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There are two artists with this name; (1) a Danish world/folk/jazz trio (2) an alias for the electronic musician fred debief. (1) Bazaar was founded in 1976 by Peter Bastian (bassoon, clarinet, ocarina & percussion), Anders Koppel (Hammond organ) and Flemming Quist Møller (Percussion). Their music is inspired by traditional music of Balkan and Turkey, though they have as well roots in the free jazz of Keith Jarrett. They don’t want to be characterized by a specific genre, however they have agreed to the general term “world music”. Their concerts are known to be empathy-filled and energetic. At the beginning...

The band has started working in the end of February in 2008. The music is stylistically very diverse, based on ska roots, with various influences from jazz to punk sounds. From the very beginning the band started with very intensive concert activities at clubs and on festivals, from which can be noteworthy: -Babel Sound Camp festival on the lake of Balaton in Hungary -Gigs in clubs Jazz it in Salzburg and Cross club in Prague -Demofest in Banjaluka in 2010., as the opening ack for the british group Stereo MC’s -EXIT festival, three years in a row 2008-2011 -Reggae Serbia...

ZzzAam (잠) was a Korean shoegaze band formed in the late '90s, hailing from the arts-centric Hongdae region of Seoul. Their self-released album "Requiem #1" appeared in 2002, followed two years later by their second and final release, "Mirror Game." Their consistently downtempo compositions were simply truth in advertising; Zzzaam is the Anglicization of a Korean word meaning "sleep." The group claimed inspiration from the 1960s experimentalists in the Velvet Underground and that group's spiritual descendants in Sonic Youth. Footage of Zzzaam's live performances find band members abusing guitars with drumsticks, a move lifted from Thurston Moore and company. They...

Qwazaar is a recording artist from Chicago, IL., born and raised on the South side in the Dearborn Homes housing projects. He is co-founder of the formation Typical Cats (on the Galapagos4 label), together with producers Dj Natural and Kid Knish and fellow vocalists Qwel and Denizen Kane. As an MC, he has a complex flow and a guttural voice, which he uses to tell his stories. Qwazaar delivers lyrics that are as intense as they are well-crafted, as he demonstrates on his solo debut 'Walk Thru Walls', released in 2001 on the Frontline Entertainment label. Qwazaar Has 7 full...