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Katalyst

There is more than one artist named Katalyst. 1. Katalyst is Ashley Anderson, one of Australia's leading Producers. Working out of Sydney, Katalyst received the prestigious 'Best Producer' award at the Australian Dance Music Awards in 2002.Before embarking on a solo career, Katalyst's previous work has included an album with producer illpickl. Under the name of Moonrock, the two producers released a self titled album in 1998. Tracks from this self titled album featured on many compilation albums during the late '90s. This then served as a launching pad for Katalyst's solo career.Katalyst's debut album 'Manipulating Agent' was......

Mansun

Mansun were formed in Chester in 1995 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, lead guitarist/ backing vocalist Dominic Chad, bassist Stove King and drummer Andie Rathbone. Arriving on the Britpop-dominated scene as a beat-driven art rock band, Mansun liberally mixed progressive rock, psychedelia, art pop, shoegaze, 80's noir and electronic elements; instead of singles releasing numerous multi-format EPs bookended by concept albums, often changing their style (and peculiar uniforms) each release. Along with this they were a renowned live act who often drastically rearranged their songs on tour: extending some into heavy jams, combining others into epic suites.......

Madredeus

Madredeus is a Portuguese band whose music combines fado influences with modern folk music.The band's founding members were Pedro Ayres Magalhães (Classical guitar), Rodrigo Leão (keyboard synthesizer), Francisco Ribeiro (cello) and Teresa Salgueiro (vocals). Magalhães and Leão formed the band in 1985, Ribeiro joined in 1986. They'd been searching for a female singer, and found Teresa Salgueiro in one of Lisbon's night clubs. Teresa liked their music and agreed to join, so in 1987 Madredeus recorded their first album, Os dias da Madredeus.The first album was recorded in their rehearsal space, a disused abbey in Lisbon (Convento da Madredeus. The recording was......

Philter

When you step into the Philter universe, his self-described cinematic electronica makes up only a portion of the experience that spans beyond the music into film, merchandise, animation and video games. With a dedicated and growing fanbase worldwide, his first album The Beautiful Lies became a success upon arrival and resonated with a much larger demographic than a typical electronica album. The single “Revolver” made it to the top of NRK P3 Urørt playlist (Norway’s largest radio list) and was, by far, their most downloaded artist of all time at the time. Both the album The Beautiful Lies and the single, “Revolver” have been certified gold. His follow-up, The Blossom......

Olive

There are many artists called Olive. A trip-hop group from the United Kingdom and a doom metal band from the Syria. There is also a french rock singer, born 1955 & died 2006.1. Olive Sheffield, England : Two of its members, producers Tim Kellett and Robin Taylor-Firth, had departed from their respective groups, Simply Red and Nightmares on Wax, prior to forming Olive with vocalist Ruth Ann Boyle, who Kellett had met while recording her vocals for live manipulation at a concert by The Durutti Column.The group released their first single, "You're Not Alone" in 1996. Although the song took a year for audiences in England to catch on to, it eventually made......

Elefant

There is at least 2 bands named Elefant. 1. Elefant was an indie alternative rock group hailing from New York City. Elefant began when frontman Diego Garcia left Brown University to pursue a career in music. After a year, he hunted down bassist James Jeffrey Berrall, guitarist Mod and drummer Kevin McAdams and formed the eclectic indie group Elefant. After creating the four-song The Gallery Girl EP, they were signed by Kemado, and their debut album Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid was released. On February 16, 2006, a digital version of their sophomore album, The Black Magic Show, was released on the iTunes Music Store here. On June 30, 2010, the band posted on their MySpace page......

Ruel

The laid-back, soulful ease with which Ruel sings his catchy pop tunes could only be delivered by a true natural. But the British-Australian songwriter—born Ruel Vincent van Dijk in 2002—has also been working at it for a sizable chunk of his life. Ruel was on the precipice of his teenage years when his dad sent a demo of him doing a James Bay tune to producer M-Phazes (Demi Lovato, Eminem) in 2015, kickstarting his run as one of 21st-century pop’s foremost purveyors of feels. His debut EP, 2018’s Ready, proved that he was exactly that—before even becoming a legal adult, Ruel built a record packed with well-crafted, R&B-inflected, chart-ready songs. The breezy rhythm of......

Blueface

Blueface is an LA based rapper who rose to prominence extremely fast, largely due to his high energy, spur-of-the-moment performances and his tumbling, off-kilter flow. He went viral in late 2018 due to success of songs like “Respect My Cryppin'”, "Dead Locs" and "Thotiana" from his mixtape Famous Cryp. In 2019, he released the mixtape "Dirt Bag" Since then, in 2020, he has released the mixtape Find The Beat. Source