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Jordan Rakei, now based in London, started his career in 2012 playing keyboards in many acts around Brisbane and New Zealand. He self-released his debut six-track EP Franklin' s Room, in September 2013 followed by Groove Course in August 2014 through Soul has no tempo. He also featured on the FKJ song 'Learn to fly'. In 2015, he featured on 'Sunrise / Beautiful' by Ta-Ku, 'Wake Up This Day' by Tom Misch and 'Masterpiece' by Disclosure. 'The light' and 'Talk to me' were released as an advance of 'Cloak' Read more on Last.fm

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The Durutti Column, formed in 1978 is the ongoing band project of guitarist (and occasional pianist) Vini Reilly (born in Didsbury, Manchester, England in August 1953), often accompanied by drummer Bruce Mitchell (ex. Greasy Bear, Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias). The basic idea behind Durutti Column’s music is to break with whatever structure supports the foundations of musical formalism, in order to try and create a kind of music which really can belong to everyone. Read more on Last.fm

Pavement is an American indie rock band formed in Stockton, California, in 1989. For most of the period to 1999, the band consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg (guitar, vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Steve West (drums) and Bob Nastanovich (percussion, vocals). During that period, and since, they have frequently been described as one of the most influential bands to emerge from the American underground of the '90s. Read more on Last.fm

Dummy is a noise pop/indie psych Los Angeles band, comprised of Emma Maatman, Alex Ewell, Joe Trainor, & Nathan O’Dell. Dummy has all the makings of a modern cult band. Formed in late 2018, the Los Angeles group have evolved noticeably in a short span of time, leaving behind the shivering avant-folk of their first EP and lo-fi video game music of EP2, recorded on an iPhone. Their debut full-length, Mandatory Enjoyment, is just as voracious, merging Read more on Last.fm

Alewya Demmisse, known artistically as Alewya, is a British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist, and model. Demmisse was born in Saudi Arabia to a Sudanese-raised Egyptian father and an Ethiopian mother. She was brought up in Sudan before her family relocated to the UK as refugees when she was five and then grew up in West London. She is heavily influenced by her African and Arab roots. Her name means "the highest" in Amharic. She released her debut single "Sweating" in mid-2020. Read more on Last.fm

Keleketla! is an expansive collaborative project, reaching outward from Johannesburg to London, Lagos, L.A. and West Papua, “Keleketla!” started as a musical meeting ground between Ninja Tune cofounders Coldcut and a cadre of South African musicians (introduced by the charity In Place Of War), including the raw, South African-accented jazz styles of Sibusile Xaba, and rapper Yugen Blakrok (Black Panther OST). From those initial sessions, the record grew to encompass a wider web of musical luminaries Read more on Last.fm

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group’s core lineup consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in popular music and played a central role in the development of 1960s counterculture. The Beatles’ music incorporated elements of skiffle, beat, 1950s rock and roll, classical music and traditional pop, and they explored styles including folk, Indian music, psychedelia and hard rock. Read more on Last.fm

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. They have been active for more than six decades and are widely regarded as one of the most commercially successful and influential bands of the rock era. In their early years, they contributed to the development of a rhythmically driven, guitar-based sound associated with hard rock. The classic line-up included vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones Read more on Last.fm

Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist, a songwriter, and a singer, best known for his work with the Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Stephen Stills was born in Dallas, Texas on January 3, 1945 to a military family. Moving around as a child, he developed an interest in blues and folk music. He was also influenced by Latin music after spending his teenage years in Costa Rica and the Panama Canal Zone, where he graduated from high school. Read more on Last.fm