Ben and Andrew combine experimental indie rock with dance and electronica. They prefer to call their style ‘future seventies’.

MGMT’s debut album is called ‘Oracular Spectacular’ and was released in January 2008. The critics were very positive about it, and the song ‘Time to Pretend’ reached the number one position in the NME TV charts.

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In 1985 London’s own Jan Kincaid, Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy started The Brand New Heavies. Inspired by artists like James Brown and the Meters, The Brand New Heavies made powerful soul and funk popular again for a big audience. They produced many hits, among which the best known is ‘Never Stop’.
After being the band’s lead singer from ‘92 to ’94, the eccentric N’dea Davenport returned to The Heavies in 2006. That same year the record ‘Get Used To It’ was released. Since the 80ies The Brand New Heavies have been famous for their powerful soul, jazz, hip-hop, and most of all funk.

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He released his debut album ‘Set The Tone’ on his own label named Frofunk. The feel-good songs on ‘Set The Tone’ stand out because of a mix of pop, funk and rock influences. The album earned Nate two MOBO nominations in 2005, for Best Newcomer and Best R&B Artist. In 2007 followed the album Kingdom Falls.

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Appa is a Dutch MC, born and raised in Amsterdam, but with roots in the North of Morocco. He is known for his fair and straight-up lyrics, Appa uses his music to fight against suppression, racism and poverty.

He has already released two mix-tapes (’De Meest Onderschatte’ and ‘Ter Beschikking van de Staat’) which he spread for free. This show was the release party of his official debut ‘Straatfilosoof’ (Street Philosopher).

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The Gathering was founded in 1989. Through the years the Dutch band has built up a loyal fan base all around the world, released 12 studio albums and toured around the world. In the current line-up the band consists of founders René (guitar) and Hans (drums), Marjolein (bass), Frank (keyboard) and Anneke (vocals).
The bombastic doom metal which made the band famous has evolved to atmospheric dark rock, also named triprock. This process continues on their latest album ‘Sand and Mercury’, which was released in 2008.

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When you hear the Australian surf/roots artist Xavier Rudd play, you might expect an entire band, but Rudd does it all solo. This one-man-folk-rock-band simultaneously plays drums, guitar, didgeridoo, djembé, harmonica and sings. “It’s all about peace and happiness”, he says about his performance.
Xavier Rudd released seven albums so far. His fifth record ‘Solace’ went platinum in homeland Australia and introduced him to a bigger audience. He was signed by Epitaph who released his record ‘Food In The Belly’ internationally. ‘Food In The Belly’ was followed up by ‘White Moth’ in 2007.

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Flogging Molly mixes traditional Irish folk music with hardcore punk-rock. Guitar, bass and drums are combined with a fiddle, mandolin, tin-whistle and accordion.

Dave King is the frontman of the band. He is a native Irishman, but lives in America. In 1997 he founded Flogging Molly together with his six band members in a pub called Molly Malone’s in L.A.. Ever since, the band has been touring relentlessly. In 2008, they released their sixth album ‘Float’.

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