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There are at least two artists called Ephedra: 1. A Portuguese progressive rock band 2. Goa trance producer Alexandre Cohen 1. 1969/1970 - FOUNDATION A group of students from the Oeiras highschool (near Lisbon), decides to form a band. The musical refferences were "Pink Floyd", "King Crimson", "Soft Machine", Frank Zappa and some recent "jazz-rock" musicians, like Chick Corea, Santley Clark and Miles Davis. The first members of the group were the following: Xico Zé Henriques - electric guitar Paulo Viana - keyboards Luís Piques - bass José Carlos Oliveira - drums Manuel Baião, who played saxes and flute, joined...

Phèdre is an experimental, indie, electronic project based in Toronto, Canada. They released their debut album in 2012 Daniel Lee and April Aliermo, both of Hooded Fang, recorded Phèdre's breakout debut with Airick Woodhead of Doldrums. They’re down to a duo for the follow-up, Golden Age, but they’re adamant that Phèdre is not a two-piece band. Instead, it’s a loose, amorphous project that spontaneously sucks in any of their friends who happen to enter their orbit. .

Bio: Ephedrix are Jochem Peeters and Joris Marckx living in Mortsel, Belgium. They met as teenagers and since then music was all they ever talked about. Jochem started to play the drums at the age of 10 while Joris jammed the guitar. In 1997 they began to experiment with electronic (techno) music and in 1998 they appeared on stage for their first live act at a local party. The first goa party they attended in 1999 made them slowly 'move' into psytrance. Later on, often visiting goa parties, Jochem and Joris were completely inspired by the vibe of this crazy...