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Public Opinion Afro Orchestra

Inspired by the infectious afro-beat music of Nigeria and its neighbours, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra delivers contemporary African funk to Australian dancefloors. This mammoth ensemble comprises nineteen musicians hand-picked from Melbourne’s music scene. The experience and creativity of these established musicians energises the group’s original compositions and the sound of the entire band is a force to be reckoned with.

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Onra

Onra is a French beatmaker currently residing in Paris. He released his first album with other french producer and friend Quetzal (Al Quetz) in 2006. A hip-hop tribute to soul music which was played several times by Gilles Peterson, Benji B, and covered on Okayplayer.com. At the same time, he started collaborating with American keyboard player called Byron The Aquarius and released an album under the name of The Big Payback in 2007 on Japanese label Circulations. A project full of different influences such as futuristic hip-hop, spaced out and jazzy broken beats.

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Ghost mutt

There are multiple artists that share this name: 1. Ghost Mutt is from Brighton UK- Expect sparkling synth arpeggios, chunky rhythms, chopped up divas and dirty bass ... oh, and maybe a few dollops of new jack swing. He is resident at Brightons acclaimed Donky Pitch club night alongside Slugabed
Check his recent interview and mix for Sonic Router: http://bit.ly/ghostm_sr 2. Ghost Mutt are a lovely little 'beach gothic' band from Airey's Inlet, Victoria. They make some sweet, sweet indie and they pull off a tight, energetic live show in their incredibly skinny jeans.

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The Beatnuts

There are currently two groups: The Beatnuts; a hip-hop group and BeatNuts; a Japanese instrumental latin jazz-fusion group. The Beatnuts are a hip hop crew from Queens, New York City. The members are Ju-Ju (Jerry Tineo), of Dominican descent, and Psycho Les (Lester Fernandez), of Colombian descent. Early on in their career they produced whole albums for Posse members Common and Chi-Ali. Their production is noted as some of the finest and most accomplished, if unheralded, in all of hip-hop...

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