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Kumo came into existence in 1994 when Jono Podmore began work at Watershed Studios, London, UK and with Plink Plonk records, founding 2 sister labels to Plink Plonk: Autoi and Psychomat. He began to play the Theremin, developing new techniques for live performance of electronic music. After a string of singles and remixes as Kumo, March 1997 saw the release of his first album Kaminari to significant critical acclaim. A series of live dates and international DJ commitments followed, including the Essential Music Festival, the Sonar festival, and the Graz Biennale. 1997 was also the year that Jono moved temporarily...

Kikumoto Allstars is Australia's Cam Farrar holding a candle to the original house music, producing with all analogue synthesizers and drum machines including the famous Roland range (TR-909, TR-808, TR-707, SH-101, Juno range, JX-8P and of course the TB-303 which started the acid house revolution), paying homage to Tadao Kikumoto, the brains behind these now legendary machines. Cam Farrar was first drawn to electronic music when he saw Devo on Australian television in the early 1980’s. From here his thirst for more led him to a mixed bag of music from disco to punk. As a teenager, inspired by punk...

Samettivallankumous ("Velvet Revolution") is a Finnish band formed during the summer 2007. Their music has been described as "arctic country", and it has a great deal of finnish melancholy in it, yet it's still heartfelt and warm. Their debut album Täällä mies, kuuleeko nainen? was released 31st of October 2007. The band members have earlier played together in bands Ville Härkönen & Velvet and Maryland. www.myspace.com/samettivallankumous .