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Stevland Hardaway Morris (born Judkins; 13 May 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and has been cited as a pioneer across genres including R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz. During his peak years, Wonder often functioned as a largely self-contained performer, and his use of synthesizers and other Read more on Last.fm

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Kaela is the new shorter artist name for LA-based musician Kaela Sinclair. With a decade+ under her belt as a vocalist and instrumentalist, as well as songwriter and producer, Kaela has uniquely woven together her classical and jazz background and her extensive touring and recording experience with the synth-heavy French band M83 (whom she joined in 2016) as well as major pop acts such as Troye Sivan and blackbear. Her music is experimental, DIY, cinematic and pop wrapped up in songs that are equally bold, self-loathing, and gentle. Read more on Last.fm

Daniel Lopatin (born 25 July 1982), best known by the recording alias Oneohtrix Point Never, is an American experimental musician, composer, and producer based in Brooklyn. He began releasing electronic recordings under the OPN moniker in 2007, and received early acclaim in 2009 for the compilation Rifts. In subsequent years, he released albums such as Replica (2011) and R Plus Seven (2013) to critical praise and signed to British label Warp, while also taking part in a number of side-projects, collaborations, and film scores. Read more on Last.fm

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There are at least two artists called "Rexy": 1. A cult new classic early 80s synth-pop duo. 2. A video game music remixer. 1. In 1979, Chris Burne of Rivvits collaborated with noted keyboardist Vic Martin (Eurythmics, Boy George), for a single on Alien records, 'Don't Turn Me Away.' The singer was a striking 19-year-old brunette, an art student at St Martin's college named Rexy. With the exotic aura around, the single was released in 1980, followed by a full-length LP, Running Out Of Time in 1981. Read more on Last.fm

James Adrian Brown is a British-born songwriter and former guitarist in alternative rock band Pulled Apart By Horses. Read more on Last.fm

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Laurie Spiegel (1945), a lute and banjo player by training, is a Chicago-born and New York-based composer of computer music who reacted to the futurism and dadaism of the early pioneers by developing an original aesthetic borrowed from folk music, creating relatively atmospheric and melodic music via arcane mathematical algorithms. Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds, Spiegel's realization of Johannes Kepler's book "Harmonices Mundi" was chosen for the Read more on Last.fm

Isao Tomita (冨田勲, Tomita Isao, (April 22, 1932 - May 5, 2016), often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese music composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. In addition to creating note-by-note realizations, Tomita made extensive use of the sound design capabilities of his instrument, using synthesizers to create new artificial sounds to accompany and enhance his electronic realizations of acoustic instruments. Read more on Last.fm