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Haila María Mompié González wurde am 28. Januar 1974 in Las Tunas im Osten des Landes geboren. Seit Ihrer frühen Kindheit standen Tanz, Musik und Gesang im Zentrum. Nach Ihrem Tanzstudium trat sie 1991 verschiedenen Bands bei und wurde zudem in zahlreichen kubanischen Musicals und Cabaret engagiert. 1992 tourte Haila mit der "Guajira Habanera Show" zum ersten mal ausserhalb von Cuba in Mexico. 1994 stiess sie zur bekannten Band "Bamboleo" und landete als Leadsängerin ettliche Hits in Cuba. Bamboleo füllten Tanzlokale und Konzerthallen. Haila wurde als einer der herausragendesten jungen Stimmen gefeiert und zählt zu einer der besten ihrer Generation....

Active in music and the art world, Mikhail Karikis was first spotted by music innovators Björk and Graham Massey and selected for commercial release on Björk's 'Army of Me' album. He has released alongside Scanner, David Toop and others. His music spans from electronica, to alternative pop, Balkan folk and avant-garde. Mikhail's solo album Orphica is to be released in Spring 2007 on Quatermass. Check out Mikhail's myspace profile http://www.myspace.com/mikhailmusic .

UPDATE: (09/27/2010): Debut EP from Hailey's new band, WOJCIK, is available now as a FREE download at: http://wojcik.bandcamp.com . . NEW LAST.FM PAGE: http://www.last.fm/music/wojcik . . . On her full length album, DIORAMA, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Hailey Wojcik (VOY-chek) explores the many meanings of that word. Part theatre, part museum exhibit, each song is a musically unique and detailed glimpse at a life. The album was produced by Dan Romer (Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Owen Youngs) and makes use of a wide range of instrumentation, from Indian banjo to mellotron to recorded samples of animal noises, as well as strumstick, horns, ukulele...

Hail Seizures is an acoustic punk band from Olympia, WA and have been together since 2006. They play acoustic instruments and break lots of strings. They have 2 full length albums out on their label DITCHES RECORDS www.ditchesrecords.com . they also a split 7" w BLACKBIRD RAUM out on GOX RECORDS. They are part of the Black Powder Record collective. .