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Zoetrope was an American Heavy Metal band from Chicago, Illinois. Although their sound was akin to Thrash Metal, the group described themselves as "Street Metal". The group was formed in 1976 by teenage friends Barry Stern (drums/vocals), Kevin Michael Rasofsky, aka Kevin Michael, (guitar), and Calvin "Willis" Humphrey (bass), soon to be joined by second guitarist Ken Black. Initially playing covers, the band soon ventured into writing their own material and released a single in 1980. Although undeniably a metal band, Zoetrope was also active in Chicago's hardcore punk scene, sharing bills with locals hardcore bands and hanging out at...

Laurin Rinder and W. Michael Lewis were the production duo behind the 70's disco groups El Coco, Sweet Potato Pie, Tuxedo JunctionSaint Tropez, Le Pamplemousse and the soundtracks of popular television programs like "That's Incredible" and "In Search Of..." They were studio musicians based out of L.A who had a background playing on records by The Standells, We FiveAnita O'Day and Percy Sledge who accidentally stumbled upon disco in it's earliest incarnations. Soon they were putting their slick 70's spin on the cocaine friendly repetitive sounds becoming popular in the gay clubs of Santa Monica, Provincetown, Castro and Christoper Streets,...

Drawn together from across the British Isles on a journey from London - Birmingham - Glasgow, TROPE’s musical influences stretch much further afield. They started out life reworking and pulling around the music of Stevie Wonder, playing their debut at Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival before the mighty Nile Rodgers & Chic. 2015 saw TROPE recorded their first EP 'Butterflies & Dragons'. A heady mix of Soul, Jazz and Hip Hop saw comparisons made to the likes of Hiatus Kaiyote, Brotherly and Heritage Orchestra. They have been featured on BBC Introducing, made the Bandcamp New & Notable Records section...