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Eunice Kathleen Waymon (21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer-songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, soul, folk, rhythm and blues, gospel, and pop. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on 21st February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA, one of eight children. Like a number of other black singers in the U.S., she was inspired as a child by Marian Anderson, and began...
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He first gained world-wide recognition as the writing talent behind the popular American folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel formed with fellow musician Art Garfunkel. When Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon quickly began his solo career with the release of the self-titled album, Paul Simon. This was followed by There Goes Rhymin' Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years, both of which featured chart-topping hits such as Loves Me Like A Rock and Kodachrome. In 1986 Simon released the immensely...
Groove Armada is an electronic music group from Cambridge, United Kingdom, composed of two members, Andy Cato (real name Andrew Cocup) and Tom Findlay. They first came to fame with a 1997 limited single release, At the River (made famous after being used in various Marks & Spencer advertisements), which sampled "Old Cape Cod" by Patti Page. The song has since made its way onto numerous chill-out compilations. Their most famous work is the 2000 international hit I See You Baby, remixed by Fatboy Slim in the Big Beat style -- with the repeated chorus line "Shakin' that ass," as...
Pax Japonica Groove is a project by house musician 黒坂修平 (Kurosaka Shuhei) which began for the purpose of helping promote world peace by means of unlocking the natural, harmonious spirit of Japan. Pax Japonica Groove's live sets can include up to ten different domestic and international musicians and collaborators on stage, while their performances focus on crossing genre boundaries, expression of the mind and body, and giving emotional excitement to their audience. .
Based in Leeds, Northern England, Simon Baker was introduced to many through his beating anthem Plastik released on Playhouse last summer finding favour with everyone from Sven Vath to Sasha and voted no 3 track of the year by Resident Advisor. This year see the man behind the Infant Recordings imprint release an exclusive track for the seminal Cocoon box set and remix Simian Mobile Disco and Radioslave's Bell Clap Dance. Simon holds residencies at a number of the UK's acclaimed underground House nights including Asylum & Technique at The Warehouse Leeds, and DDD at The Key , London. Simon...