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Project of Freddy Fresh and Omar Santana during his 'hard hop'-era on Tricked Out Recordings. Famous for their '1997 tracks 'Crystal Ice' and 'HM3' - more harder renditions of the breakdance classics 'Al-Naafiysh' (Hashim) and 'We Came To Rock' (Imperial Brothers) influenced by dark rave sounds and hard breakbeats. .

There are multiple artists with the name Stormtrooper: 1) Stormtrooper alias Peter Nitschke started Dj-ing 1997 in small Clubs in his Hometown Rosenheim. It didnt take long until everybody knew that his sound was too hard for most of the parties, so he started playing in towns like Munich and Salzburg, where more people liked the harder sound. In 2002 he founded his own small Label called SCUM Records, where he compiled CD-Compilations with Hardcore Acts from all over Germany, especially new talents, but also already known producers. Everything got bigger very quick, and in 2003 he got signed by...

Swiss RAC band from Reinach in Basel-Landschaft that formed in 1994. Not to be confused with the similarly named Sturmtruppen from Basel that formed in 1988. .

Sometimes, "influences" and "sounds like" names can give a clear idea of what a musician is trying to do, offering a spectrum in which he tries to place himself. Most of the influences of David Lancaster, based in London and South East UK belongs to the main post-rock room but while listening to "Getting Closer", not all make sense. As a reviewer I would keep only names like Brian Eno (his ambient works), Aphex Twin ("Selected Ambient Works vol II"), Stars Of The Lid, The Album Leaf or Riceboy Sleeps, and add a few others like Hammock, Windy and Carl...