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(born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks.

She is best known for her expressive vocals, broad soprano vocal range, and a diverse and eclectic musical style which incorporates influences from many different genres, including pop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient, electronic, classical, folk and trip hop, as well as her eccentric costumes and music videos. Her singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me" and "Hyperballad" all charted in the UK Top 10. Björk's style, using experimental dance beats, traditional elements and freeform singing, was influential in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

In 1999, Björk was asked to write and produce the musical score for the film Dancer in the Dark, a musical drama about an immigrant named Selma who is struggling to pay for an operation to prevent her son from going blind. Director Lars von Trier eventually asked her to consider playing the role of Selma, convincing her that the only true way to capture the character of Selma was to have the composer of the music play the character. Eventually, she accepted. Filming began in early 1999, and the film debuted in 2000 at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival. The film received the Palme d'Or, and Björk received the Best Actress Award for her role.

William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American rock musician and singer, songwriter. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973. According to the RIAA, Billy Joel is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.

Joel had Top 10 hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s; is a six-time Grammy Award winner, and has sold in excess of 150 million albums worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (Class of 2006). Joel "retired" from recording pop music in 1993 but continued to tour (sometimes with Elton John).

Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955, Stanmore, Middlesex) is an English rock musician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X.

He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars. Idol continues to tour with guitarist Steve Stevens and has a worldwide fan base.
Albums
1. Don't Stop (EP) - 1981 #71 U.S.
2. Billy Idol - 1982 #45 U.S. / #49 Sweden (RIAA: Gold)
3. Rebel Yell - 1983 #36 UK / #6 U.S. / #2 Germany / #40 Netherlands / #16 Switzerland (RIAA: 2X Platinum)
4. Vital Idol - 1985 #7 UK / #10 U.S. (1987 release) / #8 Germany / #24 Switzerland (RIAA: Platinum)
5. Whiplash Smile - 1986 #8 UK / #6 U.S. / #9 Germany / #19 Netherlands / #4 Switzerland (RIAA: Platinum)
6. Idol Songs: 11 of the Best - 1988 #2 UK / #14 Germany / #6 Switzerland
7. Charmed Life - 1990 #15 UK / #11 U.S. / #5 Germany / #51 Netherlands / #4 Switzerland (RIAA: Gold)
8. Cyberpunk - 1993 #20 UK / #48 U.S. / #13 Germany / #50 Netherlands / #15 Switzerland
9. Greatest Hits - 2001 #74 U.S. / #12 Germany / #30 Switzerland (RIAA: Platinum)
10. VH1 Storytellers: Billy Idol - 2002 #14 Germany / #76 Switzerland
11. Essential Billy Idol - 2003
12. Devil's Playground - 2005 #46 U.S. / #15 Germany / #32 Switzerland
13. Happy Holidays - 2006
14. The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself - 2008

William Patrick Corgan, Jr. (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet. Corgan is the vocalist and lead guitarist for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins,

Who are known for their complex, layered style, and Corgan's distinctive vocals and guitar solos. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis declared, "Of all the memorable artists and characters that the alternative era produced, [Corgan] was the most traditional rock star, with all of the good and bad traits that implies." When the band broke up in 2000, Corgan went on to form the short-lived Zwan with former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. After releasing a solo album and a collection of poetry, Corgan reformed The Smashing Pumpkins with Chamberlin in 2006.

Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938) is an American vocalist and hall-of-fame songwriter who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985.

Some of his best-known songs are "Ain't No Sunshine," "Use Me," "Lovely Day," "Lean on Me", "Grandma's Hands", and "Just the Two of Us".Bill Withers was born the youngest of nine children in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. Raised in nearby Beckley, West Virginia, he was thirteen when his father died. He joined the United States Navy at eighteen and served for nine years, during which time he became interested in singing. He began writing songs to fill a need for lyrics that expressed what he felt. Following his discharge from the Navy in 1965, he moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to pursue a career in music.

Bill Callahan (born 1966), also known as Smog and (Smog), is an American singer-songwriter born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders.

Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today.Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. His early songs often nearly lacked melodic structure and were clumsily played on poorly tuned guitars (possibly influenced by Jandek, whom Callahan admired), resulting in the dissonant sounds on his self-released cassettes and debut album Sewn to the Sky.

