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Carsten Agthe, Rüdiger Gleisberg & Mathias Grassow .

In the winter of 1997, Christopher T. Lee fell in love with his first synthesizer which would later turn into an orgy of knobs and faders. As the equipment started to dwarf him in his small home in Santa Cruz (California), live shows became less of a priority. The studio started to dwarf him and the mix-downs had begun. Surprisingly, the turntables came late in the game with the first piece of the collection appropriately being The U.S. Tournament in 2003. While first inspired by Steve Bugs mixes on Paxahau, Chris intrigue continues to grow through the techy fringes of...

There are two bands with this name. 1) Tonton Macoute was a progressive jazz/rock band formed in the UK in 1971. 2) Tonton Macoute is a french band formed in 2006. 1) Tonton Macoute was a progressive jazz/rock band formed in the UK in 1971 from the remaining 4 musicians of Windmill after the death of lead singer/guitarist Dick Scott in a road accident whilst on tour. Both bands were managed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikely (Matthews Southern Comfort/The Herd/and Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch). The personnel consisted of Paul French-vox and keys, Dave Knowles- vox, sax...

Pharmacore is the alias of russian darkpsy producer Valentin Neviglovsky. .

Call them trip hop, electro-pop, or a hybrid of electronic, rock and jazz, just be careful not to incorrectly pigeonhole San Francisco’s Karmacoda as an ambient, electronic band. “Our mood is quite a bit more mature and subdued. It’s ironic, really; we are blatantly subtle,” says bassist Eric Matsuno. Karmacoda is truly a cut above most indie bands and their musical influences are so diverse that layers of complexity reveal themselves with repeated listens. On their new album Eternal, releasing independently on August 2nd, 2011, the band explores everything from the quintessential Karmacoda sound of heavy bass lines (as heard...