nutricious. artists

		Ask yourself, what is it you want from music? If you want your favourite artists to provoke comforting feelings of familiarity; to construct sounds that are commonplace and rooted in the everyday or to make music that is as disposable as a Chicken Tikka ready meal for one, then you might as well stop reading now. If, however, you want music that takes you out...
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		Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three main originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Godfather" of hip hop and the "Father " of the Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Zulu nation, he is responsible for spreading rap and hip-hop culture throughout the world. He has consistently made records...
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appaloosa

		Rosie and Paul are not the progeny of a psychedelic icon, nor are they a machine that facilitates lunar transport. They are a girlish boy and a boyish girl, they are musical siblings. They are BOY OF GIRL.
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chromatics

		dataMC is one of the most exciting bands to come out of the heart of Berlin. They promoted themselves through the VW Soundfoundation with their unique sounding clash of hip-hop and electro. It’s no wonder, because dataMC is rough, authentic, and they keep the dancefloor busy. Their debut album, "Data Invasion," combines twisted clubsounds and bone dry beats with one of the best...
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		When Glass Candy was on tour last year, they stumbled into a foggy night club in Montreal and saw a woman singing an entire set of Jean-Pierre Massiera songs. Meet Megan Louise, the crystal clear tenor who sings in French and English over Desire’s debut Lp, II. Completely blown away by her voice, Johnny Jewel decided to lock the doors on his Portland studio, and plant roots in Montreal.
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		There's an old saying: 'Rap is something you do; hip hop is something you live.' No truer words have been used to describe this music and culture. And no individual more truly embodies the second part of this maxim than DJ Premier: turntable technician, producer, and now, record label founder. Premier has been a crucial figure in the early development of some of rap music's modern...
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		Johnny Jewel and Ida No had been quietly helming a disco revolution for 10 years. But who are they ? Glass Candy have been described as distant and elusive which only adds to their magnetic mystique. The duo formed the band in the mid-1990s, with No providing vocals and Jewel providing guitar, synths, and general production. While their early work blends noise rock with electropop, their...
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		During hip-hop's nearly 30-year history, few names have become as well known to music lovers across the globe as that of Grandmaster Flash. Not only is he responsible for inventing the musical genre called Hip Hop but his pioneering use of the turntables make him The First DJ to play the Turntables as a Musical Instrument thus helping to elevate the status of the DJ to a masterful, artistic...
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		Brooklyn's Holy Ghost! are Nicholas Millhiser and Alex Frankel. The duo was originally part of the live rap group Automato whose debut was produced by DFA`s James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy. Nicholas is also part of The Juan Macleans live band. Now they´ve stepped out on their own to be among the leaders in the current disco revival that is quickly takin over...
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		Throughout time, dance music has been celebrated in singular moments of contained chaos. It is night music, absorbed by "the people" in environments tucked away from mainstream society. To "the people", the 12" and not the LP was king. These were records made to move masses with little more than a kick drum, hi-hat and a bass line....
house of house		more.

		In 1985, Jeffrey Allen Townes exploded onto the music scene as half of the superstar duo known as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (longtime partner/performer/actor, Will Smith). Since then they have gone on to sell over ten million records worldwide. The infamous pop-rap pair has also won three Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two NAACP Awards, two Soul Train...
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jessica 6

		Mike Simonetti, has got to be one of the most prominent tastemakers in “modern” disco ! Not only does he release some of the freshest disco around, he also has a superior taste when it comes to older disco sounds. Mike is a man with a pretty unimpeachable cv, founder of the post-punk/noise label Troubleman Unlimited, started his dance-oriented Italians Do It Better imprint...
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q tip

		Still Going are Olivier "Liv" Spencer and Eric "Dunks" Duncan. Liv and Eric met many years ago at the now infamous Rui's Loft in lower Manhattan where Eric spun now-legendary late night parties as one half of the New York DJ duo Rub-N-Tug. Liv also was DJ-ing extensively, and he released singles and remixes under several aliases on labels such as...
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		Tiedye was formed during nights of bikemoshing, slowdancing and wierdsailing. Two guys form the heart of this obscure and obvious formation of what we call the band Tiedye. From the rocks and waves of the west coast of Sweden Tiedye explores and develops the sounds of dreaming disco, windblowing pop and gruyèresmelling rock. The gritty Italians Do It Better Records got a nose for...
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		Austria`s capital Vienna has been famous for its unique musical output for quite a few centuries. After Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Falco, now Vienna based Wolfram Amadeus is on the way to take the world by storm with his production talent. Diskokaine says about himself : „My mother says that my haircut looks like shit! my dad doesnt care about that but he thinks that i cant deal with...
wolfram amadeus