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kimono is an experimental rock trio hailing from Reykjavik, Iceland and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their lastest album is called "Easy Music For Difficult People" and is released on Kimi Records. kimono is made up of Gylfi Blöndal(guitar), Alison MacNeil (guitar and vocals) and Kjartan Bragi Bjarnason (drums). They have released three full-length albums in addition to their latest record including their debut in 2003 (”Mineur Aggressif”), the critically acclaimed “Arctic Death Ship” in 2005 and the experimental “all music recorded” in 2007, the last one in collaboration with Icelandic producer Curver (of Ghostigital). kimono took up residence in Berlin in...

In the aftermath of the drone/ambient sound project Ora's breakup a couple of years back, all of the principle voices from that loose British collective have been producing an amazing array of translations of the drone through a variety of improvisations, field recordings, and electronic synthesis. Monos is the project of Darren Tate and Colin Potter, both of whom worked extensively in Ora as Tate collected field recordings for the group and Potter provided his engineering prowess which has also been employed by Nurse With Wound and Current 93. The two have produced about a half dozen or so super...

MONOLOGUE is the ambient / drone / doom band of Mat Dilliner. The music is dark, menacing and loud, but retains a sense of beauty and zen. Influences stretch all over the map from Sunn 0))), Boris, and Merzbow to Converge, Black Dice, and Black Sabbath. DISCOGRAPHY: Natural Harmony (2009) Textures (2008) www.myspace.com/monologue .

Yulduz Usmonova (aka Yulduz Usmanova & Usmanova - born Yulduz O‘rayimoxunovna Usmonova, 12 Dec 1963 in Margilan, Uzbekistan), is a very popular singer, in Uzbekistan. She sings in Uzbek & Persian. Her parents worked at a silk factory. She studied music at the pedagogical institute in Margilan. She was discovered by Gavharxonim Rahimova, after singing at a Women’s Day show. Gavharxonim helped open many doors for her. After being introduced to professors from the Uzbekistan State Conservatory, she prepared under their guidance & was admitted. She studied voice & became popular after Uzbek independence, in 1991. As Uzbekistan’s most popular...

Monody was initially conceived by a shared love for electronic music, and a desire to push the known envelope of what can be accomplished in a live situation. Monody was formed in the autumn of 2006 in the wake of the disbandment of 3 other groups. Fueled by the shared commitment to hone their respective skills, Monody's members journeyed into Portland's electronic music scene. With a writing style laden with pop sensibility, Monody has been able to capture the attention of electronic music fans local and abroad. With signature vocal harmonies, thundering drums, and edgy synth lines, the band has...