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There are several musical projects with the name Asterisk. The first: Asterisk (or “A*” as they have been called occasionally) was formed in Umeå, Sweden out of pure boredom in the autumn of ’99 (possibly the only grindcore band to ever arise from that area). The participants were fed up with (slow) punk and metal bands and seemed to want to create something new while still playing as fast as they possibly could. Influences frequently named by the band were Slayer, Ruins, and minimalist composer Arnold Dreyblatt. The three band members (vocals, drums and guitar, who often use the pseudonyms...

Grecki muzyk new age, multiinstrumentalista tworzący od połowy lat 80. - jego instrumentalna twórczość oparta jest na wyciszającej muzyce folklorystycznej i orientalnej. Część albumów nagrał w duecie z Paulem Voudourisem. .

There are at least two groups calling themselves The Perishers. 1) The most well-known group is a Swedish indie rock band. The band began in 1997 composed of six members, since 2001 it has consisted of Ola Klüft (vocals, guitar), Martin Gustafson (keyboards, backing vocals), Pehr Åström (bass), and Thomas Hedlund (drums). Although they have not had a major commercial breakthrough yet, they do have a fanbase that stretches across Europe and North America. They've had several songs appear in episodes of some popular American television programs: Grey's Anatomy, The OC, Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, 16 and Pregnant, and...

Pēteris Vasks (born April 16, 1946) is a Latvian composer. Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, to a family of a Baptist pastor. He trained as a double-bass player, and played in several Latvian orchestras before entering the State Conservatory in Vilnius in the neighboring Lithuania to study composition, as he was prevented from doing this in Latvia due to Soviet repressive policy toward Baptists. He started to become known outside Latvia in the 1990s. Initially, Vasks' style owed much to the aleatoric experiments of Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki and George Crumb. Later works included elements of Latvian folk music,...