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Visions of Trees

Visions of Trees are two London musicians who became friends over the summer of 2009 and began recording together in a local basement shortly afterwards. Their sound is a disembodying reconfiguration of tribal-electronica, awash in echoing techno-ambience with vocals that range between cavernous and soothing. Good for meditation, catharsis, transcendance, epiphany, celebratory dance or any number of things that won’t easily let you split your attention.

DJ Dan

There are many reasons why DJ Dan has been tagged America's Hardest Working and Most Beloved DJ; since his start in 1989, Dan has been at the forefront of dance music culture. Beginning in the early days of the Rave scene in 1991 when Dan would play multiple parties throughout the weekends, ending it at his own legendary afterhours club No-Doz. He has been setting trends in dance music ever since.

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2 Many DJ's

Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, is an alternative rock band hailing from Ghent, Belgium. Even though the Dewaele Brothers have released several major albums under this moniker, including Leave the Story Untold (1996), Much Against Everyone's Advice (1999) and Any Minute Now (2004), the two are perhaps best known for their influential contributions to the bastard pop genre under the names Flying Dewaele Brothers and 2 Many DJ's and the landmark record As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2.

Datarock

Datarock is a Norwegian band. The band describes their sound as "a mixture of musical styles like." A trio of friends, Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien, conceived the group while at a festival in Bergen, and soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes continued the project. The band members list their major artistic influences as Devo, Talking Heads and the Happy Mondays.

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Four Tet

Four Tet is the name used by Kieran Hebden (born 1977 in Putney, London, UK) for his experimental electronic music-oriented solo efforts, to differentiate from his work with post-rock band Fridge. Hebden's solo work typically utilises samples lifted from various sources including hip-hop, electronica, techno, jazz, and folk mixed with his own guitar playing. Four Tet shares some stylistic similarities with other musicians, such as Prefuse 73, who use computer editing techniques that give the music a staccato, cut-up feel.

Pnau

Pnau is an Australian dance music duo from Sydney, NSW made up of Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes. The duo released their debut album Sambanova in 1999 under the Peking Duck label. However, the album was pulled from record stores due to uncleared samples a week before they won an ARIA Award for Best Dance Release. Warner Music Australasia re-released it in 2000, then released 'Need Your Lovin' Baby' in 2001.

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Portable

There are four artists that go by the name Portable: 1.) A Japanese Indies group that focuses on jmixing pop and electronica sounds. The group is made up of 3 members: Yuka (vo), Tatsuo Kimura (programming, synthesizing, composition), and Daisuke Yamaguchi (programming, guitar, composition). They made their first indies single in 2008, entitled EARTH.
Official Myspace: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/portablenet" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/portablenet</a>

These Kids Wear Crowns

Genre: Power Pop
Hometown: Vancouver (surrounding areas)
Album: These Kids Wear Crowns (EP) Released 9/11/09
Website: http://www.myspace.com/thesekidswearcrowns Members:
Alex Johnson- Vocals
Alan Poettcker- Bass/Vocals
Joe Porter- Guitars
Josh Michinson- Drums
Matt Vink- Keyboards/Programming
Joshua McDaniel- Gutairs Management- Jonathan Cook, Tommy Quon (TQ Management)
Label: Universal Music Canada
Photography: Dave Delnea
Booking: thesekidswearcrowns@gmail.com

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