William Kenneth Alphin (born in Culpeper, Virginia on November 1, 1963) is an American country music singer, known professionally as Big Kenny.

He a member of the American country music duo Big & Rich, which also comprises John Rich. Together, Big & Rich have recorded three studio albums for Warner Bros. Records, and have charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Before forming Big & Rich, Alphin was the lead singer of a group luvjOi, which recorded two studio albums (Rich cowrote a few songs for these albums and sometimes joined the band as an unannounced "special guest" onstage). Alphin also recorded a solo album in 1999 titled Live a Little, although it was not released until 2005.

Briolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM (born 13 January, 1976) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter whose first solo album, Drive, debuted at number one in the New Zealand RIANZ charts, and has since become one of the highest-selling New Zealand artists of all time.

Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, the Republic of Ireland and to some extent in the UK. Regarding the pronunciation of "Bic": "'You say it Bec, rather than Bic,' explains New Zealand singer-songwriter Bic Runga. 'It's Chinese, it's a strange vowel sound which doesn't seem to translate in Australia. It means the colour of jade, which I suppose is just green.'"

Elizabeth Caroline Orton, commonly known as Beth Orton, (born 14 December 1970), is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter. Known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica,

She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s but these were not Orton's first recordings. She released a solo album, Superpinkymandy, in 1993. Since the album was only released in Japan, it went largely unnoticed by international audiences. Her second solo album, Trailer Park, garnered much critical acclaim in 1996. With the release of the albums Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album Daybreaker, Beth developed a devoted fan base. On her 2006 release, Comfort of Strangers, she has moved towards a more folk-based sound and away from the electronic sound of past albums.

Bentley Rhythm Ace (BRA) are a duo formed in Birmingham, England in the late 1990s consisting of Mike Stokes and Richard March.he band was formed in Birmingham,

In 1995 by March, former members of the group Pop Will Eat Itself (with guest appearances by James Atkin, a member of indie band EMF) and Mike. "Both more or less penniless, they drank in the same pub and were forced to buy their records at the cheapest place possible car bootsales". Their live drummer was Fuzz Townshend, with whom March previously played in Pop Will Eat Itself.

Benny Benassi (born as Marco Benassi on 13 July 1967 in Milan, Italy) is a Grammy Award winning Italian disc jockey and producer of electro house music.

He is best known for his 2002 summer club hit "Satisfaction". Benny Benassi ranks as the 12th most popular DJ in the world according to the TheDJList website and 39th most popular DJ in the official 2008 global poll of DJ Magazine.
Studio albums
* Hypnotica (2003) as Benny Benassi Presents the Biz
* Pumphonia (2004) as Benassi Bros.
* …Phobia (2005) as Benassi Bros.
* Rock 'n' Rave (2008) as Benny Benassi
Awards and nominations
* 2008 Benny Benassi won the Best Remixed Recording at the 50th Grammy Awards for his remix of Public Enemy's Bring the Noise.
* 2006 Benny Benassi "Hit my Heart" opened The 2006 Victoria Secret Fashion Show
* 2004 three nominations at Dancestar, Miami and won the best video award
* 2004 DjMag favourite DJ Poll Top 100: Benny is number 18, the highest new entry
* 2004 European Border Breakers Award for Hypnotica, the Italian album that sold most in Europe outside Italy
* 2003 number one in the Top 100 dance tracks on the Ministry of Sound Internet radio
* 2003 DJ MAG tune of the year in UK
* 2003 Revelation of the year – Italian Dance Music Awards
* 2003 Dance revelation of the year – Danish Music Award
* 2003 Nominated for international revelation of the year – NRJ Awards, France

Harper was born in Claremont, in California's Pomona Valley. He began playing guitar as a child. His maternal grandparents' music store The Folk Music Center and Museum laid a foundation of folk and blues for the artist,

Complemented by regular patrons of Leonard Cohen, Taj Mahal and David Lindley and quotes of William Shakespeare and Robert Frost made often by his grandfather. During the 80s, in his teen years, Harper began to play the slide guitar, mimicking the style of Robert Johnson, to contrast that of the then-popular heavy metal music. Next, Harper took up the Weissenborn to provide further distinction between his style and that of other blues musicians, including Johnson's. Harper broke out of the Inland Empire after being offered an invitation by Taj Mahal to tour with the artist.

Beloved formed in the fall of 1999. The original members all attended East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, NC from 1996-2000.

