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Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945, in Bristol) is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. He is married to English painter and songwriter Alfreda Benge.

Wyatt's mother, Honor Wyatt was a journalist who worked for the BBC, and his father, George Ellidge was an industrial psychologist who joined the family only when Wyatt was about six. As a teenager, Wyatt lived with his parents in Lydden near Dover where he was taught the drums by visiting American jazz drummer George Neidorf. In 1962, Wyatt and Neidorf moved to Majorca where they stayed near the poet Robert Graves. The following year, Wyatt returned to England and joined the Daevid Allen Trio with Daevid Allen and Hugh Hopper. Allen subsequently left for France and Wyatt and Hopper formed The Wilde Flowers with Kevin Ayers, Richard Sinclair and Brian Hopper. Wyatt was initially the drummer in the Wilde Flowers, but following the departure of Ayers, he also became lead singer.
Discography
Albums
* The End of an Ear (1970)
* Rock Bottom (1974)
* Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (1975)
* Nothing Can Stop Us (1982, Singles compilation; 1983 Australian edition includes "Shipbuilding")
* The Animals Film (1982, Soundtrack)
* Old Rottenhat (1985)
* Dondestan (1991)
* Flotsam Jetsam (1994)
* A Short Break (1996, EP)
* Shleep (1997)
* Dondestan (Revisited) (1998)
* eps (5CD box set) (1999)
* Solar Flares Burn for You (2003)
* Cuckooland (2003)
* His Greatest Misses (2004, compilation)
* Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8 September 1974 (2005)
* Comicopera (2007)
EPs
* The Peel Sessions (1974, "Alifib"/"Soup Song"/"Sea Song"/"I'm a Believer")
* Work In Progress (1984, "Biko"/"Amber and the Amberines"/"Yolanda"/"Te Recuerdo Amanda")
* 4 Tracks EP (1984, "I'm a Believer"/"Yesterday Man"/"Team Spirit"/"Memories")
* Airplay (2002, "Fridge"/"When Access Was a Noun "/"Salt-Ivy"/"Signed Curtain")

Puscifer is a side project of Maynard James Keenan from the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. As Keenan is the only permanent member, Puscifer could also be considered a pseudonym for his solo work.

Puscifer's original name was Umlaut, "a premiere improvisational hardc... band". The name "Puscifer" was first publicized as a fictional band in the first episode of Mr. Show, including Keenan and Adam Jones as members. Jones is not associated with Puscifer otherwise, although artwork by Jones has been featured on Puscifer apparel (the "Your Mom's a Bitch" shirt, specifically). Keenan describes Puscifer as "simply a playground for the various voices in my head,... a space with no clear or discernible goals,... where my Id, Ego, and Anima all come together to exchange cookie recipes." Keenan has reportedly been working on short films with Ford Englerth and Jeffrey Brooks from Red Rock Entertainment Development that may be shown on an upcoming tour. These shorts are done in a similar manner to that of Mr. Show and Tom Waits' Big Time. Puscifer is "as much a clothing line as it is a band", with the clothing items produced in limited numbers. Keenan collaborated on a leather jacket with Paul Frank. On September 16, 2008, Keenan updated the puscifer.com blog, revealing that the first ever Puscifer store would be opening "hopefully" by October 1 in Jerome, Arizona. Occupying a small space above a tattoo parlor, the store opened on October 3, 2008. In addition to the merchandise available on the band's online store, Keenan has also made available locally-roasted coffee, art, and an ever-changing list of limited edition collectibles.
Members
According to Keenan's MySpace profile, the band members include "Maynard James Keenan and a revolving door of talented people. The current list of guest musicians... Renholdër (Danny Lohner), Milla Jovovich, Lisa Germano, Josh Eustis, Satan's Muse, and more...". Keenan has worked on Puscifer material most recently with Lustmord, Jonny Polonski, Tim Alexander, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Joey Jordison, Ainjel Emme, Josh Eustis of Black Light Burns & Telefon Tel Aviv, Gil Sharone, and Trey Gunn among others.
Discography
Studio albums
* "V" Is for Vagina (October 30, 2007)
Remix albums
* "V" Is for Viagra. The Remixes (April 29, 2008)
* "D" Is for Dubby - The Lustmord Dub Mixes (October 17, 2008)
EPs
* Don't Shoot The Messenger (October 9, 2007)
Singles
* "Cuntry Boner" (2007)
* "Queen B." (2008)
* "DoZo" (2008)
* "The Mission" (2008)
Music videos/DVDs
* "Queen B." (2008)
* "DoZo" (2008)
* "Momma Sed" (2008)

Portishead is an English musical group from Bristol. The band is named after the nearby town of the same name, west of Bristol.

