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There are at least two bands called Gondwana. 1) Gondwana is a reggae musical group from La Pincoya, Santiago, Chile, founded in 1987 by I Locks Labbé. Their leader, Quique Neira (known as the chilean Bob Marley) was the soul of the band, the first one to be noticed with real success in Chile, and left the band to begin a single career. Now, the band has another singer, Kingo, and plays in important festivals around Latin America, with lot of fans everywhere. 2) Gondwana is a project with Australian didgeridoo player Charlie McMahon, who was also front-man of the...

Ramzi’s life trajectory has by no means been ordinary. This Palestinian artist was born in Bethlehem in 1979 and grew up in the Al’ Amari refugee camp in Ramallah, where his family was forced to relocate to, in 1948. The first intifada (1987/1992), the violence and the occupation greatly marked his childhood and his adolescence. At 16 years old he participated in a music workshop, an experience that changed his life. From 1996 to 1998 he studies at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Ramallah. In 1998 Ramzi received a scholarship to study viola at the National Regional...

For almost twenty years, Mark Dwane has been an internationally acclaimed composer and musician. Born July 30, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, Mark began formal lessons on the guitar at the age of 10. Influenced early on by the music of the era, Mark continued his musical education and gained experience playing with many bands. Able to fluently read and write music, Mark continued to study music theory and composition with a wide variety of instructors. In the 70’s Mark began experimenting with guitar synthesizers, pioneering a unique fusion of electronic artistry and innovative composition . During this time, his band...

It was 2003 when the idea for a band came up in the mind of gitarist Thomas Strizek, and he asked his friends to join him. They were enthousiast enough to begin the band, and called it Nordwand. It took a while for them to be discovered by the audience, but after they performed in the famous OBERBAYERN party house at Mallorca (Spain), their fame went upwards. The famous Musikantenstadl was next, and through that performance on television, all of Germany and over the borders they knew now about Nordwand. Their first album reached the top 10, and in 2005...