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Benjamin Blümchen (engl.: Benjamin the Elephant) is a radio play and trickfilm figure created by Elfie Donnelly. Benjamin is an (anthropomorphic) elephant. The radio play series belongs to the most successful German radio plays. .

For the Korean Hip-hop artist, go to UMC/UW. UMC stands for Ultimate Music Covers. Two metalheads on a missionary mission for their beloved genre. Since 2014 drummer Tobias Derer and producer Nils Lesser on guitar show their fellowship how nowadays top 10 hits should sound like! By reworking any kind of radio hit from Avicii to Pit Bull and Britney Spears they grew their audience within weeks into a massive YouTube fellowship and started a movement. Millions of views and ten thousands of subscribers show their support. Always with a wink they don’t take themselves too serious but still don’t...

Strønen (born ‘72) has studied music and composition. He is a regular member of several bands, most notably Food, Maria Kannegaard Trio and Parish, the quartet led by Swedish ace pianist Bobo Stenson. As is the case for most Norwegian jazz musicians of his generation he has played with just about everybody and been a frequent performer at the Norwegian and European festival circuit for several years. Storløkken is a founder member of Supersilent, Terje Rypdal’s Skywards and jazzrock quartet Cucumber but was first noticed with freeform trio Veslefrekk with fellow Supersilent members Arve Henriksen and Jarle Vespestad. This group...

Aaron Spectre started off playing drums and going to all ages shows in the wasteland of suburban Massachusetts. In 2003 he dropped out of college and relocated to Berlin, Germany, to launch his music career. He released several vinyl 12”s, and soon found a following playing at squats and raves around Europe. Spectre founded Drumcorps to synthesize the unlikely mix of electronic music production values and the raw power of American hardcore. The result is not for everyone, but to Drumcorps' devout fans, it delivers: Drumcorps shows are notoriously high-energy, cathartic affairs. Drumcorps' debut full-length, Grist, won an Award of...