History
* Dummy (1994)
Portishead's first album, Dummy, was released in 1994. Despite the band's aversion to press coverage, the album was successful in both Europe and the United States (where it sold more than 150,000 copies even before the band toured there). Dummy spawned three singles, "Numb", "Sour Times", "Glory Box", and went on to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in 1995. In 2003, the album was ranked number 419 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
* Portishead (1997)
After their initial success, Portishead withdrew from the spotlight for three years until their self-titled second album, Portishead, was released in 1997. The album's sound differed from Dummy, characterized as "grainy and harsher." Three singles, "All Mine", "Over" and "Only You" were released, the first one achieving a Top 10 placing in the UK.
* Roseland NYC Live (1998)
In 1997, the band performed a one-off show with strings by the New York Philharmonic orchestra at Roseland Ballroom in New York. A live album primarily featuring these new orchestral arrangements of the group's songs was released in 1998. There was also a long-form VHS video of the performance, and a DVD followed in 2002, with substantial extra material including many early videos.
* Hiatus (1999–2005)
For the next few years, the band members concentrated on solo and other pursuits. In February 2005, the band appeared live for the first time in seven years at the Tsunami Benefit Concert in Bristol. Around that time Barrow revealed that the band was in the process of writing its third album. In August 2006, the band posted two new tracks on its MySpace page described by Barrow as "doodles". Around the same time, Portishead covered Serge Gainsbourg's "Un Jour Comme un Autre (Requiem for Anna)" on the tribute album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited.
* Third (2008)
On October 2, 2007, Portishead stated that the new album, titled Third, had been mixed and was nearly complete, and was due for release in early April 2008. The release was later pushed to April 28. On December 8-9, 2007, the band curated the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, England. The festival featured their first full live sets in nearly 10 years. They premiered five tracks from the new album; "Silence", "Hunter", "The Rip", "We Carry On" and "Machine Gun". On January 21, 2008, a European tour to support the album was announced, together with a headline spot at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 26, 2008. Portishead's newest 11-track album "Third" was made available on last.fm the week before release, attracting 327,000 listeners in just under 24 hours. It was the first time Last.fm had made an album available before its official release date. The site estimates that a quarter of a million people have visited their site expressly to listen to the Portishead tracks. The album was released on April 29, 2008 to coincide with the band's appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On May 29, 2008 Portishead's Geoff Barrow realized a "boyhood fantasy" when Chuck D of Public Enemy joined the band onstage at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. He contributed a freestyle rap over Portishead's single 'Machine Gun'. On May 18, 2008, Barrow expressed the band's enthusiasm for recording new material on their official website's blog, stating that he "can't wait to write some new tunes." On December 3, 2008, Universal Music Japan released the albums "Dummy" and "Portishead" as limited SHM-CD versions.
Discography
Studio albums
* Dummy (1994)
* Portishead (1997)
* Third (2008)

Peter John Murphy (born 11 July 1957, near Northampton, England, raised in Wellingborough, England), is an English Gothic Rock vocalist. He was the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus who later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria.

