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Ursula 1000 is a lounge music project of DJ Alex Gimeno. Gimeno was born in Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood, he and his family moved to Miami Beach where his father, a musician, found steady work. He moved back to Brooklyn in the late 90s. In his youth, Gimeno was exposed to 50s and 60s exotica, world music, bossa nova and merengue music that his parents listened to which deeply influenced him. He began collecting records as a teenager and in his own words "never stopped". By 2005, he owned over 10,000 records, filling up an entire room in...

Moritz Lieberkühn grew up ploughing through the records of his older brothers. Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Sebadoh and The Smiths where bands that made a great impact on him and in the Berlin suburb he started his first band with some friends. After highscool Moritz continued to perform as a singer-songwriter at local venues. Meeting his wife Anna Roxenholt (New Found Land) in 2007 and moving together with her to Gothenburg, Sweden, brought an important change of environment. He there got to know the musicians Alexander Simm, Jacob Öhrvall and Joel Wästberg with whom he then formed 1000 GRAM. While...

There's 2 groups called Bars: 1) Introducing… BARS, formed by individuals steeped in hardcore/punk history, the band has offered up an album that is a stripped-down, sonic onslaught. The debut is laden with a pissed-off rock n’ roll swagger that is as pummeling as it is catchy. Regardless of perspective or expectations, Bars make rock n’ roll, and make it explode. Formed in the summer of 2002 the Boston quintet pooled their influences and channeled them into a raw, focused outlet absent of gimmicks or facades. After a few rehearsals and in between touring schedules (of Give up the Ghost,...

DJ 100000000 real name Shigeru Ikeda is part of the 19-t flexible DJ project, and one half of ZO'T, is notorious for his bizarre live antics and crazed drum programming. He chose the name DJ 100000000 after losing one hundred million records in a house fire. "These tracks will bring out the trainspotter in a lot of the people? that urge to go up to the dj with a note pad and look over his shoulder." Musical Bear .

Far-out swirling indie psych pop is at the core of The Color Bars' gooey center, while neat-o harmonies are the uber-tasty sprinkles on top. The Color Bars are all fun and excitiement and with their debut album, Making Playthings, the band has started infecting kids everywhere with their sort of happy-go-lucky pop gems. The sound of the Seattle trio is a tantalising mixture of the fun, frivolity and vocal sound of the Beach Boys, mixing in the poignancy and seriousness of The Rolling Stones with the sheer mystery and wackiness of The Flaming Lips. .