D.I.M. (a.k.a. Andreas Meid) is a German artist who lives in Hamburg. Born as the son of Lothar Meid, who is the bass player in the Krautrock Band Amon Düül II, Andi is member of "Boys Noize Records" and "Turbo Recordings". He has made several remixes for the likes of Kim, Shameboy, Teenage Bad Girl, The Presets, Chromeo, fisherspooner and many more. Together with Alex Ridha (Boys Noize) he forms a project named PUZIQUe.
Recently migrated from the capital city of the West Midlands – Coventry – to the southerly climes of London, Ghostpoet looks set to make his mark on 2011. The softly spoken 24 year-old has already won over BBC Radio 1's foremost tastemaker Gilles Peterson with a handful of off-kilter, loopy electronic ditties blessed with his delightfully rambling musings on modern life. Signing to Peterson's Brownswood Recordings imprint, a free EP entitled "The Sound of Strangers" sidled into the public domain in June 2010.
Moskitoo is Sanae Yamasaki (b. 1978), a sound-artist and graphic designer residing in Sapporo, Japan. She began making music in 1997 playing guitar and small casio keyboards in various bands in Sapporo. In 2005 she began writing, playing, and singing under the moniker Moskitoo. "Drape" (2007, 12k1041) was her first full-length release. A 4 track EP with remixes shortly followed, featuring remixes by Frank Bretschneider, Mark Fell and Taylor Dupree, who was also the mastering engineer on "Drape".
SBTRKT is an anonymous producer based in London. Graciously allowing the music to speak for itself - even going to the length of performing behind a mask every time he plays out. Having just wrapped up remixes for Basement Jaxx (‘Scars’) and Franz Ferdinand (‘Send Him Away’), he’s got the airwaves in a stir with Benji B, Mary Anne Hobbs and Gilles Peterson singing his praises. With releases forthcoming on the equally anonymous Brainmath label, Ramp Recordings and the ever fun Young Turks. 5 things about SBTRKT:
Sarah McLeod is the former frontwoman of Aussie rock band The Superjesus. McLeod is one of the best recognised women in the Australian music scene and is known for her enthusiastic and unique stage presence. She already has three ARIA awards and over 300,000 record sales to her name (from her Superjesus days), and has been to referred to as the "iconic aussie rock chic". McLeod, originally from Adelaide in South Australia, started singing in her late teens.
Wolf Gang is the stage name Max McElligott from London, UK, son of a historian and a violinist and former student at the prestigious London School of Economics. He runs a MySpace page citing his musical influences to be, amongst others, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, David Bowie and Kate Bush.
Wolf Gang is managed by Angus Murray and releases on Neon Gold.
There are at least two artists with the name Bonobo: 1) Simon Green was born and grew up in rural Hampshire, escaping to Brighton aged eighteen. There he fell into the jazz/hip hop/funk/soul scene centred around Rob Luis and nights like phonic:hoop. An accomplished musician as a teenager, he began producing his own tracks, pushing at the template established in the sweaty little venues studding the Lanes.
Cunning MINX is the editor of Polyamory Weekly, a weekly podcast about responsible non-monogamy from a pan-sexual, kink-friendly point of view. Minx may also refer to one of the following:
The unstoppable rock machine MINX, born from the ashes of the band Scratching Post. Rising like a fiery Phoenix, MINX will bathe listeners with purifying flames of pure rock fury. From the band's Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/minx
Danny Daze is Daniel Gomez, a studio nerd and Dj with a taste for Techno. Djing at raves at the age of 13 is how his obsession with this sound was rooted. Raised in Miami, Fl. Daze is influenced by his Cuban culture, thus giving him the latin influence heard in some of his music and Dj sets. With other influences by Giorgio Moroder and Anthony Rother, Daze's Dj sets are deeply commanded by Detroit Techno and Italo Disco.