Aurora (1) 232 views 0 favorites Aurora (known as Aurora UK in the USA) are English trance/dance producers, Sacha Collisson and Simon Greenaway, who have collaborated with guest vocalists Naimee Coleman, Lizzy Pattinson, Marcella Detroit and James Khari. On top of their trance and dance hits, they released an album of acoustic songs, such as the radio hit 'Dreaming,' in 2002. 2006 sees Aurora's return with a dance cover of the Texas single, 'Summer Son.
Augustana (1) 266 views 0 favorites Augustana is an American rock band from San Diego, California who were signed to the Epic Records record label until late 2011. They are best known for their singles, "Boston" and "Sweet and Low."
Audioslave (1) 368 views 0 favorites Audioslave were an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2001 and disbanded in 2007. The four-piece band consisted of then-former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist, Chris Cornell, and then-former Rage Against the Machine members, Tom Morello (lead guitar), Tim Commerford (bass/backing vocals), and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics initially described Audioslave as an amalgamation of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile, it was noted that they had established a separate identity.
Audioslave's trademark sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s alternative rock. Moreover, Morello incorporated his well-known, unconventional guitar solos into the mix. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.
After Audioslave released three successful albums, received three Grammy nominations, and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba, Cornell issued a statement in February 2007 announcing that he was permanently leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences." The 2007 Rage Against the Machine reunion and tour involving three members as well as solo albums released that same year by Morello and Cornell cemented the supergroup's permanent demise.
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Atlas Plug (2) 351 views 0 favorites Artist, Composer and Producer Tom Salta (www.tomsalta.com) writes emotionally charged electronic music for TV, videogames and movies. Combining his expertise in programming, tech and mixing hit records with the highest production values, Tom Salta creates powerful melodies and hooks with a hybrid of lush orchestral strings and edgey dance music elements.
Tom Salta’s music was selected by MTV for the popular wrestling reality show “Tough Enough” and he created the main theme for The Discovery Channel’s 2003 season of “Wild Discovery”. Most recently Volvo contracted Salta’s music for a forthcoming U.S. commercial and the tie-in “Making of” DVD. Productions by GMC, Infiniti and NBC also feature music by Tom Salta.
In the recording industry Tom Salta has toured with and/or worked on releases by a diverse array of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Junior Vasquez, Everything But The Girl, Primer 55, Deep Forest, Peter Gabriel, Sinead O’Connor, Bobby Brown, Sascha, Amy Grant, Julio Iglesias Jr., Arthur Baker, Point Of Grace, 38th Parallel and TLC. His album credits include Cher’s “Believe”, Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Hits” and Universal’s platinum-selling “Pop Stars 2”.
Tom Salta’s co-writer/producer collaboration with pop dance outfit QED yielded a Top 10 Hit Single in the UK dance charts for their debut release “Hardly A Day” (Big Fish Records).
ATFC (2) 472 views 0 favorites OnePhatDeeva's name was derived from the debut track 'In And Out Of My Life' which combined elements from Fatboy Slim 'Right Here Right Now' along with Adeva 'In & Out Of My Life'. Originally the track was credited with the name 'OnePhatDiva', it later changed to the artist name as OnePhatDeeva.
The name is credited to ATFC (real name: Aydin Hasirci ) a British House - DJ and producer .
After studying at Bournemouth University , Aydin Hasirci worked for a while in Bournemouth for the radio station The NRG and became resident DJ in the "Gardening Club" . Later he moved to London. His pseudonym ATFC stands for "Aydin The Funki Chile".
His best-known production is "In and Out of My Life", which reached # 11 in the UK singles charts . The single is a remake of Fat Boy Slim's "Right Here, Right Now" with added vocals. The successor single "Bad Habit" also came in the top 20.
ATFC owns his own music label with Onephatdeeva Productions and has also released productions on the labels Defected Records and Strictly Rhythm .
ATB (1) 485 views 0 favorites André Tanneberger, under the stagename of ATB, (born 26 February 1973) is a German DJ, musician, and producer of trance music. According to the official world DJ rankings governed by DJ Magazine, ATB was ranked #11 in 2009. As well as in 2010 and went down to #15 in 2011. He is also ranked as world number 1 according to "The DJ List."
In the late 80s on the weekend Andre frequented club Tarm Center in Bochum, to listen to the music of DJ Thomas Kukula (better known as the General Base). In 1992, he decided himself to do music composition. His equipment consisted of an Amiga computer and a small synthesizer. Thomas, seeing a young boy, he offers to work in his recording studio to finish the song. In the studio, Andre used his first professional synthesizer Sequential Pro One, which gave him the idea to name his first project Sequential One.
