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KOTOKO (real name 堀川ことこ—Horikawa Kotoko), born on January 19, 1980 in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, is a female j-pop electronic/dance vocalist whose songs draws on electro rock, techno and trance. She has released five albums (three associated with Geneon and two associated with I've Sound), twelve maxi singles (seventeen overall) and two DVDs that were released in the US. She also composes and writes lyrics (for herself as well as other singers in I've Sound) for numerous other song collections. She frequently works with the producers I've Sound, and has contributed songs to numerous anime and video games including Onegai...

There are at least two artist with name Makoto: 1. Based in Tokyo, Makoto Shimizu, better known as simply Makoto, is Japan's chief Drum & Bass ambassador. After completing an Acoustic Engineering major at Nippon University, Makoto first signed with LTJ Bukem's legendary Good Looking Records back in 1999. Since then he has gone from strength to strength, releasing a long string of quality music in the form of singles and EP's, but also on the famous 'Earth' and 'Progression Sessions' compilation albums. 2003 saw the release of his much anticipated debut album 'Human Elements'this album was widely praised as...

A lot of artists use the name "Dakota". 01. A pseudonym of Trance DJ Markus Schulz 02. An English Pop/Rock band (Ben Talbot, Aaron Whealen, Tom Davison, Robert Armitage) 03. A melodic rock band active from the late 70's to early 80's (Bill Kelly & Jerry G. Hludzik) 04. A collaboration of German progressive trance producers - Marc Engemann, Tobias Beyer & Daniel Torhoff (early 00's) 05. A German progressive rock / experimental band (Andreas Brüning, Rüdiger Klose, Tonio Scorpo), 90's 06. An alias of UK trance producer Dave Conway, a member of duo Sadie Glutz with Laurence Elliott-Potter 07....

From TerraKota flourishes a natural music deep rooted in the Black continent, inspired by the Saharan, Caribbean, Hindu and the Western sounds that rise under the Jamaican sun. In most cases, African music is simply the expression of life through sounds in which the musician beyond imitating the sounds of nature, using natural musical instruments, also reverses this process using the sounds of nature in its music. This is TerraKota`s motive; they use African traditional and popular harmonies and rhythms, playing various instruments from all over the world, further to the usual Western instruments such as bass, guitar and drums....