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Γιώργος Νταλάρας

George Dalaras (Greek: Γιώργος Νταλάρας), also sometimes transliterated as Yorgos or Giorgos Ntalaras, is a Greek singer. He was born in Nea Kokinia, Piraeus on 29th September 1949. His father was Loukas Daralas (Λουκάς Νταράλας), a famous singer of rembetika. Much of Dalaras’ work is dedicated to the history of the Cypriot political situation. He was initially inspired by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. However, he has been noted for continuing political themes into the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he produced many concerts for the cause of the Cypriot people.Dalaras has sold more than 10,000,000 records in his career and is regarded as one of the biggest names......

Cornershop

Cornershop is an Indie Rock band formed in 1991 from Leicester, UK, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion). Most of the original members were also in the Preston band General Havoc.Their name comes from a term that refers to Indian immigrants that move to England, in that they often own street corner stores. Their music is a fusion of Indian music, British indie rock, and electronic dance.In 1997, Cornershop shot into the UK charts with the song 'Brimful of Asha' reaching number 60! Things......

Alacran

Alacran was a short living project of fusion between electronic lounge music and tango ingredients, in the style of Gotan Project. Alacran just recorded a demo tape and a short album and disappeared after that. Stefano Micarelli(Produce/Guitar) and Paola Fortini(Vocal) were the duo members of Alacran.Members of Alacran were Ignacio Egaña (lead vocals and bass), Oscar Lasprilla (guitar and keyboards) and Fernando Arbex (drums, percussion and guitar). Source

Lanu

New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based producer Lanu (aka Lance Ferguson) marks a distinct departure from the raw, deep funk of his other project, The Bamboos. Brimming with future soul and broken beat flavours, forward-thinking production and intuitive jazz sensibility, Lanu’s sound has been informed and inspired by the digital rhythms of West London and Detroit. Ferguson has drawn on his experience as an international DJ and performer to create an album with enough depth and versatility to work just as well on a decent set of headphones as it does on a club soundsystem. Source...

Celestial

There are multiple artists called Celestial.1. Celestial is a Hong Kong based collective conceived by Peter Milward, initially creating music in the vein of Enigma and Deep Forest but with largely Asian musical influences. The debut Spirit House was released in 1996 and was followed by Happy Valley 快活谷 (2001), Hong Kong Dub Station 香港空轉 (2004), Electric Road 電器道 (2007), Cloud Songs (2009), Return To The DubStation 返嗒 (2014), and Retrospect 七重天 (2016).2. Celestial is the work of Andreas Hagman from Örebro, Sweden, playing shoegaze/indiepop with jangly guitars, sweet melodies and soft vocals. 3. Celestial are a now-defunct thrash/death metal band from Sydney, Australia. The......

Train

Train is a Grammy Award winning rock band formed in San Francisco, California. To date, three of their albums have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and have sold a total of over 4 million albums in the US. Four of their songs have been top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including their highest charting (#3) and best selling (certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA) worldwide hit "Hey, Soul Sister." Train has found success on modern adult contemporary radio stations, where they have had four #1 songs on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart, the latest being to date their most successful (peaking at #34) secondary single off an album, "If It's......

Derail

Members:Vocal 楓-KAEDE- →DERAIL→Stir(yu-ji)Guitar 魁-KAI- →DERAIL→Guitar 刹那-SETSUNA- →DERAIL→Bass 亜紀-AKI- →DERAIL、Syndromeサポート→ジャッカル(ナオヤ)→Drums 澪流-MINA- →DERAIL→Mudgett→D=OUT(ミナセ)Band from theMatina label, formed in the beginning of 2002 by KAEDE (vocal), KAI and SETSUNA (guitars), AKI (at that time was a support member in Syndrome) on bass and MINA (drums).They released the demo-tape "Vital Vision" on february, the maxi-singles "Leaves" and "Secret Lover" on may and on august respectively, besides the single "D:I" also on august.On december 25 released their first mini-album "Fifth Shapes", and on december 31 they......

Inspiro

Spiros Voidis - the man behind Inspiro - started Djing in the early 80s in his native city of Athens, Greece playing dance tracks at high school parties. Inspiro's professional Dj career kicked off at the age of 16 at a club called ''Winstones''. At that time, he was using 4 turntables and mixing classic disco, funk, freestyle and electro grooves. His next major residency was as Dj Spencer at ''Profile'', a hip Athens club in the late 80's. His multi-textured sound and unique mixing style always drew a crowd and the place was packed, even on weeknights. In 1993, Inspiro moved to Toronto, Canada to study music production and......