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Even by Booka Shade's unusually frenetic standards, the past 12 months have been intense. Since the release of their fourth album, ‘More!’, the Berlin-based duo, Arno Kammermeier and Walter Merziger, have been touring almost non-stop. And loving every minute of it. Personal highlights, such as performing live on BBC Radio 1, to help celebrate legendary radio DJ Annie Nightingale's 40th broadcasting anniversary, or rocking Europe’s foremost electronic music event, Sonar, capped a whirlwind year which included tours of Australia, Brazil, the UK and the US (including a show at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks amphitheatre). One of those rare electronic music...

The Svengalis (Mart, Jim, Saul and Jonah) are a London based band who formed in 2006. Their first recording, produced by Junk Scientist (The Rakes, Larrikin Love), although not released received national UK radio play. The Svengalis were featured in session on Steve Lamacq's "In New Music We Trust" show on Radio 1. They also made no.3 in Lamacq's top 2006 demos and featured as channel4.com/music's artist of the week. The Svengalis released their first single under their own label "Villains & Rogues" in March 2007, followed by the belated follow up in January 2013. For more information see www.facebook.com/thesvengalis....

Mandel Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American actor (stage and screen) and renowned tenor. He is probably best known for playing Inigo Montoya in the film The Princess Bride, as well as his work on Broadway. BROADWAY * Evita (1979) — Che (Tony Award, 1980) * Sunday in the Park with George (1984) — George (Tony Award Nominee, 1984) * Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual (1989) * The Secret Garden (1991) — Archibald Craven * Falsettos (1993) — Marvin (Replacement) * Sunday in the Park with George (Tenth Anniversary Concert) (1994) — George...

Storm was born on 27 May 1972 in Southampton, England. After 3 years of ballroom dancing between the ages of 8 and 11, and at the same time a stint at modeling, she settled on singing in her early teenage years. After starting signing Barbra Streisand songs she developed a love for songs from the 1930s through to the 1960s, in particular jazz standards, gospel, soul and the blues. In addition to Streisand, she has cited her influences as John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Nick Drake, Jackie Wilson, Seal, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, George Michael, Annie Lennox, The Beatles, Coldplay and...