Festival No. 0000060 · Est. 1991
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Alex Vargas was born in Gentofte Municipality, Denmark, on 17 February 1988. -
Anderson Paak was born in Oxnard, United States, on 8 February 1986. Plays alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, r&b, soul.
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Astronaute formed in Bree, Belgium, in 2011.
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At the Gates formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Basenji was born in Sydney, Australia.
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Battles formed in New York, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
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Bazart formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2012.
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Beach Slang formed in 2013. Plays punk.
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Bent Van Looy was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on 3 May 1973.
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Biffy Clyro formed in Kilmarnock, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, emo, indie rock, pop rock, post-hardcore, progressive rock, rock.
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Big Sean was born in Santa Monica, United States, on 25 March 1988. Plays hip hop, pop rap, r&b, ratchet music, southern hip hop, trap.
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Bloc Party formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in August 1999. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, post-punk revival.
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Blues Pills formed in Ames, Sweden, in December 2011. Plays blues, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul, rock, soul, stoner rock.
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Bob Moses formed in Vancouver, Canada. Plays deep house, electronic, house, jazz.
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Brian Fallon was born in Red Bank, United States, on 28 January 1980. Plays folk punk.
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Bring Me The Horizon formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in March 2004. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, deathcore, drum and bass, electronic, electronic rock, emo, hard rock.
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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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Camo & Krooked formed in Vienna, Austria, in 2007. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Caspian formed in Beverly, United States, in 2003. Plays instrumental, instrumental rock, post-metal, post-rock.
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Cassius formed in Paris, France, in 1996. Plays dance, edm, electro, electro house, electronic, electronica, electropop, french electro.
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Catfish and the Bottlemen plays alternative rock, garage punk, indie rock, post-punk revival.
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Chase & Status formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, disco, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic.
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Chemical Brothers formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative dance, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, neo-psychedelia, progressive house, techno.
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CHVRCHES formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays dance, electronica, indie pop, indietronica, pop, rock, synth-pop.
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Circa Waves formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Clutch formed in Maryland, United States, in 1990. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Comeback Kid formed in Winnipeg, Canada, in March 2001. Plays hardcore punk, melodic hardcore.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 21 July 1978. Plays dancehall, hip hop, reggae.
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Deez Nuts formed in 2007. Plays hardcore punk, metal, rapcore.
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Defeater formed in Boston, United States, in 2004. Plays hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, post-hardcore.
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Die Antwoord formed in 2008. Plays electronic, hip hop, hip house, instrumental hip hop, pop rap, rave, trap.
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Dillon Francis was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 5 October 1987. Plays dubstep, electro house, electronic, moombahton, progressive house, trap edm.
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DJ Hazard plays drum and bass, jump up.
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DJ Snake was born in Paris, France, on 13 June 1986. Plays afro house, alternative r&b, amapiano, bass house, breakbeat, breaks, contemporary r&b, dance.
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DMA'S formed in Sydney, Australia, on 5 July 2013. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Drive Like Maria formed in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 2005.
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Dua Lipa was born in London, United Kingdom, on 22 August 1995. Plays alternative pop, boogie, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, dream pop, electropop, europop, funktronica.
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Eagles of Death Metal formed in Palm Desert, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Ezra Furman was born in Evanston, United States, on 5 September 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter.
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Fickle Friends formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays electropop, indie pop.
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Flatbush Zombies formed in Flatbush, United States, in 2011.
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Gavin James was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 6 July 1991. Plays pop, singer-songwriter.
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George Fitzgerald was born in Watford, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, house, techno.
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gnash was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 16 June 1993. Plays alternative r&b.
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GoGo Penguin formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays electronica, jazz, jazz fusion, nu jazz, post-rock.
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Graveyard formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in November 2006. Plays blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock.
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Half Moon Run formed in Montreal, Canada, in April 2010. Plays indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Halsey was born in Washington, United States, on 29 September 1994. Plays alternative pop, alternative r&b, alternative rock, art pop, contemporary r&b, country, dance, electropop.
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Hannah Wants was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 19 June 1986.
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Hazard formed in 1981.
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HVOB formed in Vienna, Austria, in 2012. Plays electronica, techno.
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Izzy Bizu was born in London, United Kingdom, on 28 April 1994. Plays contemporary r&b, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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Jack Garratt was born on 11 October 1991. Plays alternative r&b, electronica, indie pop, singer-songwriter, trip hop.
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Jamie Lidell was born on 18 September 1973. Plays electronic, soul.
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Jess Glynne was born in Muswell Hill, United Kingdom, on 20 October 1989. Plays club, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, house, pop, r&b, soul, uk funky.
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Josef Salvat was born on 28 October 1988. Plays electropop, pop.
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Keys N Krates formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2008. Plays electronica, grime, hip hop, trap.
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Kiran Leonard was born on 1 September 1995.
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LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Let’s Eat Grandma formed in Norwich, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dream pop, indietronica, pop.
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Local Natives formed in 2003. Plays indie rock, pop rock.
