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Alias of BEMANI artist Sota Fujimori, first used for the jubeat song Move That Body. According to Fujimori, the "Expander" name refers to the Oberheim Xpander, an analog synthesizer he used during his college years. May also refer to Expander, Portuguese DJ and label owner of Soniculture .

Honoring the Morphine legacy but not being restricted by it is a very tough challenge. A group going by the name The (Ever Expanding) Elastic Waste Band had been playing for a couple of years before even considering to cover Morphine tunes. The obvious difference between some random group playing Morphine songs and this one is that members Dana Colley (baritone sax) and Jerome Dupree (drums) were former members of Morphine. The only difference between Morphine and …Waste Band is that Jeremy Lyons, who commissioned a two-string bass just like Sandman, had taken over on slide guitar and the bass....

David Lilja and Patrik Rydberg are two musicians and producers from Sweden. In 1989, they started to make music together. This was a beginning of Cut 'n' Paste recording studio. At first, they composed some italo disco stuff, then they became interested in synthdance. First mindXpander tracks have been presented at MP3.com and Spacesynth.de (back then it was Laserdance.de). Thanks to that, they started their co-operation with Hypersound Productions. Two mindXpander tracks ("Star Runner" and "Floating Space Port") were released "Synthesizer Dance Vol. 1" compilation. After releasing cover album with Laserdance tracks in 2000, they were busy on composing and...

Featuring members of Bron y Aur and the Cue Lie, Plasma Expander were formed in 2004 in Cagliari (Sardynia). No goal was planned but to play freely and spontaneously across drums and guitars instinctive sections, merely patterned either on a mood or a slight outline. Totally unwitting and disinterested about the outcoming material identity, the band found itself moving from kraut territories to untied blues splinters. Some might call it free rocknroll. In 2005 Plasma expander performed a bunch of successful shows and in November 2005 they recorded their debut album with Simon Balestrazzi on the desk. The material was...