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Major Lazer

Diplo and Switch certainly live the life. Hugely successful DJs/producers in their own right, last year they joined forces and headed to Jamaica to explore their Rasta roots. The locals were a bit dubious about their dancehall credentials--Diplo, being a skinny white kid from Philly, and Switch, being a baldy, beardy ginge from Birmingham--but the pair proved their worth in the studio and have recorded with artists like Elephant Man, Gyptian, and T.O.K. http://www.majorlazer.com/

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Eddie Halliwell

Eddie Halliwell is an English dance music DJ, from Wigan, England. Eddie has held residencies at Goodgreef and Gatecrasher, was named DJ of the year by mixmag in 2003 and reached number 17 in both the 2005 and 2006 DJ Mag Top 100 poll. As well as making a name for himself on the UK and international club circuit, Eddie is also a resident DJ for BBC Radio 1. Having been brought up in the north west of England, it is where Eddie made his name at clubs such as Gatecrasher and Goodgreef.

Sneaky Sound System

Sneaky Sound System is a Sydney-based dance/pop outfit featuring Black Angus, MC Double D and Miss Connie. The band has enjoyed considerable success on the Australian charts with hits "I Love It", "Pictures", "UFO" and "Kansas City", and have toured with the likes of Robbie Williams, Jamiroquai, Sam Sparro, and the Scissor Sisters. Their second album "2" is out in Australia and "Pictures" has been released in the UK. Their offical site is www.sneakysoundsystem.com

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Nadastrom

Nadastrom(ˈnä-dəˈstrȯm) - Established 2007: The collective brainchild of Washington, D.C. natives Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom. Emerging duo experiencing significant buzz. i.e. The debut release from Nadastrom sold out on vinyl and became a digital store annual bestseller. As a longtime resident of Spin Magazine’s “Best Party in America”, Taxlo, Dave Nada perfected his in-demand dance floor sensibility, combining elements of dance, hip hop, and punk rock. Not long after that he was touring the world with well-respected DJs like DMC champ DJ Craze, DJ Ayres, and Tittsworth.

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Minilogue

Minilogue are a Swedish Progressive House/Tech-House/Minimal Techno music project of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson. The name is a portmanteau of minimal (the musical style) and dialogue, which refers to music as a form of communication. Beside their music production as Minilogue, they are both involved in the projects Son Kite and Trimatic, and Sebastian has the soloprojects Kooler, Filur and Ooze. Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds.

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Busy P

A full decade after the release of 'Homework', and 8 years after Oizo broke through, Busy P (Pedro Winter) is the head of one of the most exciting record labels in the business. But for 11 years (and counting) Busy P has been handling Ed Banger and Headbanger, his management/media company. Oddly though, Busy explained that the method behind starting Ed Banger Records was fairly straightforward. "I had no plan when I created Ed Banger records," he told us, "I just wanted to share what I've learnt with Daft Punk.

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Sidney Samson

Sidney Samson (born 2 October 1981) is a Dutch disc jockey and dance musician. Samson started DJ'ing at the age of 14, focusing on hip-hop music before working seriously on house music. He is a DJ at The Matrixx, a major Dutch nightclub and released "Bring That Beat Back" and "It’s all funked up" on the digidance and Spinnin' Records labels respectively. His most popular song "Riverside", was released in 2009, which reached No. 2 on the U.K Charts, No. 8 on the Dutch Top 40 and No. 10 on the Australian ARIA Charts.

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Tomorrow People

Hailing from the centre of NZ, Tomorrow People introduce their brand of 'sunshine reggae'. The 8-pc unit consists of musicians from all ethnicities who found common ground in their love for reggae music. Bringing a sunshine reggae/island breeze feel about their sound. Telling stories of good vibrations, celebration, love & peace & a take home musical vibe. Their influences are Third World, UB40, Eddie Grant, Toots & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Gregory Isaacs, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Fiji, Herbs and Katchafire.

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The Juan MacLean

Prior to becoming one of the most significant acts on the DFA label, John Maclean was a member of Sub Pop band Six Finger Satellite. Initially, Six Finger Satellite fit in with the remainder of the Sub Pop roster, but after one EP, they took a sharp turn into herky-jerky post-punk that was inspired by Devo, Big Black, and Suicide instead of Black Sabbath, The Stooges, and Led Zeppelin.
By the time they went to record their final album, 1998's Law Of Ruins, krautrock began to play a major role, and so did LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy...

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