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Skrillex

Skrillex is the pseudonym used by Sonny Moore to differentiate his dance music from his band music. It was originally an old AIM screenname of his. Throughout 2010 Skrillex has become more and more a part of Sonny Moore’s life, having released the ‘My Name Is Skrillex EP” for free and ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ through Mau5trap on Beatport exclusively until November 19th, where it will arrive at all other digital distribution stores and websites.

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Camo

Camo, AKA Reini Rietsch was born in 1983 and lives in Salzburg, Austria His first real love was skateboarding. He started in 1992 and is still riding today. His second love came in 2002, when he started trying to get some sort of music out of his computer. A lot has happened since 2002 and now he is one of Austria's most up-and-coming Drum And Bass producers. He spends almost every night making music and collaborating with producers all over Europe. No wonder his university career, study of communications, isn’t going as well as his musical one.

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Jigsaw Torture

There are two artists under the name Jigsaw Torture: 1. An Australian <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/brutal%20death%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">brutal death metal</a>/<a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/grindcore" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">grindcore</a> band from Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, formed in late 2010. The original line-up included Brendan Hutchinson (vocals), Lucas Ross (guitars), Tyler Clifford (bass) and Taz (drums). The band recorded a 4-track demo in early 2011, passing them out at live gigs. In mid 2011, lead vocalist Brendan announced his departure from the band, stating the next three live performances would be his last before the band recruited a new vocalist.

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Drop the Lime

Everyone comes from somewhere, but some people wear the cities they’re from like badges of honour. Drop the Lime is Luca Venezia, one of those people whose identity is intrinsically connected to his hometown – New York City. And while many have only just heard of the magic of Drop The Lime, Luca has been honing his craft for years. From humble beginnings as a choirboy to a childhood obsession with 50s rock’n’roll...

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Xian

There are multiple artists with the name XIAN: 1.) Xian is an alias of Christian Bishop of Melbourne, Australia.
Xian's previous music projects included the renowned metal outfit 'Filthy Maggoty Cunt' as well as Art-Wank Black Metal Trio 'Morloch'.
As well as establishing himself as a highly recognized and respected producer and performer, Xian also operates the label/collective 'Black Lotus'. Formed in 2001, Black Lotus focuses on supporting experimental artists by hosting events and releasing music through various media.

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Toecutter

1) Mashcore/noise producer from Sydney, Australia has been releasing since 2001.
2) Power Violence band formed in Leicester UK in December 2008
3) Australian Metal/Thrash band formed in 2000 by guitarist Mark Woolley Melbourne Australia . Woolley was the long time guitarist for Hobbs Angel of Death. Following the demise of his own project Hatred, Woolley formed Toecutter : http://www.myspace.com/toecuttermetal and released the 'Lost Culture' album. Band reformed in 2009, to work on new material and a return to live gigging.

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Mark N

Australian-based scholar in the (increasingly passé) art of strictly analogue vinyl DJing.
Ex-member of Nasenbluten.
Overseer of the now deceased Bloody Fist Records.
Capitalist. Collector. Cantankerous old man.
Info from DJ Mark N

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Killjoy

There are five artists sharing the name Killjoy. 1. Killjoy is a breakcore producer from Sydney, Australia.
Producing and releasing under the name Killjoy (sometimes written kill//joy) since 2002, he has toured in many different countries and released material on major breakcore labels such as Kamikaze Club (Fr), Murder Channel (Jpn) and BRK (Fr). Killjoy CD and Vinyl releases can be purchased at various online record stores including:
Switch Records: www.switchrec.com (France)
Noise Exchange: www.noisexchange.com (Australia)

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Paul Blackout

Paul Blackout (Paul Rayner) Paul started going to 'raves' in 1993, and after collecting many recordings of various radio shows, he started buying records, and a little while later, his first set of decks. First he played old school techno and breaks, stuff like early Moving Shadow and Formation, along with Edge Records, Rabbit City, Bonzai etc etc. After hearing Wedlock's "Acid Rain" on Ruffneck, he got the bug for hardcore, and went on to play hardcore techno, such as Ruffneck, Twisted Vinyl, Rotterdam etc until he got into some harder traxx too.

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