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Loco Dice was born in Tunis, Germany, on 10 August 1974.
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Lukas Graham formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2011. Plays pop, pop soul, soul.
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M83 formed in Antibes, France, in 2001. Plays ambient, ambient pop, dance, dream pop, electro, electronic, electronic rock, electronica.
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Mad About Mountains formed in Herk-De-Stad, Belgium, in 2012.
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Marble Sounds formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 2007.
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Marky Ramone was born in New York, United States, on 15 July 1952.
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Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg formed in 2008.
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Martin Solveig was born in Paris, France, on 22 September 1976. Plays dance, edm, electro house, electronic, future house, house.
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Mastodon formed in Atlanta, United States, on 13 January 2000. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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Mick Jenkins was born in Huntsville, United States, on 16 April 1991. Plays hip hop.
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Minor Victories formed in 2015. Plays dream pop, indie rock, shoegaze.
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MK was born in Detroit, United States, on 3 August 1972. Plays edm, house.
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Mura Masa was born in Guernsey, United Kingdom, on 5 April 1996. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, dance, downtempo, electronic, future bass, hip hop, hyperpop.
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Mutoid Man formed in Brooklyn, United States, on 4 February 2012. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, psychedelic rock, rock and roll, speed metal.
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Neighbourhood formed in 2008.
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Nina Kraviz was born in Irkutsk, Russian Federation, on 15 September 1989.
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, baroque pop, britpop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, post-britpop.
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Noisia formed in Groningen, Netherlands, in 2000, and split up in 2022, after 22 years. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic, halftime, neurofunk.
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Opeth formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990. Plays acoustic rock, art rock, death metal, melodic black metal, melodic death metal, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Oscar & the Wolf formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2010. Plays dream pop, pop.
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Our Last Night formed in Hollis, United States, in 2004. Plays metal, metalcore, post-hardcore, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Refused formed in Umea, Sweden, in 1992, and split up on 21 December 2025, after 33 years. Plays hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk, punk rock.
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Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, United States, on 20 February 1988. Plays contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, dancehall, edm, electro house, electropop, hip hop.
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Riton was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in September 1978. Plays dance, edm, electroclash, house.
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Romare plays downtempo, house.
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Ry X was born in New South Wales, Australia, on 6 May 1988. Plays breakbeat, breaks, dance, deep house, downtempo, drum and bass, edm, electronic.
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Róisín Murphy was born in Arklow, Ireland, on 5 July 1973. Plays dance-pop, electronic, electropop, pop.
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Seth Troxler was born in Lake Orion, United States, in 1986. Plays deep house, house, tech house, techno.
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Sleaford Mods formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays art punk, electronic, grime, hip hop, minimal wave, political hip hop, post-punk.
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Sleepers' Reign formed in Herentals, Belgium, in 2012.
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Sleeping With Sirens formed in Orlando, United States, in 2009. Plays alternative rock, emo pop, metalcore, pop punk, post-hardcore.
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State Champs formed in Albany, United States, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, easycore, emo pop, pop punk, pop rock, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Stick to Your Guns formed in Orange County, United States, in 2003. Plays hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, punk.
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Sunset Sons formed in 2013.
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Tale of Us formed in Milan, Italy, in 2010. Plays electronic.
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Tchami plays deep house, edm, electronic, future house, house.
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The Academic formed in November 2013. Plays indie rock.
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The Front Bottoms formed in Woodcliff Lake, United States, in 2006. Plays emo, folk, folk punk, indie rock, pop punk.
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The Internet formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2011. Plays acid jazz, contemporary r&b, electronica, funk, hip hop, r&b, soul, trip hop.
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The Kills formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Last Shadow Puppets formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays baroque pop, chamber pop, indie rock.
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The Lumineers formed in Ramsey, United States, on 31 December 2008. Plays alternative country, americana, country folk, folk, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop.
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The Tallest Man On Earth was born in Leksand, Sweden, on 30 April 1983. Plays contemporary folk, folk.
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The Temper Trap formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. Plays alternative dance, indie pop, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Tkay Maidza was born on 17 December 1995. Plays afro house, alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, club, dance-pop, electronic, hip hop, pop.
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Tom Odell was born in Chichester, United Kingdom, on 24 November 1990. Plays indie folk, indie pop, singer-songwriter.
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Travis Scott was born in Houston, United States, on 30 April 1991. Plays experimental hip hop, hip hop, pop rap, southern hip hop, trap.
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UnderAchievers formed in Boston, United States.
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VANT formed in 2014.
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Warpaint formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 14 February 2004. Plays alternative dance, art rock, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop, post-punk, post-rock.
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Weval plays ambient techno, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, downtempo, drum and bass.
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Whispering Sons formed in Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium, in 2013. Plays dark wave, experimental, post-punk, shoegaze.
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White Miles formed on 20 December 2011. Plays blues rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Whitney formed in 2015. Plays indie rock.
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Wolfmother formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Woodie Smalls was born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, on 18 June 1996.
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Zeds Dead formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2009. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic.
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Âme formed in 2001. Plays afro house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, disco, drum and bass.