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Public Energy is an alter ego of dutch DJ and producer Jochem Paap, better known as Speedy J.
He is based in the city of Rotterdam. His breakthrough came with the release in 1992 of the minimal techno track Pullover. Subsequently his material became more mellow as he moved away from the hardcore sounds that were then becoming popular in Belgium and the Netherlands.
His debut album Ginger (1993) was released on Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 record label in the US, while in the UK it was part of Warp Records' Artificial Intelligence series of electronic listening music. A further,...
Free Energy is a Philadelphia, PA band formed in 2008 which includes Scott Wells, Paul Sprangers, Evan Wells, Sheridan Fox, and Nick Shuminksy. Wells and Sprangers were both in now-defunct Hockey Night. Free Energy broadcasts melodic, hook-laden rock tunes with a heavy dose of bombastic glam and classic dust.
Where the similarly hook-tastic Hockey Night was reminiscent of Pavement and Truman's Water, Free Energy shares more similarities with the heroes of old: Thin Lizzy, Cheap Trick, Boston, Fleetwood Mac,Bruce Springsteen, La Dusseldorf and pretty much every beloved rock band from the canon of classic rock radio. "The Energy," which they...
Árpi Szarvas - guitars, vocals, songwriting
Dénes Pesztalics - bass
András Tóth - drums
Formed in 2004, EZ Basic's aim was to mix electronic and instrumental music, but it was post-punk, new wave and the underground music of the 60s that left their marks on EZ Basic's sound. After releasing an EP ("EZ to Say"), many songs and ideas were worked with in early 2007 culminating in recording their debut album ("Hocus Focus") in only 6 days in Summer 2007. Their second album (Hello Heavy) was released in March 2010 and was mixed and mastered by British poducer George Shilling...
