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The combination of electric and acoustic instruments with samplers and decks as well as the use of loops taken from cinematic themes and songs of the sixties and seventies define the Expert Medicine sound. The band's influences range from funk and acid-jazz to pop, freestyle and hip-hop. They sort of flirt with the atmosphere of Bristol's trip-hop scene, giving it a definite dance twist. Their debut album, Swimming Lessons, has just been released on DNA Label and features performances by two exceptional musicians, Yiorgos Kaloudis on cello and Daniel Armando on percussion. Band Website expert-medicine.com myspace.com/expertmedicine Band Members Alexis Zabaras...

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Spanish band, formed in 2005. The singer is Jota, from spanish indie band Los Planetas. Founded in 2005 by Manu Ferrón and Juan Rodríguez, aka "J" from succesful spanish indie band "Los Planetas". Other members are guitar player Víctor Lapido ("091", "Lagartija Nick"), bass player Miguel López ("Los Planetas") and Antonio Lomas, drums ("Lapido"). Their first album "Alegato Meridional" (El Ejército Rojo, 2006) is a hymn to the south, the mid-day (slow-tempo) activities and the joy of life. Sung in spanish with a strong accent from their hometown, Granada, the lyrics are mainly simple stories about meeting friends in the...

Here we are now… Introducing the third Messiah J & The Expert album, From The Word Go. So what’s changed? Well, over the last few years a lot has changed. The news is jam-packed with wars, job losses, elections, early budgets, recessions, climate change and all manners of global socio-political realities. So, where the last Messiah J & The Expert album, the Choice Music Prize-nominated Now This I Have To Hear dealt with personal relationships, writer’s block and tennis, From The Word Go questions the state of the world we live in today. Not that Messiah J & The Expert...