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MC Mariko (real name Mari Liisa Pajalahti, b. March 15, 1979) is one of two lead singers of Kwan. Her solo career debut album, Fabulous Tonight, was released on April 2, 2008. The first single is Unstoppable. time has come and still baby were released as second and third singles. In April 2011 it was rumoured that Mariko is recording a new album in New York. In 2007, Mariko was chosen to dance in season 2 of the Finnish version of Dancing with the Stars (Tanssii tähtien kanssa). Together with her partner Aleksi Seppänen, she went on to win the...

Active in music and the art world, Mikhail Karikis was first spotted by music innovators Björk and Graham Massey and selected for commercial release on Björk's 'Army of Me' album. He has released alongside Scanner, David Toop and others. His music spans from electronica, to alternative pop, Balkan folk and avant-garde. Mikhail's solo album Orphica is to be released in Spring 2007 on Quatermass. Check out Mikhail's myspace profile http://www.myspace.com/mikhailmusic .

Marika Papagika Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα (September 1, 1890 – August 2, 1943) was a popular Greek singer in the early 20th century and one of the first Greek women singers to be heard on sound recordings. Marika Papagika was born on the island of Kos near Turkey on September 1, 1890. In late 1913 or early 1914, she recorded for the Gramophone Company in Alexandria, Egypt. Only one of those recordings have so far been found. She emigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1915 with her husband, Kostas (Gus) Papagika, a cymbalom player who was also her accompanist. In July...

Mariko Nanba is a Japanese Sound Composer working for Wave Master Inc. first working on Knuckles' Chaotix. She has since worked on games such as Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, Space Channel 5: Part 2 and Sonic 2006, Sonic Rush Adventure, Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, among many others. .