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Rambling casually onto the airwaves in 2004 Decoration instantly oozed unflappable northerness. They fell headlong onto the world with a shambling tabloid ordinariness; kitchen sink dramas and dilemmas, romantic clumsiness and affable tenderness were their heritage and they soon became their calling card. They kick their fray into action with a heady blend of tuneful potency, a melodious growl and a searing, scintillating wail, pulling together the last twenty years or so of Peel endorsed independent popular music Decoration instil in you a need for more. Guitars were made for songs like these, distortion pedals just add to the effect....

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Corvus Corax is a band from Berlin, Germany, playing Neo-Medieval music using authentic older instruments. The band's name is the scientific name for the raven. The band was formed in 1989 by Castus Rabensang and Venustus (Wim) Meister Selbfried, one of the Corvus Corax founders and the researcher of medieval music, decided to cease his active musicianship and dedicate most of his efforts to managing Corvus Corax's own label Pica Records. Corvus Corax often use bagpipes as the solo instrument, and their live performances attract attention with the bizarre look...

Christmas Decorations’ recordings tread a fine line between organic and electronic, experimental and rock music. The tracks on the Blueprints compilation move away from the structured songs of their debut Model 91 (kranky, 2002), with a more open-ended exploration of order and time. Their 2006 album Communal Rust (community library) explores ideas somewhere between the two. 2008's Far Flung Hum LP (available on vinyl or as an online download) adds third member Peter Kerlin. .

Cora E., also well known as the Zulu-Queen (* 1968 in Kiel; born Sylvia Macco) is a German Rapper and one of the pioneers of the German Hip Hop Movement. She is a trained nurse and came to Heidelberg to work the psychiatric department of the university clinic. After getting in touch with graffiti and breakdance, she got to know rap, the musical element of Hip Hop. In 1988 she stood on stage for the first time. Cora E.'s music and lyrics became decisively influenced by a two-year stay in New York, the Mecca of Hip Hop. Immediately after that...