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Starcade is Per Sterud, born in 1972 in Västerås, Sweden, and raised in the United States. With a breadth of influences, he has been experimenting with electronic music off and on for over two decades. .

Renowned for their potent a cappella vocals and intricate close harmonies, Swan Arcade was a leading light of the British folk revival, drawing upon gospel, blues, and pop music traditions to create a unique bridge between past and present. Swan Arcade was led by Yorkshire native Dave Brady, who began singing traditional folk songs in local pubs while still in his teens. After losing an arm in a motorcycle accident at age 19, he was forced to abandon the guitar but was still able to play the concertina. At a Leeds folk club Brady met his future wife, Heather, and...

arcadecoma. is Ross Murdoch, a lo-fi musician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He rocks the coolest wee sounds of his youth to craft melodic, yet melancholic songs inspired by a love of vintage computer gaming and classic horror films. Experimentation at Muddy Studios involves a variety of wonderful toys, including the Washburn N2, Moog Rogue, Casio PT-30, Casio SA-75, Nintendo Game Boy running Little Sound DJ and Stylophone. http://www.myspace.com/arcadecoma http://www.virb.com/arcadecoma .

Jacques Arcadelt was born in 1504 or 1505 in Liège, Belgium. He died in 1568 in Paris, France. He pricipally wrote madrigals and chansons. Little is known of his early life; by 1539 he had moved to Rome and moved to France in 1553 where he spent the remainder of his life. All his extant chansons come from this period. In 1557 he published a book of masses. .