Tanneberger started his music career at the dance music group Sequential One. In February 1993 under the name of Andre Sequential One released their debut single «Dance» and «Let Me Hear You». Singles brought them small financial benefits - Andre gained the opportunity to organize a mini-studio. In 1994 the band increased by 3 members: Ulrich Poppelbaum, Woody van Eyden and vocalist Morfa. In the early 1995 House Nation label on the first album Sequential One «Dance».
After the great success in his native Germany, Sequential One gradually became known in other countries of Europe. The second album, «Energy» apart from Germany, was also released in the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary. Despite the success and growing popularity of two members of the project - Woody van Eyden and Morpha - still left him in 1998. In the group were only Andre and Ullrich. In 1999 Sequential One ceased to exist. But shortly before the collapse, Andre managed to release the last single «Angels» and album of the best works of «Decades».
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Arty (6) 737 views 0 favorites Russia's very own Arty has come a long way both as a DJ and producer: from the first releases on the English trance labels Anjunabeats and Enhanced Music in 2009-2010, to subsequent releases on dance powerhouses Interscope, Ultra Records, Big Beat, and Ministry Of Sound. He’s grabbed the ears of his producing heroes Above & Beyond and Axwell (Swedish House Mafia), headlined global festivals, released a debut album called "Glorious" and held some massive tours all over the world.
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Art Brut (1) 327 views 0 favorites Art Brut is an indie rock band which formed in London, England in 2003. The current line-up consists of Eddie Argos (vocals), Ian Catskilkin (guitar), Friederike “Freddy” Feedback (bass), Jasper Future (guitar) and Mikey Breyer (drums).
Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him “playing a vacuum cleaner” and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco.
Another ‘project’ was The Welsh Elephant, who penned the should-be-classic Fuck The MSP (which contains the catchy refrain “Nicky Wire can suck my cock!”). Having moved to London, UK and determined to be in another band, Argos found himself at a party in Mornington Crescent and set about hassling everyone there to join him. A webzine-editor and guitarist called Chris Chinchilla (a ska fanatic) thought this sounded like a good idea – after all, it was a good way to impress girls. Argos was more concerned about getting on ‘Top Of The Pops’. Chinchilla talked his German flatmate Freiderike Feedback (grunge fan) into playing bass, and thus they got a bass guitar for her off eBay. Argos had a friend from Bournemouth who’d also just moved to London. Ian Catskilkin (thinks he’s in Led Zeppelin, but with better hair) used to be in a heavy rock band called Orco and he agreed to join the new band. Another friend then overheard a German man (who NME would later say looks like “he should be in Interpol”) on a bus telling someone how he played drums and worked in Merc, the shop on Carnaby Street selling cut-price mod clothing.
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Armin Van Buuren (13) 1100 views 0 favorites Armin van Buuren(born 25 December 1976 in Leiden, Netherlands) is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. Between 2007 and 2010, he was voted number one in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 list of the most popular DJs. In the 2011 list, he ranked in second place. Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance, which claims to have around 15 million weekly listeners in 26 countries, which would make it one of the most listened-to radio shows in the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at #1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history.
Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, Netherlands on 25 December 1976, but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when he was 14. He was inspired by French electronic music composer, Jean Michel Jarre, and wished to become a great electronic music composer like Jarre.
He finished high school at the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and left for college to study law at Leiden University. While studying law, Van Buuren's interest for making music blossomed, and he began working as a DJ in a local club called Nexus. As his musical career began to take off, he put his law degree on hold, although he did return to finish law school in 2003.
On 18 September 2009, Van Buuren married Erika van Thiel in Wassenaar, Netherlands. They met during a vacation on Crete, and had been together for nine years prior to the marriage.
Ariana Grande (8) 877 views 0 favorites Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993), known professionally as Ariana Grande (/ˌɑriːˈɑːnə ˈɡrɑːndeɪ/), is an American singer and actress. She began her career in the Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009. After four seasons, the show ended, and Grande starred on the spinoff, Sam & Cat, which ended in 2014. She has also appeared in other theatre, television and film roles and lent her voice to animated television and films.
Grande's music career began with the soundtrack Music from Victorious (2011). She signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released her debut studio album Yours Truly in 2013, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "The Way", reached the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with critics comparing her wide vocal range to Mariah Carey's.
Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014), also reached number one in the United States. With the singles "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang" and "Love Me Harder" from that album, she spent 34 continuous weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and had the most top 10 singles of any artist in 2014. In 2015, she promoted My Everything with her first world tour titled The Honeymoon Tour and guest-starred in Fox comedy-horror TV series Scream Queens. In 2015, Grande released the lead single "Focus" from her upcoming third album Moonlight, released a holiday EP album, Christmas & Chill, and she was heard on several collaborative projects.
Grande's accolades include two American Music Awards, Music Business Association's Breakthrough Artist of the Year, an MTV Video Music Award, an MTV Europe Music Award and two Grammy Award nominations.
