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Junior Byles (born Kenneth Byles Jr. in a poor part of Kingston on 2 February 1948; died 15 May 2025) was a Jamaican reggae artist remembered for his song 'Fade Away', with its strong spiritual warnings about materialism and egoism. Recorded in 1975 for producer Joseph Hoo Kim, it was a massive hit in Jamaica and was also a big success in the UK, and was covered five years later by among others Adrian Sherwood's New Age Steppers group and by Salmonella Dub NZ, made a special version of it. Read more on Last.fm

Otoboke Beaver (おとぼけビ～バ～) is a punk rock band from Kyoto, Japan. The band comprises singer Accorinrin, guitarist Yoyoyoshie, bassist Hirochan, and drummer Kahokiss. The band is named after a love hotel in Osaka near the high school of one of the band members. Musically, the band play a very fast-paced and aggressive style of punk rock, with frequent changes in rhythm and tempo, accompanied by gang vocals. Their songs feature love and relationships as regular themes, often based on singer Accorinrin's own experiences. Read more on Last.fm

There are 2 bands called Manuela. 1) London-based project of vocalist and songwriter Manuela Gernedel and multi-instrumentalist Nick McCarthy (of Franz Ferdinand / FFS). “Slinky, understated dance-rock that shuffles along with echoing, escalating guitar lines and precise drums that snap with intent.” - Stereogum Austrian-born Manuela Gernedel and her British husband Nick McCarthy first moved to Glasgow when Gernedel began studying painting at the Glasgow School of Art. Read more on Last.fm

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The Lovely Basement is a Bristol, UK-based indie/alt-country band, formed around 2018, known for their dreamy, slow, and jangly sound inspired by The Velvet Underground, early country music, and Paisley Underground bands like Dream Syndicate. Their music blends alt-country with Velvet Underground's "chug," creating a unique, relaxed, and literate style with harmonies and themes of class, existentialism, and everyday life, receiving praise from indie press and BBC Radio 6 Music. Read more on Last.fm

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. Read more on Last.fm

Edinburgh’s Proc Fiskal is at the forefront of Scotland’s counterpart to the Ruff Sound that Novelist and Mumdance have been giving legs to in recent months. ‘The procurator’ uses his debut EP on Hyperdub to tear through grime, jungle, happy hardcore, juke and all else at 160 beats per minute. Tracks like ‘£’, ‘Skulka’ and ‘Milk and Biscuits’ wear the producer’s love for the Eski sound on their sleeve, with square waves and drip-drop percussion bouncing giddily around the monitors Read more on Last.fm

Performing in clubs since the late nineties, Lee Holman has garnered support from a host of techno’s brightest names and from a diverse range of artists, buying records since he first got into house and techno via hip-hop when growing up in the south-east of Ireland. Since then he has gone on to play at many of Ireland’s leading clubs and festivals such as UK festival Coloursfest, as well as running his own club nights and guesting throughout Ireland with top international DJ talent. Read more on Last.fm

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Starting his professional career in 1994 Neil has released music on several international electronic labels and also worked in the motion graphics field with MTV, Rockstar Games and The Magnificents. To date Landstrumm has released 5 Experimental Electronic albums, 1 Art-Rock-Blues-Beat album, several 12" singles and remixes on labels ranging from Peacefrog, Tresor, Sonic Groove Mosquito, to his own imprint, Scandinavia. Neil has collaborated with Cristian Vogel, Read more on Last.fm