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Leisure Cruise is Dave Hodge and Leah Siegel Every dark cloud has a silver lining. On November 1, 2012, Lower Manhattan was powerless. Red Hook was submerged. And Williamsburg—though spared most of the trauma of Hurricane Sandy—was shaken nonetheless. Felled trees and utility poles littered the sidewalks; normally harried Brooklynites, unable to get to work or anywhere else, wandered Bedford Avenue in a daze. Dave Hodge—the veteran Canada-born musician (Broken Social Scene & Bran Van 3000..who has also performed with Macy Gray, Feist, Brazilian Girls, and Basement Jaxx), arranger (Janet Jackson/Neptunes, Carly Simon), and composer was sitting in a café...

LeisureGroove - is a London based house music producer / sound engineer, releasing tracks since 2006. LeisureGroove is taking the House music industry by storm this year. His successes include Fine Art Part 1 played on Radio 1 by Seb Fontane and Pete Tong; Little Love released in 2007 played on Radio 1 by Judge Jules and Fallen Angel featuring Sevi G made the highest debut entry in the Bulgarian National Charts in 2007 at No33. LeisureGroove has worked with the likes of Sun Loverz, Thomas Gold, Distant Soundz, and had his 2009 release ‘Untrue’ remixed by the legendary Ian...

A North London, UK band born from high school friendship, with a shared admiration of groups, both close to home, such as The Specials / Madness, & from further afield, such as The Beastie Boys / Jurassic 5 & Rage Against The Machine. Their fan-base built through gigging has paid off with their debut single - In A Letter - selling-out, on the day of release. Radio support for the band has been extensive, with singles getting plays by Zane Lowe & Colin Murray (BBC Radio One), Xfm nationwide & Virgin Xtreme, with additional enthusiastic spins from Gary Crowley (BBC...

Hidetoshi Koizumi began making music in 1995. The sounds that he expresses come from his observations of the world he lives in, creating an original ambient sound-scape progression that moves from a delicate whisper to noise. He frequently performs live in a variety of venues in his native Japan. .