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POLLYN

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Pollyn is Genevieve Artadi, Anthony Cava, and Adam Jay Weissman, three L.A. natives who create moody electronic pop music.   Their first full-length album, This Little Night, was released Feb 10, 2009 on itunes, Amazon, and emusic. Pulling influences from soul, prog-rock, jazz, and electronic music, Pollyn’s sound is hard to categorize, yet familiar. Pollyn has done official remixes for: Gorillaz (DARE Pollyn remix) Buffalo Daughter (Socks, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll sample208 remix) Liquid Liquid (Optimo sample208 remix)   Featured on Urb’s Next 100 list for 2007 Band member Adam Jay Weissman also goes by the name Sample208. Pollyn’s music has been featured in ABC’s Life As You Know It, the indie film This Girl’s Life, and in designer Jeremy Scott’s web series.

TRENT REZNOR

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Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician. Reznor is the founder and main creative force behind the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. He is also the only official member of the band, as he composes and plays all the instruments himself; however, different producers, engineers and musicians are assembled to assist him in writing and performing new material, and a backing band accompanies him on live shows. Reznor writes all of the lyrics himself and is in sole control of the group. Michael Trent Reznor was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland to Michael J. Reznor and Nancy Clark. Reznor was called by his middle name to avoid confusion with his father. After his parents divorced, Trent lived with his grandparents and his sister Tera lived with their mother. Reznor began playing the piano at the age of five and showed an early aptitude for music. In a 1995 interview, his grandfather Bill Clark remarked, “Music was his life

PREMIERE YEAR ZERO - HI ADVENTURE - FLORIANOPOLIS - SC

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Photos   of the   launch party   of the   YEAR   ZERO ,  best   surf movie   of   2011, according to   Surfer magazine :  http://bit.ly/rHJNYf Photos   of Pablo   Vaz.  Dj : D.A.V.I - Factory.

24/12/2011 - SPIRIT CLASSICA - SANTA CRUZ DO SUL

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23/12/2011 LEGEND

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LAUTMUSIK

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LAUTMUSIK (“loud music”, in German) was formed in the Fall of 2006 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Mainly influenced by 80s post-punk and 90s guitar rock and shoegaze, its music does not fit, however, into either of these categories, as it ambitions solely to reflect band members’  diverse musical taste and life experiences. Self-produced debut 6-track EP, Black Clouds with Silver Linings, was recorded independently in Porto Alegre and released in December, 2007 and The 4-track EP A Week Of Mondays was recorded independently in Porto Alegre in July, 2008. Produced by Lautmusik and Eduardo Suwa; cover art by Rodrigo Prati. Lautmusik's first and second EPs, Black Clouds With Silver Linings (2007) and A Week of Mondays (2008)

BELLERUCHE

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Belleruche   is a band consisting of   Kathrin DeBoer ,   Ricky Fabulous , and   DJ Modest . Formed in the lesser bars and pubs of North London in 2005, the band now record for the Brighton based   Tru Thoughts   label. Influenced by vintage blues records, punk girl drummers, obscure 60’s cover bands and experimental west coast turntablists, they describe their sound as ‘Turntable Soul Music’.   Belleruche released a series of three extremely limited 7” records on their own Hippoflex Recording Industries label before signing with Tru Thoughts. These individually numbered 45’s (with hand screen-printed sleeves) quickly sold out in the UK’s independent record stores and attracted a cult following in the UK and Europe, having been hand-distributed by the band at gigs.   In 2007 Belleruche signed to Tru Thoughts and their debut album   Turntable Soul Music   was released in July of the same year, gaining admiring reviews both at home and abroad and becoming the fastest-selling debu

PETER GABRIEL - 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF "SO"

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SLIGHTLY STOOPID

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The Slightly Stoopid story can be traced to Ocean Beach, California, when childhood chums Miles and Kyle formed the group in 1995, mixing reggae and punk sounds into one smooth stylistic cocktail. Soon after, Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell discovered the duo and asked them to perform a set at the Foot Hill Tavern in Long Beach, California. It was afterwards that Nowell immediately signed them to his label, Skunk Records, while the band was still in high school.[1]. A pair of releases soon followed—1996’s punk-tinged Slightly $toopid (featuring a guest appearance by Nowell on the song “Prophet” – later covered by Sublime and released on their box set, Everything Under the Sun) and 1998’s surf-inspired cult classic The Longest Barrel Ride. The group self-released 2001’s Acoustic Roots: Live and Direct (a 40-minute acoustic set, captured live at San Diego ‘s Rock 105.3 radio station) – the first for their own label, Stoopid Records, before issuing 2003’s Everything You Need on Surfd

HOW TO DRESS WELL

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How to Dress Well is the alias of Tom Krell, creator of narcotized, lo-fi R&B. In October 2009, Krell started posting batches of his clouded tunes to his blog.  They’re marked by his high voice; piercing and fragile like the rest of his music. Late 2010, his debut album Love Remains was released via Lefse/Tri Angle Records. On July 12, he released an EP titled Just Once via Love Letters Ink comprised of 4 orchestral versions of  One Thirty BPM just got back from a remarkable set from soulful R&B sensation How To Dress Well, aka Tom Krell, and got an interesting bit of information dropped at the show. Krell announced to the adoring Echo Park audience that the follow-up to last year’s  Love Remains  will be arriving sooner rather than later, with the album already underway and a release planned for the fall. Krell noted that he has about “twenty songs already recorded” and plans on recording a number more. This was the first time he had been to L.A. since he was ten ye

