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Nils Frahm (born 20 September 1982) is a German musician, composer and record producer based in Berlin. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconventional approach to the piano in which he mixes a grand piano, upright piano, Roland Juno-60, Rhodes piano, drum machines, and Moog Taurus. As well as his solo work, Frahm has released collaborations with such notable performers as Anne Müller, Ólafur Arnalds, F. S. Blumm and Woodkid. Read more on Last.fm

Arthur Russell (May 21 1951 - April 4, 1992) was a prodigious talent. Classically trained on cello while growing up in Oskaloosa, USA, Arthur studied with Ali Akbar Khan in San Francisco in the early 1970's. During this period he also collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, accompanying him on cello while Ginsberg read or sang. Russell also spent time in a Buddhist commune in California; he left when they decided to collectivize his cello. By the mid-1970's Russell relocated to New York City, where he studied at The Manhattan School of Music. Read more on Last.fm

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Marina Herlop, born Marina Hernández López, is a Catalan experimental musician. She is a conservatory-trained composer, vocalist, and pianist who began her career by interpreting compositions from Debussy and Chopin with a contemporary approach, influenced by the Romantic era. Her first album, "Nanook," was heavily influenced by her classical training. For her second album, "Babasha," she started to incorporate synthesizers and electronic sounds. Read more on Last.fm

Sade is an English band formed in London in 1982 and named after their lead singer Sade Adu. The band consists of Sade Adu on vocals, Paul Denman on bass, Stuart Matthewman on saxophones and guitars, and Andrew Hale on keyboards and piano. The band has not had a permanent drummer since 1986 and employs session musicians for recordings and live performances. Sade's musical style spans soul, quiet storm, smooth jazz, and sophisti-pop. The band's debut studio album "Diamond Life" was released in 1984 Read more on Last.fm

The proper name of this artist is 坂本龍一. Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is an Oscar-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. His 1999 musical composition "Energy Flow" is the first number-one instrumental single in the Japan's Oricon charts history. He was ranked at number 59 in a list of the top 100 most influential musicians compiled by HMV. Read more on Last.fm

Joanne Robertson grew up amidst the carnal circus atmosphere of Blackpool, United Kingdom. Her work is glorious in its simplicity and its purity; the guitar/ vocal only approach allows you the space to hear just how well-placed every last note is.The debut solo release The Lighter (by Textile Records) is individual enough to demonstrate quite clearly that the force is strong in this one. Joanne Robertson’s musical background is in noisy experimental rock band I Love Lucy and as part of Mememe. Read more on Last.fm

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In the tradition of "Power Duos" Hall and Oates, Loggins and Messina, Seals and Crofts, and Tenacious D, CHUFF has risen from the boggy marsh of Abbotsford, British Columbia. The CHUFF sound is built upon Loran and Matt's caveman-like zeal for music (loud guitars, huge drums, droning bass-synth, scruffy harmonies) and is framed by lyrics that express whatever CHUFF is digging at the moment (high-fives, space travel, sex). So far, the self-proclaimed "Synth-grunge power-duo" has released two online singles. Read more on Last.fm