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Youri Blow

Youri Blow (b. 1981) is a French folk singer-songwriter. He was born on 6th March 1981 in Troyes, France. After a number of experiences in pyschedelic blues rock bands in the tradition of Pink Floyd, the Doors, and Santana, at the age of twnty-one Blow decided to go to Peru for two months. Once back in France, he took to the road solo, inspired by the "mercenary troubadours" of the Delta blues, whose music he began to infuse with the feelings he had of Peru -- a blend he calls Psychéblues.

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Naive New Beaters

Ladies, fat boys and tennis players get ready ! Here come the incredible Naive New Beaters, best beat in town. Take an American wannabe singer, a 90's rock'n'roll fan and a French programmer. Leave them two years in a dirty flat, feed them with 80's nostalgia, audio devices, kinky language and you'll find out what it's all about. Careless with music traditions, the Naive New Beaters go from hot sand to burning snow, throwing a powerfull music filled with wild melodies.

DJ Mehdi

DJ Mehdi (born Mehdi Favéris-Essadi in 1977) is a french DJ since 1992, who began in the rap band Ideal J (with Kery James). He also spun for 113. He created the label "Espionnage", with names like Rohff, Rocé, Karlito, Dj Feadz, and Zdar (Cassius).
He has also worked with Assassin, MC Solaar and Keziah Jones. Mehdi took part in several Original Soundtracks such as "Femme Fatale" (De Palma) and "Rois et Reines" (Arnaud Desplechin).

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Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar, born in 1967, real name Christophe LeFriant, is a French record producer, DJ, remixer and co-owner (with DJ Yellow) of the label Yellow Productions. Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was just 18 years old, specializing in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was Gym & Tonic, a track produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique.

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The Veil

There are currently at least four bands called The Veil. Two of these bands hail from the UK, the earliest version being a relatively unknown goth band from the 80s, another a contemporary rock. A third band originates from France, and a fourth from Australia. 1. The Veil is an 80's goth band from the UK. 'Surrender' is their one and only album they released. As with many female fronted goth bands, the band got easily dismissed as another Siouxsie & The Banshees clone. No wild guitars or tribal drumming here; the music is quite relaxed on this album.

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Busy P

A full decade after the release of 'Homework', and 8 years after Oizo broke through, Busy P (Pedro Winter) is the head of one of the most exciting record labels in the business. But for 11 years (and counting) Busy P has been handling Ed Banger and Headbanger, his management/media company. Oddly though, Busy explained that the method behind starting Ed Banger Records was fairly straightforward. "I had no plan when I created Ed Banger records," he told us, "I just wanted to share what I've learnt with Daft Punk.

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Emilie Simon

Émilie Simon is a French singer and composer born on July 17, 1978 in Montpellier. She began her musical education at a French conservatory at 7 years old. By age 18, she was studying Musicology at the University in Montpellier, France, and then obtained her Master in Musicology at the Sorbonne in Paris. Émilie was intrigued by the idea of combining her traditional musical education with new music technologies and studio experimentations.

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Mimosa

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) an alias of DJ and producer Robert Collado
2) an American indie/alternative rock band from Los Angeles
3) a Taiwanese post-rock/screamo band from Taipei
4) a French indie band Mimosa is an alias of dubstep/glitch hop/grime DJ and producer Robert Collado. He hails from the bay area of San Francisco. His Albums are Hostilis, Flux for Life, and Psychedelic Stereo. His Myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/tigranmimosa

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