Thin, with prominent cheekbones, a rich voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics, Murphy is often called the "Godfather of Goth." Whether rising from coffins on-stage, driving a hearse called the "Bauhearse," or appearing in concert as vampires, Bauhaus was one of the establishing acts of the goth movement. Their use of spacey recording effects and theatrical aesthetics was evocative of both early horror films and glam rock; they became an influential group in the early days of gothic rock. In 1982, Bauhaus appeared during the opening sequences of the horror movie The Hunger, performing one of their most popular songs, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". The camera focused almost exclusively on Murphy during most of the scene, panning only briefly to the stars David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. Bauhaus reformed in 1998 for a tour, and once again in 2006 for a tour with Nine Inch Nails. The latter group's frontman, Trent Reznor, and Murphy were guests on several radio shows together, often performing three to four duets per radio show. Reznor cites Bauhaus as one of his primary musical influences, and had toured with Murphy earlier in both their careers.
Interesting Notes
Peter Murphy was the model for Maxell's UK "Blown Away Guy" ad campaign which ran in the 1980s, with its tagline of "Sentence your cassette to life." Despite the rumor, he's not the younger model in the omnipresent US edition of the campaign. He is married to Beyhan and has two children, named Hurihan and Adem. His wife has directed several of his videos, and leads the Turkish National Modern Dance company. Since 1992 he has been living in Ankara, Turkey.
Chase Bank uses a Peter Murphy performed cover version of John Lennon's "Instant Karma!" on a television spot called "Blue Sky".
Discography
* Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986)
* Love Hysteria (1988)
* Deep (1990)
* Holy Smoke (1992)
* Cascade (1995)
* Recall EP (1997)
* Wild Birds: 1985-1995 (compilation) (2000)
* A Live Just for Love (live) (2001)
* Dust (2002)
* Unshattered (2004)
* New Solo Album TBA (2009)

Neurosis is an experimental metal band, based out of Oakland, California. Their unique sound draws from influences ranging from hardc... punk and doom metal to dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of indie and folk music.

The band is highly regarded as the primary pioneer of its genre, sometimes referred to as post-metal. Critic Brian Russ has described them as "atmospheric hardc...". In late 1985, Scott Kelly and Dave Edwardson (formerly members of Violent Coercion) founded the band as a hardc... outfit, borrowing from British crust punk. It has gradually progressed through a variety of styles, arriving at a mixture of heavy metal and acoustic, minimalistic ambiance which has proved influential on the doom metal scene. From 1990 to 1993, Adam G. Kendall was recruited to create the visuals and perform live with the band. Following his departure from touring, Pete Inc. took over the job, although Kendall continued to contribute visuals for the band until as late as 1997. Kendall also shot the footage for the "Locust Star" video. Josh Graham took over live visuals in early 2000, and is still with the band to date, having also done album artwork for 2004's The Eye of Every Storm and 2007's Given to the Rising. Often experimental and psychedelic in nature, the visuals have added to the reputation of Neurosis' live performances. Many of the visuals for their tours supporting Through Silver in Blood can be found in Ken Russell's film Altered States. Other images are included in the enhanced portion of the Sovereign mini album, and on the A Sun That Never Sets DVD video release. The majority of the DVD release was directed by Josh Graham, with an additional video by Chad Rullman.
Additionally, the band have founded their own independent record label, Neurot Recordings, which, in addition to releasing material from Neurosis and its associated projects, has since become home to several innovative musicians.
Members
* Scott Kelly - guitar, vocals (Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time; previously in Violent Coercion)
* Steve Von Till - guitar, vocals (Tribes of Neurot, Culper Ring, Harvestman)
* Dave Edwardson - bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals (Tribes of Neurot, The Enemies, I Am Spoonbender, previously in Violent Coercion)
* Noah Landis - organ, piano, samples (Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time; previously in Christ On Parade)
* Jason Roeder - drums (Tribes of Neurot)
* Josh Graham - visual artist (Tribes of Neurot, ex-Red Sparowes, Battle of Mice, A Storm of Light, Blood and Time)
Albums
* Pain of Mind LP (1987, Alchemy Records)
* The Word as Law LP/CD (1990, Lookout! Records)
* Souls at Zero LP/CD (1992, Alternative Tentacles)
* Enemy of the Sun LP/CD (1993, Alternative Tentacles)
* Through Silver in Blood LP/CD (1996, Relapse Records)
* Times of Grace LP/CD (1999, Relapse Records)
* A Sun that Never Sets LP/CD (2001, Relapse Records)
* The Eye of Every Storm LP/CD (2004, Neurot Recordings/Relapse Records)
* Given to the Rising LP/CD (2007, Neurot Recordings)
Video/DVD
* A Sun that Never Sets DVD (2002, Relapse Records, Neurot Recordings)

Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice.

