. “The 103 is the alcohol tax” in Amsterdam, explained the singer.  The Start After having given up to start nursing school again in the Netherlands, Lilian started singing in the night, and taking singing lessons in the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where she met Stefan Kruger, a drummer who had a passion for Brazilian music. “We made a bossa n

Zuco 103 @ North Sea Jazz 2008, Rotterdam

Zuco 103 - Longing

Zuco 103 - Treasure

Cinnamon Chasers - Two Hours Time

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Cinnamon Chasers

Cinnamon Chasers, solo project of Russ Davies, has strong musical roots and cites early pioneers like Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, Jean-Micheal Jarre, and KLF as key influences and leading to modern talent such as Alan Braxe, Rex The Dog, Junior Boys…   Rather than create pretentious moody dance music Russ wants to create music that has an honest heart, and good intentions, and feels like a good friend. Cinnamon Chasers achieves this with a perfect blend of crisp electronics, Pop based song structure and melodies, and an Indie feel. Cinnamon Chasers have been gaining major notoriety this year with their tune and video Luv Deluxe, which just won the award at the 2010 SXSW Conference for Best Music Video. The video has been a major viral hit on the web with over a million views in the first two months of launch and is being screened on over 30 film festivals world wide. Sunset Drive is their eagerly anticipated follow-up release and is a perfect warm-up for the summer season with 5 sun

Cinnamon Chasers - Ultraviolent

Cinnamon Chasers - Ray of Sun

Cinnamon Chasers - Jetstream

Cinnamon Chasers - Luv

The Album Leaf - On Your Way

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The Album Leaf   officially began in 1998 as the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, guitarist for san diego ,   california -based   post-rock   band   Tristeza . LaValle has also performed in several other San Diego-area bands, including   Swing Kids ,   The Locust ,   GoGoGo Airheart , and   The Black Heart Procession . An Orchestrated Rise to Fall Jimmy LaValle had been playing a ocarina in the post-rock instrumental band Tristeza. Being a multi-instrumentalist, during downtime in the fall of 1998, he began playing drums for San Diego band GoGoGo Airheart. The singer and guitarist for the group, Mike Vermillion (which later inspired the song name “ Vermillion ” on   One Day I’ll Be on Time ) recorded LaValle doing improvised material playing to a vintage roland drum machine on a Rhodes Piano that would become his first full-length album, the 10-track   An Orchestrated Rise to Fall . Benjamin White of GoGoGo Airheart and Vermillion both supplied added improvisation with synthesizers a

The Album Leaf - Always for You

The Album Leaf - There Is A Wind

The Album Leaf - On Your Way

Gorillaz - Stylo

Gorillaz-On Melancholy Hill

Gorillaz - Hong Kong (Studio)

GORILLAZ

Gorillaz are a British virtual band formed in 1998 by a collaboration between   Damon Albarn   of Britpop band   Blur   and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. They had the idea to create the band while watching MTV in their London flat and originally intended to call the project   Gorilla . The band is comprised of four fictional band members: 2-D (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar, vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums). These characters only appear in animated form and are not alter-egos of real people, as is often mistakenly assumed. There is an extensive fictional back-story behind these band members, written by Albarn and Hewlett. The albums, several videos and their autobiographical book Rise Of The Ogre   all tell the saga.   Damon Albarn   is the only permanent musical contributor to the band, which is a collaboration between various musicians. Their style is broad, with a large number of alternative influences including   rock ,   hip-hop