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EK

Mexican Death metal band with prehispanic influences. They were formed in 2003 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Lyrical themes include Ancient Cultures and Ancient Mexican Religion/Gods. -- Same artist name -- EK is a breakbeat producer and DJ from Melbourne, Australia. Combining varied musical influences to create a fusion of tuff beats, twisted electronic sounds and epic melodies that have won him support from some of the biggest names in the global breakbeat scene.

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Atomic Hooligan

Atomic Hooligan are a breaks duo from London. You Are Here, their debut album, was released in 2005. The two are also well known for their remixes. Matt Welch is a classically trained violinist since the age of 4 and holds a Masters in Music. The other Hooligan and Turntabelist / DJ extraordinaire Terry Ryan is a graduate of the School of Audio engineering and has been spinning the decks since he discovered body hair.

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Sub Focus

Nick Douwma a.k.a. Sub Focus came to the DnB scene from Guildford, UK in 2003, and broke through with a number of tracks in his first year including "Acid Test", and "X-Ray". Entirely self taught, he was noticed at first by Andy C and, in a matter of months, went from being one of many wannabe producers to becoming a permanent fixture of the award winning RAM Records family. Recent releases on Ram Records include tunes such as "Airplane", "Flamenco", "Juno" and "Swamp Thing".

Freestylers

The Freestylers formed in 1996 when DJs and dance music producers Matt Cantor, Aston Harvey and (initially) Andrew Galea joined forces. All three of them had been involved in the British dance music scene since the 1980s. Cantor had recorded as Cut n' Paste and Strike with Andy Gardner (Plump DJs). Aston Harvey recorded as Blapps! Posse best known for the 1990 breakbeat dance hit "Don't Hold Back" before working with Definition of Sound, Rebel MC and DJ Rap (as DJ Rap and Aston). Harvey joined with Galea under the name Sol Brothers before Cantor was recruited to form the Freestylers.

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Bass Kleph

Bass Kleph writes the kind of tracks where the whole club does a double take, then bum rushes the DJ to find out what the F##K is this?!?. It’s a dirty, bouncy, querky, sexy, sensory assault of less is more Tech/Electro. A mash of straight beats, and break beats, big bass and house treats. It’s that… well it’s that Bass Kleph sound. He describes the sound as a war on average, fought by Amazonian swimsuit models with machine guns, and he’s not too far off.

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Sola Rosa

Since 1999 Sola Rosa’s Andrew Spraggon has been tantalising listeners with otherworldly aural experiences, honing his craft and taking Sola Rosa from a self-released one man project to fully-fledged live powerhouse along the way. A number of highly-regarded albums have been released under the Sola Rosa moniker - 2001’s Solarized, 2003’s Haunted Out-takes, and Moves On in 2005 – each one picking up numerous nominations and getting Spraggon onstage for award acceptance speeches at both the NZ Music Awards and b-net Music Awards.

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Lee Burridge

Lee Burridge is an internationally known house and breakbeat DJ. He is from the UK but lived and worked in Hong Kong and occasionally Thailand during the 1990s. Returning to London, he gained fame and popularity. In 2001, he released the DJ mix Nubreed 005 for the Global Underground Nubreed series. In 2001 he also released the Tyrant 1&2 compilations with Craig Richards on Fabric records, London. In 2003, he released the second mix for the Global Underground series 24:7, and in 2005 he joined with Sander Kleinenberg to release This is Everybody! On Tour.

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Feed Me

There is more than one artist called Feed Me. 1) Feed Me is Jon Gooch (AKA Spor)'s electro/house/breaks project. The first release by Feed Me was 'Mordez Moi', on Noisia's Division label, the second was 'The Spell / Raw Chicken' released on Mau5trap. After completing a stack of remixes for the likes of Gorillaz, Chase & Status and Chris Lake, Feed Me released his much anticipated 'Feed Me's Big Adventure EP' (also on Mau5trap) exclusively to Beatport on Christmas Day 2010.

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Hybrid

There are at least five groups called Hybrid. In order of popularity: 1) Mike Truman & Chris Healings have been writing, producing, touring and DJing all over the globe for the best part of a decade (amassing near 250 productions). The duo have written four LPs, 'Wide Angle' which was released in 1999, “Morning Scifi” released in 2003, “I Choose Noise” in 2007 and "Disappear Here" in 2010, all on Distinctive Records.

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