Although he accompanies himself on several different instrumentsincluding piano and harmonica his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque acoustic rock ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the godfather of grunge". As of mid-2008, Young has sold an estimated seventy-nine million albums worldwide. Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY Déjà Vu (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled Linc/Volt. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, DC as an example to lawmakers there.
He is also an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and small farmers, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid, and in 1986 helped found The Bridge School, and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi (in this, Young's involvement stems at least partially from the fact that both of his sons have cerebral palsy and his daughter, like Young himself, has epilepsy). Although Young sings as frequently about U.S. legends and myths as he does about his native country, he remains a Canadian citizen and has never wanted to relinquish his Canadian citizenship.
The Archives Project
As far back as 1989, Young spoke in interviews of his efforts to compile his substantial backlog of unreleased material and remaster his existing catalog for commercial release. The first installment, entilted The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972, was originally slated for a 2007 release but was delayed repeatedly. It is currently scheduled for release on Blu-ray, DVD and CD on June 2, 2009. Three performances from the Performance Series of the Archives were released individually before The Archives Vol. 1. Live at the Fillmore East, a selection of songs drawn from a 1970 gig with Crazy Horse, was released in 2006. Live at Massey Hall 1971, a solo acoustic set from Toronto's Massey Hall, saw release in 2007. Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968, an early solo performance and, chronologically, the first disc in the performance series, emerged late in 2008. In an interview in 2008, Neil Young discussed Toast, an album originally recorded with Crazy Horse in San Francisco in 2000 but never released. The album will be part of the Special Edition Series of the Archives. No release date currently exists for Toast.

My Morning Jacket is a Grammy-nominated American rock band. The band comprises Jim James (singer-songwriter, guitarist), "Two Tone Tommy" Blankenship (bassist), Patrick Hallahan (drummer), Carl Broemel (guitarist, pedal steel guitarist, saxophonist, vocalist), & Bo Koster (keyboardist).

My Morning Jacket formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, consisting of Jim James on guitar, "Two Tone" Tommy on bass, J. Glenn on drums, and Johnny Quaid on second guitar. James said the band's moniker comes from the letters "MMJ" embroidered on a discarded coat he once saw. The band's debut, The Tennessee Fire, was released on Darla Records. In 2000, the band was augmented by the addition of Danny Cash (layout and keyboard instruments). Although the second album At Dawn was recorded with drummer J. Glenn, he had already left the band by the time the album was released by Darla in 2001. J. Glenn was replaced by Chris 'KC' Guetig. In May 2002 James' childhood friend Patrick Hallahan replaced Guetig. My Morning Jacket were signed to ATO Records in 2002. In 2003 they released It Still Moves, their major-label debut. The release of the album was followed by the live EP Acoustic Citsuoca. This EP was notable for the absence of hall reverb on Jim James' vocals, a sound very different from their earlier works.
Band members
Current members
* Jim James – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars (1998–present)
* "Two-Tone" Tommy – bass (1998–present)
* Patrick Hallahan – drums (2002–present)
* Bo Koster – keyboards & layout (2004–present)
* Carl Broemel – guitar (2004–present)
Former members
* Johnny Quaid – guitar (1998–2004)
* Danny Cash – keyboards (2000–2004)
* J. Glenn – drums (1998–2001)
* Chris Guetig – drums (2001)
Side projects
* In early 2005, James was featured on the opening track of the Bright Eyes album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, as well as on two tracks of the M. Ward album Transistor Radio, and one track on the Back To Me album by Kathleen Edwards.
* James and Hallahan appeared on America's 2007 comeback album, Here & Now, in a cover of "Golden".
* James, Koster and Broemel can be heard on fellow Louisville band VHS or Beta's album Bring On the Comets
* James is heard on the 2007 Bob Dylan film, I'm Not There, along with the band Calexico. They perform "Goin' To Acapulco".
* James sings background vocals on "I'm Not Sorry" and does handclaps on "Flower" both of which appear on Follow The Train's 2006 release A Breath of Sigh (Darla Records).
* James also appears on M. Ward's album Post War, singing on Chinese Translation and Magic Trick, the latter of which he also produced.
Studio albums
* The Tennessee Fire (May 1999)
* At Dawn (March 2001)
* It Still Moves (September 9, 2003; U.S. #121, UK #62)
* Z (October 4, 2005; U.S. #67, UK #74)
* Evil Urges (June 10, 2008; U.S. #9, SWE #55)
Live albums
* Okonokos (September 26, 2006; US #131)
* Live From Las Vegas at the Palms (2009)
Singles and EPs
* Heartbreakin Man (May 2000)
* My Morning Jacket Does Bad Jazz (July 2000)
* We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! a.k.a. My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style! (October 2000, US version)
* We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! a.k.a. My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style! (December 2000, EU version)
* My Morning Jacket Does Gold Hole (January 2001)
* Split EP (with Songs: Ohia) (April 2002)
* Chocolate and Ice (April 2002)
* Sweatbees (November 2002; UK version)
* Sweatbees (May 2003; Australian version)
* Run Thru (November 2003)
* Acoustic Citsuoca (May 2004)
* Off the Record (EP) (October 2005)
* I'm Amazed (May 6, 2008) (#6 Billboard Triple A)
Movie appearances
* The Lookout
* Elizabethtown
* I'm Not There
* Stick It

Múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.

The band was formed in 1997 by original members Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, who were joined a year later by twin sisters Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir. According to Kristín, the band's name was not intended to mean anything. In 2002, after the first American tour, Gyða left the band to return to her studies in Reykjavík. Shortly after Gyða left, Ásthildur Valtýsdóttir joined for singing duties and Serena Tideman replaced Gyða on cello, for a European tour. Then the ensemble evolved to include Ólöf Arnalds and Hildur Guðnadóttir. In early 2006, Kristín also left the band, although it was not officially announced until November 23 of that year. Despite the departure of some of its members múm has remained together as a collective of musicians. Their fourth album, recorded during 2006, was released on 24th of September, 2007, entitled Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy. In November 2007, múm toured the East Coast with German musician, Hauschka. They returned in Spring 2008 with the same setlist. Both tours included songs from their latest album, Go, Go Smear the Poison Ivy.
On August 27, 2008, múm announced on their official website that "múm is quietly but surely [working on] their new album. No release date has been etched in stone, but every day will bring it closer." múm also released several pictures of themselves during the recording process on their My Space page.
Albums
* Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (TMT, 2000; reissue Morr Music, 2005)
* Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat Records, 2002)
* Loksins erum við engin (Smekkleysa Records, 2002) — the Icelandic version of "Finally We Are No One"
* Summer Make Good (Fat Cat Records, 2004)
* Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy (Fat Cat Records, 2007)
* New Untitled Album (Fat Cat Records, Unknown Date)
Compilations
* Blái Hnötturinn (2001) — Soundtrack
* Motorlab #2 (2001) — 3 tracks contributed to compilation album by Kitchen Motors
* Please Smile My Noise Bleed (Morr Music, 2001) — 3 New Tracks + Remixes
* Remixed (TMT, 2002) — Versions of Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is Ok
* Fálkar (Smekkleysa Records, 2002) — contributed "Grasi Vaxin Göng"
* Wicker Park (soundtrack) (Lakeshore Records, 2004) — contributed "We Have a Map of the Piano"
* Screaming Masterpiece (2005) — Appeared in the documentary with the video for "Green Grass of Tunnel" and contributed the same song to the soundtrack.
* Friends of the Random Summer (2005) — 3 CD, Unofficial Release.
* Kitchen Motors Family Album/Fjölskyldualbúm Tilraunaeldhússins (Spring 2006) — contributed "Asleep in a Hiding Place"
EPs
* The Ballað of the Broken Birdie Records (TMT, 2000)
* Dusk Log (Fat Cat Records, 2004)
* The Peel Session (Fat Cat Records, 2006) (Maida Vale 4 Studio 2002)
Singles
* "Green Grass of Tunnel" (Fat Cat Records, 2002)
* "Nightly Cares" (Fat Cat Records, 2004)
* "They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded" (Fat Cat Records, 2007)
* "Marmalade Fires" (Fat Cat Records, 2007)

Mike Oldfield (born Michael Gordon Oldfield, 15 May 1953, Reading, Berkshire) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age and more recently dance.

