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Serafin is two artists: 1- is a London based group formed from the ashes of Stony Sleep, consisting of Darryn Harkness (Guitar, Keys, Vocals), Ronny Growler (drums) Ben Ellis (bass), Ben Fox Smith (guitar, Vocals) and then later with Christian Smith (drums, vocals) and JoJo Hoppe (Bass), The exciting mixture of raw alternative rock with grungy elements really shows best in their highly energetic live shows. The first album, No Push Collide, released in summer 2003 was critically acclaimed. They released several acoustic versions of older and newer songs for free download on their website in 2005. Their second album,...

Welcome to ‘GRAFITI’, the transcendent new project from Leama and James Davis. Leama, known for producing underground hits on labels such as Perfecto Records, Sony Music and Hooj Choons and as one half of 'Leama and Moor', achieved success last year with the album 'Common Ground' and has now teamed up with talented UK based DJ / producer and promoter; 'James Davis'. Having realised that they share an analogical taste in both music and production, they rapidly started to gel in the studio. 'We aim to produce great electronic music ranging across various genres that represents our tastes. We are...

Mohammed Wardi began singing at the age of five; his first hit was in 1960, and he still has the most extraordinary effect on a Sudanese audience, having come to embody the collective memories and aspirations of an entire nation. Mohammed Wardi sings not only in Arabic but also in his native Nubian - a quite different sound from Ali Hassan Kuban - drawing on 7,000 years of culture. The soaring voice of "golden throat" Mohammed Wardi has won acclaim right across the African Sahel and the Arab world. Although this singer from Nubia was in exile for 13 years...

In 2007 Serafina released a 7" single and an album entitled Cheap Demo Bad Science on Static Caravan records. Some were recorded and produced in collaboration with Mike Lindsay of folktronica band Tunng, some tracks were recorded with Kristian Robinson aka Capitol K. The album opens with a cover version of Brian Eno's "By This River" but all other songs are her own. In 2010 'change is good change is good' was released, again on Static Caravan. Described by Jarvis Cockeras one of his favourite albums of the year and well 'worth a listen', this album had struggled into existence...

Drafi was born on May 9th 1946, in Wedding, Berlin, Germany. At age 12 he taught himself how to play the guitar, and age 14 Drafi performed in public for the first time. Eddie Cochran was his favorite idol. Finally at age 17, he joined a talent search, where Heino Gaze discovered him and offered him a record contract. The same year, his first record came out. Drafi and his band played beatmusic in the German language, which was not really appreceated by the German media. For a while Rock'n'Roll concerts were even forbidden. Though he had many hits in...