They played local shows in the surrounding areas of Kernersville where they grew in popularity almost immediately. In 2000, they independently released their first album, ...And So It Goes. The band toured the country with bands such as Underoath, Luti-Kriss/Norma Jean and Cool Hand Luke, including a performance at the Cornerstone Festival.
Albums
* Where It Is (Flim Flam, HARPCD2, 1989) #17*
* Happiness (Atlantic 1990) UK #14, US #154
* Blissed Out (East West 1991) UK #38
* Conscience (East West 1993) UK #2
* X (East West 1996) UK #25
* Single File (East West 1997)
* The Sun Rising (WEA 2005) [re-release of Single File]

Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in January 1996. They have been called the greatest Scottish band ever, and are one of the most celebrated groups of the 1990s.

Belle & Sebastian are often compared to influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic rock acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian is inspired by Belle et Sébastien, a children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry. Lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop" has nevertheless enjoyed only limited commercial success.
Members
The current members are:
* Stuart Murdoch: 1996–present (vocals, guitar and keyboards)
* Stevie Jackson: 1996–present (vocals and guitar)
* Chris Geddes: 1996–present (keyboards)
* Richard Colburn: 1996–present (drums)
* Sarah Martin: 1997–present (violin, keyboards, guitar, and vocals)
* Mick Cooke: 1998–present (trumpet and bass)
* Bobby Kildea: 2001–present (guitar and bass)
Past members:
* Isobel Campbell: 1996–2002 (vocals and cello)
* Stuart David: 1996–2000 (bass)

Bell X1 are an Irish rock band from North County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland. They have thus far released three critically-acclaimed albums in Ireland, and are rapidly gaining success in the United States,

Where their music has been used on popular television shows such as The O.C. and Grey's Anatomy. Their third album, Flock, which was previously only released in Ireland and later in the UK, received a North American release in February 2008. Their fourth album, Blue Lights on the Runway will be released in Ireland on 20 February 2009 and is scheduled for a U.S. release on 3 March 2009.
Members
Current
Vocalist Paul Noonan also plays guitar, percussion and kazoo. Paul plays drums on all of Bell X1's studio recordings. He has also been known to occasionally play drums live if a session drummer is not available. David Geraghty plays lead guitar, banjo, (electric) piano and does backing vocals and sometimes lead vocals. Dominic Philips plays bass guitar and does backing vocals. Tim O'Donovan plays drums.

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2.1 million as of 2007. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's coastline with the Mediterranean sea,

It serves as the country's largest and main seaport and also forms the Beirut District area, which consists of the city and its suburbs. The first mention of this metropolis is found in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna letters, dating to the 15th century BC, and the city has been continuously inhabited over the centuries since.
Albums
* The Joys of Losing Weight (unreleased) (under the name "Real People")
* Gulag Orkestar (May 9, 2006)
* The Flying Club Cup (October 9, 2007)
EPs
* Lon Gisland (January 30, 2007)
* Pompeii EP (February 28, 2007)
* Elephant Gun EP (June 25, 2007)
* March of the Zapotec/Holland EP (February 16, 2009 - Unofficially released onto iTunes on January 27) #87 US

The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers Barry, Robin, Maurice Gibb. They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, United Kingdom and during their childhood years moved to Brisbane, Australia,

Where they began their musical careers. Their worldwide success came when they returned to the United Kingdom and signed with producer Robert Stigwood. The multiple award-winning group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but it had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late 1970s.
Members
* Colin Petersen - drums 1967–69
* Vince Melouney - lead guitar 1967–68
* Geoff Bridgeford - drums 1969–72
* Alan Kendall - lead guitar 1971–80, 87–01
* Dennis Bryon - drums 1974–80
* Blue Weaver - keyboards 1975–80
Awards and recognition
Inductions
* 1979 Hollywood Walk Of Fame
* 1994 Songwriters Hall Of Fame
* 1995 Florida's Artists Hall Of Fame
* 1997 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
* 1997 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Hall Of Fame
* 2001 Vocal Group Hall Of Fame
* 2004 Dance Music Hall Of Fame
* 2005 London's Walk Of Fame
Grammy Awards
* 1977 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group - "How Deep Is Your Love"
* 1978 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group - "Saturday Night Fever"
* 1978 Album Of The Year - "Saturday Night Fever"
* 1978 Producer Of The Year - "Saturday Night Fever"
* 1978 Best Arrangement Of Voices - "Stayin' Alive"
* 1980 Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - "Guilty"
* 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2003 Legend Award
* 2004 Hall Of Fame Award - "Saturday Night Fever"
World Music Awards
* 1997 Legend Award
American Music Awards
* 1979 Favorite Pop / Rock Band, Duo Or Group
* 1979 Favorite Soul / R&B Album - "Saturday Night Fever"
* 1980 Favorite Pop / Rock Band, Duo Or Group
* 1980 Favorite Pop / Rock Album - "Spirits Having Flown"
* 1997 Life achievement Award

Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band from Kingston, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as a mix of reggae, rock, soul, and ska.

The band's current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, and bassist Eon Sinclair. Their debut album, Root Fire, released in 2001 also included djembe player Brett Dunlop. The band met while attending Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The band released their second album, Sounding a Mosaic, in 2004. The album's single "When the Night Feels My Song" was the band's breakthrough single on Canadian radio, charting #1 on The Edge CFNY and gaining airplay on commercial radio stations throughout Canada in the summer of 2005. The band released their follow-up record Street Gospels on August 21st, 2007. On January 8th, 2009, it was announced that drummer and founding member Pat Pengelly left the band.
Albums
* Root Fire (2001)
* Sounding a Mosaic (2004, SideOneDummy Records)
* Street Gospels (2007, SideOneDummy Records) #15 UK Indie, #2 Can
Singles
* "Santa Monica" (2001)
* "When the Night Feels My Song" (2005) #1 Canada
* "Shelter" (2005)
* "Gyasi Went Home" (2006)
* "When the Night Feels My Song" [UK re-issue] (October 2, 2006) #24 UK
* "Walls Fall Down" (2007) #6 Canada
* "St. Andrews" (2007)
* "12:59 Lullaby" (2008)
* "Until We Burn in the Sun (The Kids Want a Love Song)" (2008)

Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck.

With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst the most creative and idiosyncratic musicians of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock.
Major label albums
* Mellow Gold (1994)
* Odelay (1996)
* Mutations (1998)
* Midnite Vultures (1999)
* Sea Change (2002)
* Guero (2005)
* The Information (2006)
* Modern Guilt (2008)

The Beautiful South were an English pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway.

The duo were initially joined by Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar), all of whom stayed with the group throughout their 19-year career. Later additions included female vocalist Briana Corrigan; she was replaced by Jacqui Abbott, who in turn was replaced by Alison Wheeler. The group broke up in January 2007, claiming the split was due to "musical similarities", having sold around 7,000,000 records worldwide.
Albums
* Welcome to the Beautiful South (1989) UK No.2
* Choke (1990) UK No.2
* 0898 Beautiful South (1992) UK No.4
* Miaow (1994) UK No.6
* Blue Is the Colour (1996) UK No.1
* Quench (1998) UK No.1
* Painting It Red (2000) UK No.2
* Gaze (2003) UK No.14
* Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs (2004) UK No. 11
* Superbi (2006) UK No. 6

Beats International was a British electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook (better known as Fatboy Slim), after his departure from The Housemartins.

Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo spawned the UK number one single "Dub Be Good to Me", a re-working of the S.O.S. Band's hit "Just Be Good to Me", based around a sample of the bassline from The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" and featuring Layton on vocals.
The second Beats International album was 1991's Excursion on the Version, which featured a greater use of dub and reggae sounds, but failed to repeat the success of its predecessor. This was the last Beats International recording, with Cook next going on to form Freakpower.
Albums
* 1990 Let Them Eat Bingo
* 1991 Excursion on the Version

The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals).

Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and skiffle, the group worked with different musical genres, ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, style and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. After the band broke up in 1970, all four members embarked upon successful solo careers.
The Beatles are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music, selling over one billion records internationally. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one, earning more number one albums(15) than any other group in UK chart history. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries; their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion records worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America,
The Beatles have sold more albums in the United States than any other band. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked The Beatles number one on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. According to that same magazine, The Beatles' innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s, and their influence on pop culture is still evident today. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of top-selling Hot 100 artists to celebrate the chart's fiftieth anniversary; The Beatles topped it.
Studio albums
* Please Please Me (Parlophone, 1963)
* With The Beatles (Parlophone, 1963)
* A Hard Day's Night (Parlophone, 1964)
* Beatles for Sale (Parlophone, 1964)
* Help! (Parlophone, 1965)
* Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1965)
* Revolver (Parlophone, 1966)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone, 1967)
* Magical Mystery Tour (U.S. only. Released as a Double EP in the UK) (Capitol, 1967)
* The Beatles ("The White Album") (Apple, 1968)
* Yellow Submarine (Apple, 1969)
* Abbey Road (Apple, 1969)
* Let It Be (Apple, 1970)

Beastie Boys is an American hip hop group from New York City consisting of Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz.