His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his hit 1973 album Tubular Bells, which broke new ground as an instrumental concept album and launched Virgin Records, and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also well known for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece, "In Dulci Jubilo". Oldfield's parents are Maureen and Raymond Oldfield, a nurse and general practitioner, respectively. His sister Sally and brother Terry are successful musicians in their own right and have appeared on several of his albums. Mike Oldfield was born in the Battle Hospital, Reading, Berkshire and he attended St Joseph's Convent School, Highlands Junior School in Tilehurst, St Edward's Preparatory School & Presentation College at 63 Bath Rd, Reading (now the Elvian School). When Oldfield was 13 he moved with his parents to Harold Wood where he attended Hornchurch Grammar School. He only stayed there long enough to take one GCE examination in English as he had already begun his music career.
Main albums
* 1973 - Tubular Bells
* 1974 - Hergest Ridge
* 1975 - The Orchestral Tubular Bells
* 1975 - Ommadawn
* 1978 - Incantations
* 1979 - Exposed
* 1979 - Platinum
* 1980 - QE2
* 1982 - Five Miles Out
* 1983 - Crises
* 1984 - Discovery
* 1984 - The Killing Fields
* 1987 - Islands
* 1989 - Earth Moving
* 1990 - Amarok
* 1991 - Heaven's Open
* 1992 - Tubular Bells II
* 1994 - The Songs of Distant Earth
* 1996 - Voyager
* 1998 - Tubular Bells III
* 1999 - Guitars
* 1999 - The Millennium Bell
* 2002 - Tr3s Lunas
* 2003 - Tubular Bells 2003
* 2005 - Light + Shade
* 2008 - Music of the Spheres

Mellowdrone is a rock band from Los Angeles, California and is comprised by founding member Jonathan Bates, Tony Dematteo, and Brian Borg. The band's music encompasses a range of styles from lo-fi, indie rock and experimental.

Mellowdrone's music has appeared on several television shows, including Project Runway, Six Feet Under, and Cane. "C'mon and try a little bit" was featured in the opening cutscene in Driv3r. Their song, Oh My, from the 2006 album Box was featured on the FIFA 07 soundtrack and a car commercial. The song "Fashionably Uninvited" was included in the 2007 film, The Invisible. The Song "Beautiful Day" was featured on Project Gotham Racing 2. Former member Cami Gutierrez (AKA Cami Grey) is now a part of the Indie Electropop band Uh Huh Her.
Discography
* ...Boredom Never Sounded So Sweet (EP) (1999)
* Glassblower (EP) (2001)
* A Demonstration of Intellectual Property (EP) (2003)
* Go Get 'em Tiger (EP) (2004)
* Box (2006)
* Maquina 7" (2008)

High Places is an experimental music group from Brooklyn, NY. The band is a duo comprising multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and vocalist Mary Pearson. High Places is Mary Pearson and Rob Barber. Mary & Rob met while Mary was completing a music degree in bassoon performance at Western Michigan University and Rob was working in visual art, teaching lithography and etching at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. Both were performing as solo musicians at the time, Mary as Transformation Surprise, and Rob as the Urxed.

After becoming fast friends, Mary relocated to New York from Michigan in late spring 2006, and the two soon after began collaborating under the name High Places in May of 2006. The name refers to a place where one has a better vantage point and can gain broader perspective; it references a love for mountains, rooftops, and of course metaphorical “high places.” They played their first show in may of 2006 in North Adams MA, with Japanther, after Rob, who was scheduled to play solo, didn't want to perform alone. They wrote the set in three days. A few weeks later they finished a six song demo CD-R, and left for their first US tour. They began by releasing a number of singles as well as contributing songs to a few compilations. In the Summer of 2008, the duo signed with Chicago label Thrill Jockey Records. The early singles and varied works were collected and released in July of 2008 as 03/07-09/07, and their debut S/T full length followed in September of 2008. High Places tours almost constantly, and have toured with such notable bands; Deerhunter, No Age, Abe Vigoda, Ponytail, Soft Circle, Lucky Dragons, and Hawnay Troof.

Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature style combines gloomy themes of depersonalisation and alienation accompanied by energetic synthesizer work.

Born in Hammersmith, West London, Gary Webb's father was an airline driver based at Heathrow Airport. Webb was educated at Town Farm Junior School Stanwell, Ashford County Grammar School, Middlesex, Slough Grammar School and Brooklands Technical College. He had an early ambition to be an airline pilot, but did not gain any academic qualifications; however, he did go on to join the Air Training Corps as a teenager. He then briefly did various jobs including fork lift truck driver, air conditioning ventilator fitter and clerk in an accounts department. A guitar was purchased for him at an early age and he began writing songs when he was about 15 years old. He played in various bands, including Mean Street and The Lasers, before forming Tubeway Army with his uncle, Jess Lidyard, and Paul Gardiner. His initial pseudonym was "Valerian", probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline. Later he picked the name "Numan" from an advert in the "Yellow Pages".

Einstürzende Neubauten (pronounced [ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən]) is a German avant-garde music band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard), Alexander Hacke (bass, guitar, vocals), N.U. Unruh (custom-made instruments, percussion, vocals), Jochen Arbeit (guitar and vocals), and Rudi Moser (custom-built instruments, percussion, and vocals).

The band is often classified as industrial music. One of their "trademarks" is the use of custom-built instruments, predominantly made out of scrap metal and building tools, and noises, in addition to standard musical instruments. Neubauten has always experimented with sounds, originally in noise music and recently in very diverse styles.
Members
* Blixa Bargeld: lead vocals, guitar, keyboards. (real name: Christian Emmerich, original member)
* Alexander Hacke: bass, guitar, vocals (also known as Alexander von Borsig, since 1980)
* N.U. Unruh: special built instruments, percussion, vocals (real name: Andrew Chudy, original member)
* Jochen Arbeit: guitar, vocals (since 1997)
* Rudi Moser: special built instruments, percussion, vocals (since 1997)

Dirty Projectors is the artist name of musician Dave Longstreth, a Yale graduate from the class of 2005 and Timothy Dwight residential college.

His first album, The Graceful Fallen Mango was released under his own name and introduced his distinctive arrangements of both lo-fi and hi-fi production. Longstreth released his first album as "Dirty Projectors" in 2003 entitled The Glad Fact, on the Western Vinyl label. In 2005 he released The Getty Address, a concept album surrounding musician Don Henley; in 2007 he released Rise Above, an album of Black Flag songs as reimagined from memory. In 2007 he also did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon. In April 2008, Dirty Projectors signed with Domino Records and Longstreth is reportedly planning to release two albums in early 2009. They collaborated with David Byrne on the song "Knotty Pine" for the compilation album, Dark Was the Night.

David Bowie born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s.

He has been cited as an influence by many musicians. Bowie is also known for his distinctive baritone voice. Although he released an album and numerous singles earlier, David Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in the autumn of 1969, when the Apollo program inspired "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK singles chart. After a three year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era as the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The relatively short lived Ziggy persona epitomised a career often marked by musical innovation, reinvention and striking visual presentation.
In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number one single "Fame", co written with John Lennon, and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer identified as "plastic soul". The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees. He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years. Arguably his most experimental works to date, the so-called "Berlin Trilogy" albums all reached the UK Top Five. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes" and its parent album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). He paired with Queen for the 1981 UK chart topper "Under Pressure", but consolidated his commercial and, until then, most profitable sound in 1983 with the album Let's Dance, which yielded the hit singles "Let's Dance", "China Girl", & "Modern Love".
In the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, Bowie ranked 29. Throughout his career he has sold an estimated 136 million albums, and ranks among the ten best-selling acts in UK pop history. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 39th on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock Artists of All Time.

Current 93 are an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet (née David Michael Bunting, renamed 'Tibet' by Genesis P-Orridge sometime prior to forming the group).

Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton (of Nurse with Wound) has appeared on nearly every Current 93 release. Michael Cashmore has also been a constant contributor since Thunder Perfect Mind. Douglas P. of Death In June has played on well over a dozen Current 93 releases, and Steve Ignorant of Crass (using the name Stephen Intelligent), Boyd Rice, runologist Freya Aswynn , Nick Cave, Björk, Andrew W.K., Will Oldham, Ben Chasny, Rose McDowall, Tiny Tim, Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus, Marc Almond, John Balance of Coil and Ian Read of Fire + Ice have also lent their talents over the years. Tibet is fond of the works of American writer Thomas Ligotti, and invited him to collaborate with Current 93.
Current 93 have released some twenty albums, and many singles, as well as having been a guest on many of the above listed artists' records, and others' such as Nature and Organisation and The Hafler Trio.

Charles Arthur Russell Jr. (1952 or November 30, 1951 – April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, singer, and disco artist. While he found the most success in dance music, Russell's career bridged New York's downtown, rock, and dance music scenes;

His collaborators ranged from Philip Glass to David Byrne to Nicky Siano. Relatively unknown during his lifetime, a series of reissues and compilations have raised his profile in the 2000s.

Boards of Canada (BoC) are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison (born June 1, 1970) and Marcus Eoin Sandison (born July 21, 1971).

They are signed with Warp Records and have released several works on that label with little advertising and few interviews, while also having an elusive and obscure back-catalogue of releases on their self-run Music70 label. They have also recorded a few minor works under the alias Hell Interface.
Boards of Canada's music is reminiscent of the warm, scratchy, artificial sounds of 1970s media and contains themes of childhood, nostalgia and the natural world. Michael and Marcus have mentioned the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which the group's name is derived, as a source of inspiration.

Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale, England. The group is one of the most prominent acts signed with Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music artists.

Some journalists consider Autechre to be a paragon of IDM and one of the driving forces behind its development, though Booth and Brown are ambivalent in relating their sound to established genres. Reactions to their music have varied. Many of their tracks contain complex or chaotic rhythms and close harmonies which some hear as random and noisy. Fans of their recent work tend to find the value of their music to lie in its unique fusion of rhythmic and melodic elements, percussive noises being tweaked to sound like they have pitches, and clustered, often enharmonic synthesizer patches implying numerous melodic lines and chord structures simultaneously. A recurring element in Autechre's work is the use of extremely short snippets of sound to create a fragmented, grainy effect.
Albums
* 1993: Incunabula
* 1994: Amber UK #81
* 1995: Tri Repetae UK #86
* 1997: Chiastic Slide UK #130
* 1998: LP5 UK #135
* 2001: Confield UK #153
* 2003: Draft 7.30 UK #149
* 2005: Untilted UK #199
* 2008: Quaristice UK #148

Antipop Consortium are an alternative hip hop group. The group formed in 1997 when Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize met at a poetry slam in New York City.

They are notable for their stream of consciousness lyrics and musical references to contemporary composition methods. They released several tape singles and two albums primarily on Dan the Automator's experimental hip-hop label 75 Ark before being signed by Warp Records in 2000. Their releases were met with mixed reviews from the mainstream music and underground hip-hop press alike, although they are noted for their inventiveness and the experimental electronic productions contributed by all members. They were frequently compared to other rappers with unorthodox lyrics, such as Kool Keith, MF Doom and Aesop Rock. In 2001, they opened for Radiohead during the European leg of their Amnesiac tour and subsequently toured with DJ Shadow. The group disbanded due to creative differences in August 2002, with Beans pursuing a solo career while High Priest and M. Sayyid formed Airborn Audio, which released a single album, Good Fortune, on Ninja Tune in 2005, and toured with The Faint and Bright Eyes. All three members have pursued solo projects since the group's breakup.
Albums
* Tragic Epilogue (2000, 75 Ark)
* Shopping Carts Crashing (2000, Antipop Recordings)
* Arrhythmia (2002, Warp)
* Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp collaboration with Matthew Shipp (2003, Thirsty Ear Recordings)
* Fluorescent Black (2009)