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Ill.Gates

‘ill.gates’ is not so much an emerging artist as an emerging moniker of an established producer creating a new alias.
ill.gates, from Toronto Canada, is also known for his productions as ‘The Phat Conductor’ with releases on 2 Wars & A Revolution, Whomp, Promo, Dubble Sided Vinyl and also Venom records. He is one of Canada’s leading underground exports, holding it down since 1995 with gigs as far as Switzerland, the U.

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12th Planet

Born in Los Angeles in 1982, John Dadzie aka Infiltrata aka 12th Planet prescribes a transatlantic flavour to Med School. Growing up in the south of the city, John’s musical apprenticeship began in his high school days by playing in bands and regularly attending raves and jungle parties. The turning point came when he formed Imperial Recordings with DJ Lith, a stepping stone for John to excel in a field of production and management.

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Mimosa

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) an alias of DJ and producer Robert Collado
2) an American indie/alternative rock band from Los Angeles
3) a Taiwanese post-rock/screamo band from Taipei
4) a French indie band Mimosa is an alias of dubstep/glitch hop/grime DJ and producer Robert Collado. He hails from the bay area of San Francisco. His Albums are Hostilis, Flux for Life, and Psychedelic Stereo. His Myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/tigranmimosa

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Dark Sky

1) Dark Sky may refer to a collection of young Dubstep and Electronic producers formerly known as The Boogaloo Crew http://soundcloud.com/dark-sky 2) Dark Sky may refer to the German rock band formed in the 1980's in Rotweil
Dark Sky(Germany) have been founded as a school band in the very early 80's in the South German city of Rottweil. Financial problems of their record company at the time made a release of their completely finished debut album during the late 80's impossible and the band more or less caught it a day.

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Downlink

Downlink has been punishing dancefloors all over the planet with his heavy brand of dubstep. With roots in Jungle & DnB, he is no stranger to the vile side of subsonic dance music. Growing up in a cold industrial town in British Columbia, Canada, he was first introduced to dubstep in 2007 and soon after took to production. While maintaining an appreciation for the sparse and laid-back vibes of the old school, Downlink set out to explore a more frantic, adrenaline fuelled style, influenced by everything from heavy metal to astrophysics.

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Delete

There are several artists with that name: 1) "Delete" aka Sergio Munoz, an electronic artist / DJ from Caracas, Venezuela. The word ‘delete’ has become a seminal part of our modern lexicon over the past 20 years thanks to the advent of the internet and our global, digital culture. Delete is also the production moniker of an artist who too has been growing over the past 20 years. One whose sound and style are at once rooted in the musical heritage of his native Venezuela and home in the digital diaspora of our globalized techno-culture.

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Lorn

There are three artists who use the moniker of Lorn: 1) An electronic musician from the United States
Lorn is a producer based in Milwaukee. He has become the first non-L.A based (or related) artist to sign to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label/collective, on which he released his first official album, Nothing Else. Lorn’s debut album perfectly linked the scene’s current state back to those early years of experimentation that so few people know about. 2) Two-Piece Black Metal band from Italy 3) Drone from Croatia

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FaltyDL

FaltyDL is Drew Lustman outta New York City. He's making garage 'n stuff with his hands. Nostalgic tracks immersed in the old New York and Chicago sound yet creating a more subtle futuristic Big Apple version mashing together influences from hip hop, dubstep, garage, soul, jungle and electronica creating his own NYG. NYG. NYG. http://www.myspace.com/faltydl

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Breakage

BREAKAGE, a drum n bass, jungle, dubstep producer and DJ from the Inperspective records camp. Breakage has numerous releases on Reinforced, Inperspective and Bassbin. Labels which are recognized as being dedicated to the future sound of drum and bass.
James Breakage was 17 when he was first signed to Reinforced and then started to climb the producer’s ladder when he received considerable recognition from the UK dnb scene with an (un) authorized remix of Doc Scott’s “Here come the Drums”. But label-heads can rest assured, there's more than enough product to go round.