Since around the time of the Hello Nasty album, the DJ for the group has been Michael "Mix Master Mike" Schwartz, who was first featured in the song "Three MC's and One DJ". The Beastie Boys began as a punk group in 1979, and appeared in the compilation cassette New York Thrash with Riot Fight and Beastie. They switched to hip-hop with the release of their debut solo album Licensed to Ill (1986), which enjoyed international critical acclaim and commercial success. The group is well-known for its eclecticism, jocular and flippant attitude toward interviews and interviewers, obscure cultural references and kitschy lyrics, and for performing in outlandish matching suits.
Regular members (as of 2005)
* Michael Diamond, a.k.a. Mike D - vocals, drums
* Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA - vocals, bass guitar
* Adam Horovitz, a.k.a. Ad-Rock - vocals, guitar
* Michael Schwartz, a.k.a. Mix Master Mike - turntables, samples
Albums
* Licensed to Ill (1986)
* Paul's Boutique (1989)
* Check Your Head (1992)
* Ill Communication (1994)
* Hello Nasty (1998)
* To the 5 Boroughs (2004)
* The Mix-Up (2007)
* Tadlock's Glasses (Unreleased)

Beach House is an American dream pop and indie rock duo formed in 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland. Their dreamy sound is often compared to Mazzy Star and Nico.

Their self-titled debut, Beach House, was named the 16th best album of 2006 by Pitchfork Media. The band formed in 2005, composed of Alex Scally on guitar and keyboards, and Victoria Legrand on vocals and organ. The band's song, "Apple Orchard", was featured on a Pitchfork Media mp3 mixtape in August 2006. In October 2006, their self-titled debut album, Beach House, was released on Carpark Records. Their second album, Devotion, was released on February 26, 2008. Legrand is the niece of French film composer Michel Legrand and singer Christiane Legrand.
Albums and EPs
* Beach House (October 3, 2006), Carpark
* Devotion (2008), Carpark
Singles
* "Used to Be" (2008), Carpark, #27 UK Indie Chart

Baxter is a Swedish electronica band composed of two drum and bass producers and an emotive female vocalist. The band set out to transform pop music by introducing melody, vocals and strong song-writing to a layered drum and bass/jungle-influenced rhythm.

In 1996, Ricky Tillblad, one of the Swedish recording industry's pre eminent designers, dub/raggae aficionado, and the man behind the Stockholm dub club, DubDeck, met Nina Ramsby, former guitarist and lead singer in the band Salt. At the time, Nina was looking for design and graphis arts work to finance her musical interests. She began working at Ricky's design firm, F+. The two began writing music together and that same year, Ricky bumped into Carl Herlöffson, guítar player /engineer/ producer and head of the Indie label Primal Music, at his club. The chance meeting resulted in Ricky signing on as partner in Carl's label. By late 1996, Ricky and Carl had become a prolific production team working as Eclectic Bob, cutting instrumental club-oriented drum & bass tracks for Primal Music.
One day, Nina came into work at the studio and was introduced to Carl, bringing about the first time all three had been together. For the next three months, Ricky, Carl and Nina experimented with sound, wrote, and recorded most of an album. By the spring of 1997, all that was left to do was a bit of polishing and mixing on the tracks. In the fall of 1997, the three of them as Baxter sent out a five-track promotional CD comprising selections from their full length album. After lengthy negotiations and numerous overseas flights Baxter signed with Maverick Records.
Members
* Ricky Tillblad - programming, bass-line, lyrics, rhythm, final mix.
* Carl Herlofsson - programming, string arrangements, mixing, trumpet, melody, rhythm, final mix.
* Nina Ramsby - vocals, guitar, melodica, melody, lyrics, string re-arrangements, final mix.
Discography
Baxter (1998)
1. "Television"
2. "Fading"
3. "Love Again"
4. "I Can't See Why"
5. "Ballad Of Behaviour"
6. "Political"
7. "Possible"
8. "All Of My Pride"
9. "So Much I've Heard"
10. "Oh My Love"

