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DJ Misja Helsloot is a Dutch Trance and Progressive DJ. Misja was born January 21, 1973 in Rotterdam and in 1992, at the age of nineteen started to purchase albums and organize his own parties. Mixing music with a friend, Misja worked hard for six years until he became friends with DJ Tiesto in 1998. Tiesto allowed Misja to mix his album In Trance we Trust 001. It was later released in September of the same year to a good reception in his home country The Netherlands, and also caught on in Israel and Norway. A year after his CD...

Lootpack is an American hip-hop group signed to Stones Throw Records, which consists of Madlib, Wildchild and DJ Romes. Though they were together since high school, the Lootpack first made their presence known in 1994, when the group’s beat conductor, Madlib, produced "Mary Jane," a Tha Alkaholiks 12”. Later that year, Lootpack's lyrical skills were heard on the song "Turn The Party Out" on the Alkaholiks’ debut LP "21 And Over," and "WLIX" from the Liks’ second LP. The positive feedback from these collaborations led to the Lootpack's own EP "Ill Psych Move" on Crate Digger’s Palace Records in 1996,...

Flooting Grooves is Pearce Van Der Merwe. Born in Cape Town in 1975, he grew up in South Africa and Italy, surrounded by music. Having a varied background ranging from classical to jazz, rock and related styles, he started playing flute after hearing Jethro Tull. Groups like Ozric Tentacles and Pink Floyd opened him up to Psychedelia and that's where his journey began! A party in Amsterdam in 2000 changed the course of things forever, marking Pearce's introduction to the trance scene, with its addictive and infectious grooves! Another turning point was the meeting of like-minded musicians and beings Dan...

I Am Kloot are a band formed in Manchester, England in 1999 by John Bramwell (guitar/vocals), Peter Jobson (bass) and Andy Hargreaves (drums), notable for their twisted, witty lyrics. Their Debut single To You on Ugly Man Records was produced by and featured backing vocals by Guy Garvey, lead singer of Еlbow. Debut album Natural History was released in the United Kingdom in March 2001 on Wall of Sound offshoot We Love You, followed by I Am Kloot in September 2003 on the Echo label. Disputes and issues with the label began to arise towards the end of the promotional...

There are two artists named The Looters 1. The Looters were a socially active San Francisco group fronted by Mat Callahan that were popular in the city's World Beat scene of the 1980's. They were signed to several record labels including Alternative Tentacles, Island and later Monster Music. They played an intelligent, energetic, political and passionate blend of rock with funk and latin overtones, becoming the first US band to be invited to play a stadium in Nicaragua after the ouster of Somoza. In the late 80's, their growing regional popularity earned them shows in the Bay Area opening large...