YELLE

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Yelle (a feminised acronym of YEL, “You enjoy life”) is Julie Budet, a French singer from the town of Saint-Brieuc, France, who started performing in 2005. She rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled “Short Dick Cuizi”, dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC. With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Yelle has recorded a debut album Pop-Up, after her hit single “Je Veux Te Voir” (a finalised version of “Short Dick Cuizi”). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers’ 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also featured on Fatal Bazooka’s song “Parle à ma main” in 2007. In February 2008 she performed the track “À cause des Garçons” on the BBC Three series “Lily Allen and Friends”. The series claimed that this was her first appearance on UK television. She was MTV’s ‘Artist of the Week’ for the week of 24th March-30th March 2008, appearing during adverts. Yelle’s second single “A Cause Des Garçons/ACD

DEVICS

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Devics  is a dream pop band from Los Angeles, California consisting of Sara Lov,Dustin O'Halloran, Ed Maxwell, Theodore Liscinski, and Evan Schnabel. Their music can be described as melancholic. In 2008, Devics covered The Cure's "Catch" for the American Laundromat Recordsproduced compilation "Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure". It was recorded by Pall Jenkins of the Black Heart Procession and included performances by Scott Mercado, Jimmy LaValle, Pall Jenkins as well as Dustin O'Halloran and Sara Lov.

VITALIC

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Vitalic (born as Pascal Arbez in 1976) is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Italian descent. His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene. He decided to make music when he heard Daft Punk’s Rollin’ & Scratchin’ in a club in his hometown Dijon. He became good friends with Michel Amato, also known as The Hacker, whom he met in the Rex, the “techno temple” of Laurent Garnier. The Hacker suggested he send his new tracks to DJ Hell, head of Gigolo records in Munich. Pascal did so, and International DeeJay Gigolo Records, released the well known Poney EP in 2001, which was a huge success shortly after its release. With the track “La Rock 01”, Vitalic created a club anthem which was a hit in the summer of 2001. The track was also included on many compilation albums, even rock compilations. In 2005, Vitalic’s debut album, OK Cowboy was released on Different/PIAS Recordings. Pascal states that

METRIC

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Metric  is an indie rock band formed in 1998 at Toronto, Canada and based at various times in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles. The band members are Emily Haines (vocals, synthesizers),James Shaw (guitars), Josh Winstead (bass) and Joules Scott-Key (drums). Initially Metric was a duo made up by Haines and Shaw, then in 2001 Winstead and Scott-Key joined the band. They took the name “Metric” in 1999 after a synthesizer beat that Shaw used on his sampler and as a reference to their musical precision. The group’s music encompasses elements of indie rock, new wave and dance music. Besides Metric, Emily Haines and James Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene. Joules Scott-Key and Joshua Winstead have their own side project, bang lime. Emily Haines released her debut album Cut In Half and Also Double  in 1996 and two records under the moniker Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton: the album  Knives Don’t Have Your Back  in 2006 and the 6-track EP  What Is Free To A Good

PHANTOGRAM

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Phantogram   is a   trip-hop / psych-pop   duo which formed in 2007 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA and consists of   Sarah Barthel   (vocals, keyboards) and   Josh Carter (guitar, vocals). Their music can be described as a culmination of unique street beat rhythms, psychedelic melodies and organic textures. The band practices and writes music in an out-of-town farm called Harmony Lodge. The group name was inspired by the optical illusion called   phantogram . Barthel and Carter were friends since junior high school. Barthel pursued a visual arts degree while Carter formed the experimental band Grand Habit. In the summer of 2007 they reunited and worked on finishing some beat ideas Carter made earlier. The duo was originally called   Charlie Everywhere   when performing around the Saratoga Springs area on the local label Sub-Bombin Records. When they signed to BBE Records they changed the name to Phantogram, to avoid legal issues. In March 2009, they self-released a five song

TROMBONE SHORTY

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Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews (born January 2, 1986) is a trombone and trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Troy Andrews is the younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews . Growing up in New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood, “Trombone Shorty” was participating in brass band parades as a child, carrying his trombone even before his arms were long enough to reach all the positions of the slide. Andrews was a bandleader by the age of 6. Originally attracting attention for his youth, by his teens he was attracting attention for his musical virtuosity as well. He attended the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). And as a graduate he joined the ranks of others like Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Irvin Mayfield and Nicholas Payton. In 2005, he was a featured member of Lenny Kravitz’s horn section for a world tour that shared billing with acts such as Aerosmith. Six weeks after the levees failed in

FRITZ KALKBRENNER

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Fritz Kalkbrenner , brother of the Berlin-based   Paul Kalkbrenner , grew up in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg, which is full of projects, sadness and desolation. It’s the nineties – nothing to do but lots to fuck up. And for most of the people from that time and that corner of the world there is nothing more important than first of all: hanging around, killing time and second: music, music, music. Month by month Fritz spent all of his little pocket money on spray cans and dusty old hiphop vinyls, eg. Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-ONE and Wu-Tang Clan. And for having a soft spot for those old hiphop artists, his brother Paul and buddy   Sascha Funke   kept making fun of him… over and over again. Because Paul and Sascha were already infected by the techno virus, Fritz – the late bloomer in the crew – shall follow the lead some day. From his brother Paul and Sascha’s point of view, ’97 was the time when they’ve decided to smuggle Fritz into the legendary Berlin club Suicide Circus.