Ariana Grande-Butera was born in Boca Raton, Florida, to Joan Grande, chief executive officer of telephone and alarm system company Hose-McCann Communications, and Edward Butera, who owns a graphic design firm in Boca Raton. Her name was originally inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat (1959). Grande is of Italian descent, half Sicilian and half Abruzzese. She has experienced hypoglycemia. She has an older half-brother, Frankie Grande, who is an actor, dancer, and producer. Grande's mother moved with her father from New York to Florida when she was pregnant with her. She has stated that her parents separated when she was around 8 or 9 years old.
As a child, Grande performed with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, playing her first role as Annie, as well as performing in the musicals The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast. At the age of 8, she performed at a karaoke lounge on a cruise ship, in various orchestras such as South Florida's Philharmonic, Florida Sunshine Pops and Symphonic Orchestras, and made her national television debut singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Florida Panthers. She attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School.
By age 13, she became serious about pursuing a music career, though she still concentrated on theater. When she first arrived in Los Angeles to meet with her managers, she expressed a desire to record an R&B album when she was 14: "I was like, 'I want to make an R&B album,' They were like 'Um, that's a helluva goal! Who is going to buy a 14-year-old's R&B album?!'" In 2008, Grande was cast in the supporting role of cheerleader Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway, for which she won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she joined the musical, Grande left her high school, North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled. The school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors. She also sang various times at the New York City Jazz club Birdland.
Architekt (1) 454 views 0 favorites 1). Am 26.12.1980 erblickte der kleine Architekt das Licht der Welt, verging sich an der Geburtshelferin, verprügelte den zuständigen Arzt und zwang seine Mutter ihm Süßigkeiten zu kaufen. Nachdem er 12 Jahre ziellos in Bielefeld umher geirrt war, stand er vor einer schwierigen Entscheidung; Drogen oder Rapkarriere? Als dann sein bester Freund mit seiner Jugendliebe durchbrannte, entschied er sich zunächst für die Drogenkarriere. Eine gesunde Mischung aus Paranoia, Selbstverwirklichungsdrang und seine unerschütterlichen Liebe zur Rapmusik konnten ihn jedoch vor dem Schlimmsten bewahren. Nachdem er erkannt hatte, dass das Mikrophon nicht nur dazu da ist, es anderen auf den Kopf zu schlagen, machte er sich in Bielefeld einen Namen und mutierte vom Rapper zum MC. Er betrieb nebenbei das Beatboxing so exzessiv, dass seine Mutter ihn einweisen lassen wollte, was sein Vater aber zu verhindern wusste. Anschließend tourte er mit Flaps und Rasputin durch sämtliche Altenheime in NRW und lehrte anderen MCs das Fürchten. Kurze Zeit später lernte er zwei schwererziehbare Kinder namens Tackmann und DJ Johnson kennen, die auf seiner Wellenlänge waren. Gemeinsam produzierten sie in etwa 1000 Tracks. Nachdem sie in Bielefeld in sämtlichen Diskotheken Hausverbot erteilt bekommen hatten, reisten sie nach Hamburg, um sich ihren Platz auf dem Kiez zu erkämpfen. Durch Architekts knackige Rechte wurde Thorsten B. von den Hells Angels auf sie aufmerksam, nahm Sie unter Vertrag und veröffentlichte in Zusammenarbeit mit Royal Bunker ihr Debütalbum. Als die Albaner dann den Kiez übernahmen, flüchtete Architekt ins Exil nach Göttingen. Eine unbeschreibliche innere Unruhe veranlasste ihn jedoch mit Lord Scan deutschlandweit in sämtlichen Karaokebars aufzutreten, wodurch selbst Atze Schröder auf sie aufmerksam wurde und sie in seinem Club spielen lies. Architekt lernte massenhaft wahnsinnige Leute wie Mosaik kennen und featurte die deutsche Rapelite für die bald erscheinende Klatsche, an der er zusammen mit Johnson schraubte. Christoph von 667 hörte davon, nahm Architekt auf einer Party in den Schwitzkasten, während Tom ununterbrochen auf ihn einredete und zwangen ihn einen Plattenvertrag zu unterschreiben. Haltet euch die Ohren zu, es wird laut! 2). Architekt is an electronic music producer from the Philadelphia area. Most of his releases are independent, however he does work with various vocalists and hip hop artists. He focus heavily on powerful rhythms and vivid soundscapes to craft his sound. His genres include trip hop,acid jazz, dub step, drum and bass, hip hop, electronica, new wave, break beat,minimalist techno, electro, house, noise, soundtrack, experimental rock,dub reggae, and ambient. Websites: http://www.architektmusic.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/architektmusic1 http://architektmusic1.tumblr.com/