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J.M.K.E. formed in Estonia in 1986. J.M.K.E. started back in the 80's as kind of dissidents in Estonia, the former republic of Soviet Union. They were engaged by Finnish record label Stupido Twins, where they record their debut album Külmale Maale - To The Cold Country (i.e. Siberia) in 1989. This unique mix of innovative hardcore music with untypically strong melodies and meaningful political lyrics even got them into the charts in Finland and Estonia. Maximum Rock'n Roll called them simply "Absolutely excellent". Their second album Gringode Kultuur and the third project, a CD called Sputniks in Pectopah, which featured...

Self-proclaimed madman extraordinaire, Renfield is best described as what happens when one mixes absinthe, steampunk and Lovecraft. Which, in turn, could be simply called Stomp&Growl. After years of inactivity in the music scene, he once again emerges from the Stygian depths to team up with the eccentric musical dandy H.M. who is functioning primarily as the vocalist, contributing instrumental support where he can. Renfield has performed at the first Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, New Jersey. His musical influences range from Jason Webley to Phillip Glass, Tom Waits to Arthur Collins. Anything and everything that piques the imagination. .

Steve "Silk" Hurley aka JM (JackMaster) Silk (born Steven Hurley, November 9, 1962, Chicago, Illinois) is a pioneering house-music producer and club DJ. Career: Hurley gained worldwide fame as a DJ on the Saturday Night Live Ain't No Jive Dance Party on WBMX in Chicago in the mid 1980s. Hurley's mixing style is different than the usual radio–nightclub DJ who plays house music (such as Tony Humphries on WRKS in the early 1990s), since his style of club mixing incorporates advanced DJ tricks only done by hip hop DJs or turntablists such as scratching, cutting, drop outs, back spins, and...