About This (2002)
1. "Got to Wake Up"
2. "Gonna Make It There"
3. "My Day"
4. "On My Own"
5. "Don't Have a Choice"
6. "Can't"
7. "It's Coming"
8. "To You"
9. "I'm Here"
10. "Breathe In Breathe Out"
11. "Get Done"

Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978. The group consisted of Peter Murphy (vocals), Daniel Ash (guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass).

The band originally went by the name Bauhaus 1919, dropping the latter portion within a year of their formation. With their dark, gloomy sound and image, Bauhaus are generally considered the first gothic rock group. Bauhaus first broke up in 1983. Peter Murphy began a solo career while the other members continued as Tones on Tail and, later, Love and Rockets. Both enjoyed greater commercial success in the United States than Bauhaus had, but disappeared from the charts in their homeland. The band reunited for a 1998 tour and on a more permanent basis in 2005. The group announced plans to disband again before the release of their final album, Go Away White (2008).
Discography
* In the Flat Field (1980)
* Mask (1981)
* The Sky's Gone Out (1982)
* Burning from the Inside (1983)
* Go Away White (2008)

Battles is a critically acclaimed American experimental rock band. The band's line-up includes ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier, ex-Don Caballero guitarist Ian Williams, ex-Lynx guitarist Dave Konopka, and Tyondai Braxton (son of avant-garde jazz musician Anthony Braxton),

Who also plays guitar and keyboard and creates live voice samples. Following a string of EPs, the band released their debut album on the Warp Records label in February 2006, which was titled EP C / B EP. It is a compilation of their increasingly hard-to-find early releases, EP C, B EP and the single Tras. Their first full-length album Mirrored, recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, was released on May 14, 2007. The album received positive reviews and appeared on several top album lists for 2007.
The first single from the album, "Atlas," was released on February 21, 2007 as streaming audio, and the accompanying streaming video was released on February 28, 2007. It was voted "Best Single of the Week" by NME magazine, and received a glowing review in the British Clash Magazine, as well as ranking at number one in the second Dandelion Radio Festive Fifty. The song was performed by the band on BBC television's Later With Jools Holland in November 2007. The song also went on to be featured in the Media Molecule developed video game Little Big Planet, available for the Playstation 3.
Members
* Tyondai Braxton - guitar, keyboards, vocals
* Dave Konopka – bass, guitar, effects
* Ian Williams – guitar, keyboards
* John Stanier – drums

Natasha was born to a Pakistani father and English mother on october 25th 1979. Khan graduated in music and visual arts; while at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as Steve Reich and Susan Hiller,

And she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album. "Whenever I'm writing music it's a very visual place in my mind," said Khan. "It has a location full of characters and colours and landscapes, so those two things really complement each other, and they help the other one to blossom and support the other. They are like brother and sister."

Basement Jaxx started in Brixton, South London in 1994, where they held a regular night club called Rooty, the namesake of their second artist album.

In 1999, the group released their first full length album, Remedy to wide acclaim. Remedy includes the single "Red Alert", which was featured in the film Bend It Like Beckham and commercials including Nickelodeon and Coca-Cola. Other singles on this album were "Jump N' Shout", "Bingo Bango" and "Rendez Vu", which is Basement Jaxx's highest UK chart entry to date at number 4. Basement Jaxx also released Jaxx Unreleased, a compilation of b-sides, remixes and other assorted material, in 1999.
Discography
Main releases
* Remedy (May 10, 1999) #4 (UK)
* Rooty (June 25, 2001) #5 (UK)
* Kish Kash (October 20, 2003) #17 (UK)
* Crazy Itch Radio (September 4, 2006) #16 (UK)
Compilation albums
* Atlantic Jaxx Recordings: A Compilation (November 10, 1997)
* Jaxx Unreleased (February 2, 2000)
* Xxtra Cutz (December 19, 2001)
* Basement Jaxx: The Singles (March 21, 2005) #1 (UK)
* Atlantic Jaxx Recordings: A Compilation Vol. 2 (February 27, 2006)