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Knightlife

1. Knightlife is an Australian House DJ from Melbourne signed to Cutters Records. Biggest record is "All Systems". Remixes include tracks from Alex Gopher, Cut Copy, Bag Raiders and Midnight Juggernauts. http://www.myspace.com/dancewithknightlife 2. Knightlife is an American Pop Band signed to Blisstunes Recording Corp. and based in Los Angeles, Ca. Knightlife "Idol Maker" In a land far far away, somewhere on the gritty streets of Hollywood...

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Karnivool

Karnivool is a five-piece progressive rock group based in Perth, Australia that was formed by Ian Kenny in 1996, who at the time filled the roles of both guitarist and vocalist for the band while they played Carcass and Nirvana covers. Their name stems from the band being initially described by local fans as "a bunch of clowns". Their style of music can be classified as both progressive rock and alternative rock, with alternative metal undertones. Major influences of the band are Nirvana, Radiohead, Meshuggah, Pink Floyd, Tool, Soundgarden and Carcass.

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The Endless Pandemic

The relatively new band The Endless Pandemic are a Quintet from Brisbane, Australia playing Experimental Deathcore. Bringing in elements from many other genres which allows the Music to range from heavy brutality to being rather explosive and flowing into a harmonic Serenade for easy listening.. or just a break.
The boys are soon to go back into the Studio to record a new song. This new song will go up on MySpace as a teaser for the upcoming EP mid to late 2010.

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Urthboy

Urthboy is an Australian MC, hailing from the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. He started out in the late 90s with the live hip-hop group Explanetary, alongside fellow MC Realistix, Elgusto (drums) and Luke Dubs (keys). The latter two went on to form Hermitude. He quickly became involved with the fledgling Elefant Traks label, as well as becoming a founding member of The Herd. Currently a director and label manager of Elefant Traks, Urthboy oversees much of the daily operations of the label, from A&R work to promotions, media and accounts.

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Russell Morris

Russell Morris (born July 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who had many Australian Number 1 singles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. His most successful song was The Real Thing, written by Johnny Young, and produced by Ian Meldrum. It was the biggest selling Australian Single of 1969, and was released when Morris was 20 years old. The song was released in two halves on a small label in the United States of America and received limited international success as a result, although it did reach #1 in large cities such as Chicago.

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Coerce

Coerce, a four piece band from Adelaide and Melbourne Australia. The debut full length record titled 'Silver Tongued Life Licker'. Released as a LP w/ CD package on June 13th 2009. Coerce is:
Michael Deslandes
Matthew Adey
Karl Roberts
Justin Bond Web home & Music:
myspace.com/coercethesound.
Contact:
capitalgames@gmail.com
coercethesound@gmail.com Their debut full length Silver Tongued Life Licker is a human tale and social summary, STLL shows all shades of a black and white rainbow.

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Lady Strangelove

Lady Strangelove combines the minds of Brendan Shaw, (vocals, harmonica, tambourine, percussion) Azz Shaw (Bass, Keyboard, Sampler), Josh Van Looy (Guitar), and Damo Satanek (Drums) to crete an experimental style of psychedelic dance-rock, fusing influences so vast that they span everything from Pink Floyd, Santa and Jimi Hendrix to The Chemical Brotheres, The Mars Volta, The Music, and Comets on Fire.

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Signet Mae

From the beginning, Signet Mae wanted to write great songs with a soulful honesty that also reflected a genuine artistic passion. A passion to explore songs rich in atmospheric sound scapes that combine beautiful melodies with lyrical sincerity. Nathan Russo, Ryan Belfield, Luke Sheldon, Adam Corcoran and Danny Batelic all grew up in different suburbs of Victoria, Australia and each of them point to significant early musical discoveries as life altering moments. This musical connection provided an outlet for creativity and an escape route from the mundane reality of suburban existence.

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Darker Half

Darker Half play METAL: drawing on the roots of classic heavy metal, they have been inspired by thrash, power, death, speed and more to build a unique style all their own. Darker Half come from Sydney Australia. The band is based around the dual guitars of Vo Simpson and Brad Dickson. The guitar harmonies of Vo and Brad intertwine searing lead breaks with Vo's screaming power vocals and brutal doom growl across the solid yet adventurous bass and drums of Simon Hamilton and Dom Simpson.

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KillaQueenz

KillaQueenz are one of the most promising Hip Hop acts coming out of Australia right now. They are renowned for their high energy shows and unrivalled dedication to the art. Hailing from Uganda and Belize, Kween G and Belizean Bombshell draw inspiration from their respective homelands to bring a fresh sound to the Australian Hip Hop scene. The girls first met at the 2000 Olympic Games where they were individually performing and through a passion of Hip Hop music KillaQueenz was formed.

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