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Manal were an early rock group from Buenos Aires, Argentina, one of the three along with Almendra and Los Gatos dubbed the founding trilogy of rock in that country. Whereas Almendra brought an Argentine identity to the sound and Los Gatos the electric guitar, influenced by Cream Manal brought the blues to Argentina's rock conscience. Their early years where spent in regular gigs at the mythic "La Cueva" club, birthplace of the first generation of Argentine rock groups. In 1968 after their demos being rejected by multiple record labels, the band approached long time friend and producer Jorge Alvarez. In...

Chris Greenwood (best known as Manafest) is a rapper from Toronto Ontario Canada. He is also a skater, which led to his career in hip hop; after an accident in 1998, he took time to focus on rap and was noticed by Trevor McNevan of Ontario-based band Thousand Foot Krutch. This led to his signing to an internationally distributed label, BEC Recordings, and debut release Epiphany, which was made primarily of West Coast hip hop with several rapcore outings in the vein of Limp Bizkit. He released two independent albums, Mislead Youth (2001) and My Own Thing (2003), prior to...

Anamanaguchi is a four-piece band from New York City that makes emotional punk, pop, & dance music using hacked Nintendos, Game Boys, and 16-bit soundscapes. Members include Peter Berkman (guitar, songwriting), Ary Warnaar (guitar, songwriting), James DeVito (bass, stage visuals engineer), and Luke Silas (drums, solo act 'knife city'). A member of the artist collective 8bitpeoples, Peter Berkman had been creating chiptune music since 2003. Their debut album, 'Power Supply' EP, was released in 2006 as a free download. The name "Anamanaguchi" came about from the members' internships at Armani (Berkman and DeVito), Prada (Warnaar), and Gucci (Silas) while studying...

Halo Manash is a ritual ambient project from Finland, formed in 1998, combining electronics, percussions, e-bowed guitars, bone flute and various other sounds into an intense, organic whole. Halo Manash is part of the "Helixes" musical collective, and project member Antti Haapapuro is also a member of Dolorian and I.Corax. Halo Manash project appeared, found his form and began to cast a shadow in the late '90s in Finland, calling himself the music of nature. Sound and video are born from the primary experience, such as the experience of death and rebirth, like getting to the highest peak and fall...

DJ Manaia is from Portugal and he is associated with the bass label On the Brink. He has remixed Buraka Som Sistema and collaborated with Deize Tigrona. .