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From TerraKota flourishes a natural music deep rooted in the Black continent, inspired by the Saharan, Caribbean, Hindu and the Western sounds that rise under the Jamaican sun. In most cases, African music is simply the expression of life through sounds in which the musician beyond imitating the sounds of nature, using natural musical instruments, also reverses this process using the sounds of nature in its music. This is TerraKota`s motive; they use African traditional and popular harmonies and rhythms, playing various instruments from all over the world, further to the usual Western instruments such as bass, guitar and drums....

"With enough electronics to overthrow Skynet, Herra Terra's form of synth rock is infectiously melodic, even avant-garde at times, but never quirky or different for the sake of being different. Underneath all the gadgets, an educated appreciation for the fundamentals of rock acts as the driving force behind their compositions." HERRA TERRA recorded their debut LP, "Quiet Geist" in 2010 (The Mylene Sheath). Guest Musicians on the record include members of Bad Rabbits and Irepress. Sound Engineers/Producers include Mike ”Mo” Lapierre (Death Cab for Cutie, Brand New) and Jayson Michael Dezuzio (Coheed & Cambria, Cobra Starship). .

The Fermats was formed by Markus Magnuson, Leo Nathorst-Böös and Anna Jansson during the summer of 2002. Later that year they release their first EP on cassette, called Waffle Breakfast With The Fermats, which among other songs contained a cover version of the song Electronic Renaissance by Belle and Sebastian. During 2003 they recorded their second release, called Six or Seven Ways To Spend Your Summer EP, abandoning the cassette format in favor of CD. During this time Gustav Ågren joined the band as bass player, and Anna left the band. When The Fermats started playing live gigs they also...

Joel Cohen In early 2007, Joel Cohen and a group of associates incorporated the Camerata Mediterranea as a non-profit association located in Chaville, France, near Paris. Mr. Cohen is a leading authority in the field of medieval and Renaissance musical performance. He has received widespread acclaim as performer, conductor, and writer/commentator in his chosen field, and his unique style of program building has made the Boston Camerata ensemble famous on five continents. Mr. Cohen studied composition at Harvard University. Awarded a Danforth Fellowship, he spent the next two years in Paris as a student of Nadia Boulanger. He has taught...