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The Pine Valley Cosmonauts are a musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois.
The group was initiated by Jon Langford (also of the Waco Brothers and The Mekons) as a covers group, with a constantly shifting repertory and cast of backing members. The name was first used for Langford's 1995 album of Johnny Cash cover songs. In 1998, Langford enlisted the help of a number of prominent alt-country musicians (including Neko Case, Alejandro Escovedo, and Robbie Fulks) for a full-length tribute album to Bob Wills. Their second LP, The Executioner's Last Songs, was released in 2002 and is a collection of songs...
Mysterious project of Mr. Cosmonaut and Mr. Satan hailing from Leeds, UK.
psychedelic distortions / tribal loops / krautrock noise // repetitive guitars / sound collages / spoken samples
Started in 1992 with two self-released tapes: "Satan, Yuri And You" and "Apollo 666", some tracks from both tapes later re-released on Shock records, Joukkomurha Products and compilation album "Cape Cannibal Skull Island Apocalypse" on Will Montgomery / Amanita records.
In 1993 with approval of Clive Barkly released "Hellraiser" 7inch inspired by the first Hellraiser film and Coil's shamefully unused soundtrack. Later this year proceed with four tracks for legendary compilation...
The Cumbia Cosmonauts are Melbourne producers Moses and Soup, known for their super heavy live show featuring guest percussionist El Mas and Phaic VJ, making each live performance a unique visual and sonic adventure featuring lasers, synthesizers, space-surf guitar, silver jumpsuits and Afro-Colombian rhythms. .
El Hijo de la Cumbia is a producer from the Buenos Aires suburb of San Martín. While some artists who live in the cosmopolitan confines of Capital Federal dabble in cumbia as a sort of retro-novelty, this bedroom producer comes from an area where traditional cumbia is basically the official soundtrack for parties and dances. As such, he has gone out on quite a limb by mixing in hip-hop and dancehall elements with his music.
The name El Hijo de la Cumbia translates to "The Son of Cumbia" and he certainly lives up to the title. Rejecting the repetitive loops...
