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Ouroboros

There are - at least - 5 artists/bands named Ouroboros: 1) A black metal band from Canada
2) A dark-esoteric-ambient act from Italy
3) A brutal death metal band from France
4) A doom metal band from Pittsburgh, PA.
5) A technical death metal band from Australia

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Spire

Jake Perrine (aka Spire) is a composer / producer / dj / performance artist currently resding in seattle washington. He performs dj / live laptop sets, as well as incorporating other media such as theatre, dance, voice and video. As well, Jake is a producer, remixer, masting engineer working with talented musicians to raise the bar on musicality, audio quality and sonic design. Remixing acts such as Sir Mix-a-Lot and Orbit Service, producing tracks with new artists, and mastering for several premiere west coast electronic labels, Spire truly is a Jake-of-all-trades at heart.

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Moonbase Commander

Moonbase Commander is the alias of the 20 year-old electronic producer, Nicholas B. Luke from NSW, Australia. Producing and programming music from 2010, Moonbase Commander is known for his specific blend of electronic style, combining Beats, Hip-Hop, Bass, Footwork, and many other genres. Get a bunch of his beats for free from here: http://moonbasecommander.bandcamp.com/ http://soundcloud.com/mbc

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Moon

There are quite some bands with the name Moon: 1. MOON, from Morgantown, West Virginia is a rock band who has been taking their love for punk, pop and 60's garage to new levels for more than 20 years now. The group consists of Mark Poole on guitar and lead vocals, Billy Sheeder on drums, Todd Moser on bass and Clint Sutton on percussion. http://www.thebandmoon.com. 2. Moon is a German band, consisting of Verena Johann (Vocals), Oli Beier (Keyboard and Laptop), Martin Lowis (Guitar and Laptop), Marc Bierbaums (Bass), Gerph Niebur (Drums).

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Nadja

Nadja refers to at least three different bands: 1- Nadja is a Canadian duo featuring multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker and bassist/vocalist Leah Buckareff. Originally formed in 2003 in Toronto, Canada as a Baker solo project, Buckareff joined in 2005 to bring the project out of the studio and into live settings. To date, Nadja has released over 10 full-length albums, in addition to various EPs, splits, and collaborations with such artists as Atavist, Black Boned Angel, Fear Falls Burning, A Storm of Light, OVO, and Pyramids.

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Grist

There is at least couple band by Grist name: 1)Grist is a no instruments_ no composition_ project of dark ritual drone ambient, from Australia/
http://www.myspace.com/thegristproject
2)Genre: Visual kei/rock GRiST is japanese visula kei rock band. They have just released just on maxi single called "「new born」" http://www.grist-mind.com/ 3)Genre: Glam rock/Emo/Punk/light rock Line up:
Marco - Vocals & Guitar
PenPen - Guitar
Jonathan - Bass & Backing Vocals
Xarper - Drums
Sammeli - Keyboard

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Rev. Kriss Hades

Reverend Kriss Hades is an artist from Sydney, Australia who is proficient at painting, drawing, playing and composing guitar and multimedia. He has had an art show and has played numerous concerts that are bending the norms of what live music and art constitute. If his influences had to be chosen, one would say he stemmed from Black Metal. His live performances usually consist of him standing robed on stage furiously playing improvised guitar over basic backing music which changes with each performance.

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TBC

There are at least three bands called TBC The oldest is TBC from Sweden. They started out as a progg band, but when the punk wave hit they changed their sound to a more punkier. The second is a Hip-Hop Instrumental band from Chomutov, in Czech Republic. Mainly producer and Dj is Michael Klega, teen music talent. The third is a group from the United Kingdom. A tour band for the Christian organization, innervation Trust, along with thebandwithnoname. Their website says this about the band:

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Grouper

Grouper is the solo project for ambient musician Liz Harris, of Portland, Oregon. Harris' music is a mixture of softly-strummed guitar, Wurlitzer keys, and her delicate, dreamy vocals, all of which are heavily drenched in reverb. Harris’ first album was 2005’s Grouper, a self-released full-length CD-R, followed later that year by Way Their Crept on Free Porcupine (re-released in 2007 on Type Records). Other recordings include 2006's He Knows, released as a 3" CD, the 12" Weird Forest release Wide in 2007, and a 7" called Tried.

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