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Bolliger & Gloor Two non-musicians with new toys creating sound collages. www.friedmatt.com Pic: Bolliger, Gloor & Pal

Muhamadou Salieu Suso SUSO was born into a family of traditional Gambian musicians/historians that extends back nearly 100 years, Muhamadou Salieu Suso was trained to play the 21-stringed Kora (West African harp) by his father, beginning at age 8. As a young man, he performed widely throughout West Africa and Europe before settling in the United States.

Yam Yam Yam Yam are Switch and Gondwana. They have been producing music together since 1993. Their club classic "The Spectacle" has become an enduring anthem on dance floors the world over, remixed by Mr Scruff it is highly sort after these days. Several other releases on Nation Records and remixes for Ninja Tune and the like form their back catalogue. With more releases on Codek in the future Yam Yam plan to further their attitude of blending natural percussive breaks into unsynthetic bop and refined noise - globalism for the next millennium.   Pic: Guy Morley

Zeb Zeb was born in Italy in 1969. He began playing guitar at age 9 and formed his first band at age 13. When he was 15 he moved to England. He lived in Brixton for 2 years, where he got into dub-reggae and ska. In 86/87 he played in funk rock and reggae bands around Ladbroke Grove. In '88 he got into sampling- programming (break beats, dub bass lines & acid sounds) and in later years worked with groups like Scientist and Future Sound Of London. He joined The Indians in '92 and moved to the U.S. in '93. The Indians first (and last) album "Indianism" was produced by Dave Jerden (Alice In Chains, Jane's Addiction). Two songs from the album appeared on the soundtracks for the films "Kalifornia" and "Reality Bites". Zeb split with The Indians in '94. In '96 he joined "Organic Grooves"(a collaboration of dj's and musicians) and later released two of his own (trip hop dub) tracks on Extra Records.

Fa Ventilato born in 1967 in switzerland, the rheintal (st.gallen) fa started drumming at age 10. with 18 he joined a party soul/funk band for 6 years later, he did studies in jazz with alberto canonico and improvisation with pierre favre. 1996 he moved to nyc to join halcion as their drummer 2 years later he meets alex and sasha, founders of codek records. in 2000, fa teams up with sasha crnobrnja for their first cd (flora & fauna "schoehn") for codek records. fa has also done sound tracks for contemporary art projections. he lives and works in nyc VENTILATO@YAHOO.COM

Takuya From Brooklyn via Tokyo, Takuya has been performing with trumpet, keyboards, and various other gear for over 14 years with artists like George Russell's Living Time Orchestra, Arto Lindsay, Vernon Reid, Jojo Mayer, Organic Groove, Bob Moses and many others. Courtesy of ISM Records

Junior Communist Club Long-time friends John Dragonetti and Master Cylinder (aka Pete Ducharme) come together for the first time with the electro-lo incarnation, Junior Communist Club. What started as remixes of the Jack Drag tune 'Seem So Tired', came a recording process and new outlet of creativity for the duo. Courtesy of Scientific Records

MF Willis In 1999, MF WILLIS began making music while he was teaching English at a junior high school in the South Bronx. He recorded the album "1984" with The Janitor, which comprises of an eclectic mix of music that ranges from African rhythms to Zappa vocals. It was released in February 2000. "Aqua Velvet" is featured on this album. It uses Velvet Underground's shit kickin' guitar riffs as its foundation. Currently, MF WILLIS is in the sound studio recording the soundtrack for "DAN D." a short film about a young man's pursuit to make music. It features the Klezmatics.

Fun>Da<Mental Fun'Da'Mental have been on the cutting edge and breaking new ground since they began in 1991. Fuelled by the same ethos as Public Enemy, smashing down 'stereotypical' theories and causing mental confusion, pushing two or more opposing concepts and making something new, transforming and recreating musical ideas. Sampled political speeches from historical figures such as Malcom X, Louis Farrakhan or Mahatma Ghandi merge with layers of Zikar, Qawali music, African folk, Aboriginal, all held together by the driving force of hardcore hip-hop beats. Fun>da<mental

Sonic Monks MUSICIAN/PRODUCER/ENGINEER/"MAIN MONK" GREGORY KAGE IS A SELF- TAUGHT MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST SEEKING MUSICAL DIVERSITY AND UNIQUE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES.HE HAS CREATED THEME MUSIC AND SCORES FOR INDEPENDANT FILM / VIDEO & RADIO PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO PARTISIPATING IN A WIDE RANGE OF RECORDING AND BAND SITUATIONS. AT THE CORE OF SONIC MONKS IS A DEEP RESPECT FOR AND INTREST IN THE TRADITIONAL/DEVOTIONAL MUSIC OF ASIA,AFRICA,AND THE MIDDLE EAST. OUR INTENTION IS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY,EMOTION,ESSENCE, AND ECSTACY OF THE INSPIRATIONAL SOURCE.SONIC MONKS PRODUCTIONS ARE A HYBRID OF LIVE & SAMPLED PERFORMANCES / COLLABORATIONS WITH A CONSTANTLY EXPANDING POOL OF MUSICIANS FROM VARIOUS PLACES ON THIS WORLD.

Family of God Family of God are Adam Peters and Chris Brick... FOG are a group of people dedicated to making music that if there was such a category would fall under "experimental entertainment". The individual players realise that the word individual is taken very lightly and do not in any way consider themselves to be individuals but strive to become individual. In the search for what is really new they stagger through the junkyards of the past. The sounds that are made by F.O.G. are not planned or centred around any kind of result.The melodies are discovered without effort and the words come via a flow of consciousness- making for a very tasty recipe.