Dot.AY
Dot.AY is Alex Yabsley from Brisbane Australia.
He makes music that tries to be both experimental and accessible through this desire he stumbled upon chiptunes and creating music with Gameboys and lo-fi toys.
Since then he has been writing music as much as possible and performing live, most recently in a variety of support shows for the following artists: Crystal Castles, Girl Talk and Dan Deacon Website: http://dot-ay.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/dotaymusic
Kharkov
Kharkov (John Bartley) is an electronic artist from Melbourne Australia. This nom de plume arose in 2005 with his first release, ‘Something Tangible’, on the artist run label, Brother Sister Records. In 2007 John released his second live instrumental offering ‘Guzheng’ and 2009 has seen Kharkov’s latest release ‘Glitch/Space’, a seven inch pressed at Peter Kings DIY plant in New Zealand. This release marks a return to his interests in early minimal techno and ambient music.
Meet Me In Cognito
Meet Me In Cognito is a post-hardcore synthpop band from an undisclosed corner of an abandoned building on an uncharted island. Currently, their only release is a four track sampler from September 2009. These songs are available for free download at http://www.myspace.com/meetmeincognitobaby or right here, on Last.fm :) Currently the band is working on a new batch of songs with their new vocalist which will be unleashed upon you in the not to distant future... Get excited! The band is:
Terry - Synth/Backup Vocals
Brianna Carpenter
Brianna Carpenter remembers her childhood and the times she used to play Barbies whilst listening to Elton John. Ever since then Brianna has been fascinated by song writing and has developed through other musical influences such as Jamie Cullum, Ben Folds Regina Spektor and Bic Runga. Brianna now creates a mix of Folky Alternative Pop. Even though she was born completely deaf in one ear this has not stopped Brianna’s drive to compose. Brianna began song writing at the age of 13 and after writing her first real song "The Web" people started to recognize her talent.
Australian String Quartet
The Australian String Quartet is Australia's leading string quartet, and presents an annual program of chamber music throughout Australia and internationally. Founded in 1985 the ASQ has received critical acclaim both at home and abroad for performances of a diverse range of repertoire, including world premieres of contemporary Australian works. Overseas tours take the quartet to North America, Europe and Asia.
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John Thompson
John Thompson is the best known performer of early music for the Chinese silk string zither, the music instrument most favored by Chinese philosophers and aesthetes (in Chinese: qin ["chin"] or guqin ["goo-chin"]). After a college degree in Western musicology (early music) and graduate studies in ethnomusicology, he began in 1974 to study China's silk-string guqin zither as played at present. Since 1976 he has focused on early repertoire, personally reconstructing over 150 melodies published in 15th and 16th century handbooks.
Foxglove
Foxglove refers to two artists: [1] - Foxglove is a parisian indie-pop band formed in 2002. A "Train EP", mixing pop and noisy was released in 2005. There are now 5 members in Foxglove, with Fab (bass, guitar, keyboard...) and Lorenzo (drums- he's also Eldia's singer and guitarist) joining Horse, Nick Beat and Clem at the end of 2005. Foxglove are also founders (alongside Underground Railroad) of Ultrasonor, an association that organises gigs in Paris featuring both French and British bands.
Pets with Pets
Melbourne, Australia based noise/punk/disco duo.
Born out of a desire to create a punk electronic sound that resembled the post-frankston hangover, Zayde Thring and Jannox Undermonds formed Pets with Pets in feb 2007.
They are currently touring Australia as their sound quickly gains underground popularity...
they seem to have attracted the interest of the international music press: "They are called Pets With Pets And darn they've got one fucking cool song.