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Morcheeba

When Morcheeba last toured Brazil, they stayed in a São Paulo hotel with a swimming pool bar called the Skye Bar on its roof. One day, singer Skye Edwards was swimming in the pool when the manager came up and told her, "You do realise this pool is named after you, Skye?" This gives some measure of how far and how deeply the band's influence has spread since they first sketched out the blueprint for trip-hop with their debut album Who Can You Trust? some 18 years ago. It's a journey which has taken the brothers from their native Kent and Skye from East London to performing for tens of thousands of ecstatic fans in South America and China, along the way......

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) is a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral, United Kingdom. OMD record for Virgin Records (originally for Virgin's DinDisc subsidiary).The group was founded in 1978 by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, after they had been involved in several bands, including The Id. Later drummer Malcolm Holmes and saxophonist Martin Cooper joined. McCluskey and Humphreys formed the core of the outfit until 1989, when the group split in two. McCluskey retained the name and continued to record and tour as OMD with a new line-up until 1996, while Humphreys, Holmes, and Cooper formed "The......

Gravitonas

Gravitonas is a brand new Stockholm-based music project, fronted by lead vocalist Andreas Öhrn and celebrated record producers and songwriters Alexander Bard and Henrik Wikström. Gravitonas was formed in the autumn of 2009 and immediately signed by Maria Molin-Ljunggren to her Universal Music-associated company Lionheart Music, where the band is the first act to be launched on the brand new pop/rock label Sofo Records with the release of the Gravitonas debut single and video "Kites" on April 28, 2010."Kites" will be released globally as a digital download and streaming maxi-single in no less than 15 different versions with a total playing time of over 77......

Kirka

Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin (September 22, 1950 - January 31 2007) was one of Finland's most famous musicians. Kirill Babitzin was born in Helsinki in 1950 to a Russian emigrant family. His musical career originally began at the age of five when his grandmother gave him an accordion. He later won an accordion competition at the age of ten but left the accordion playing for rock'n'roll. His first band was The Creatures in which he joined in 1964, under his artist name Kirka.Babitzin got his breakthrough in 1967 when he joined the band called The Islanders (originally led by Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen as the major vocalist) and began touring in......

Anna

There are several artists called Anna: 1) Anna Santos (Spanish/Japanese) of Latin band BON-BON BLANCO, who solos as "Anna"2) German pop band (written "AnnA")3) 90's Rock band from Croydon, England4) Techno Project ("Schneewittchen EP")5) Swiss rap artist (Debut: "Still Young", 2006, muve/Musikvertrieb)6) Ukrainian nu-metal band.7) Brazilian tech house and techno producer (written "ANNA")8) Italian rapper from La Spezia1) Anna Santos is the vocalist of Latin band BON-BON BLANCO. She releases her solo work under just "Anna". Anna's father is Spanish American, and her mother is half Japanese. She used to......

Blackfield

Blackfield is a collaboratorive music project led by Israeli rock singer Aviv Geffen. Together with the English musician Steven Wilson, they have released three albums under the moniker: Blackfield and Blackfield II as equal partners, and Welcome to my DNA with Geffen taking a more dominant role. With the release of Blackfield IV in 2013, Wilson is taking an even more passive role, acting only as a contributor and mixer, and played his last live show with Blackfield in April 2014.Current band members are drummer Tomer Z, bassist Seffy Efrati, and keyboardist Eran Mitelman. Former band members include Chris Maitland (replaced by Tomer Z, 2004) and Daniel Salomon (replaced......

Prince

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, record producer, actor, and director.Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince was known for his electric work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant fashion sense and use of makeup, and wide vocal range. His innovative music integrated a wide variety of styles, including funk, rock, R&B, new wave, soul, psychedelia, and pop. He sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He won eight Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award for the 1984 film Purple Rain.......