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Holly Henry (born Holly Mae Heinrich, March 31, 1994) is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA. She was a competitor on Season 5 of The Voice. Her audition song "The Scientist" charted in the Top 10 on two Billboard charts and maintained a 4 week run. She won her Battle Round with "Torn" but was eliminated in the Knockout Round singing "Creep." Holly maintained her fan base after elimination by releasing weekly covers on SoundCloud and YouTube, as well as four original singles on Bandcamp. She released her first album, "The Immigrant" as an EP on iTunes on Dec. 16,...

Пьер Анри (1927, Париж, Франция) — французский композитор, один из пионеров и видных представителей конкретной музыки. В 1938-1948 годах учился в Парижской консерватории, в том числе у Нади Буланже и Оливье Мессиана. С 1949 года работал в экспериментальной студии Французского радио и ТВ, где вместе с Пьером Шеффером занимался конкретной музыкой. Первый и наиболее известный плод их сотрудничества — Симфония для человека соло (фр. Symphonie pour un homme seul, 1950). В 1958 году покинул группу конкретной музыки, а через два года основал первую во Франции частную студию электронной музыки, в 1982 году — ещё одну подобную студию. .

Mancini is one of the hottest new synth-pop bands to hit the British pop scene this year. Their debut single Up Country is a sleek and stylish tune that fuses rock and electro with a solid melodic hook. The single was produced by Jagz Kooner who put his soundboard savvy to good use for Mancini and created a mature, polished sound. Important part of Mancini's appeal is the seductive appearance of front woman Iraina Mancini who is a freakishly delicious hybrid of Garbage's Shirley Manson and classic '60s beauty Brigitte Bardot. She even invokes memories of The Avengers' heroine Emma...

Henry Kaiser, born in Oakland, California, on 19 September 1952, is a widely-recorded experimental guitarist and frequent collaborator with other musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. His grandfather was the industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. He is considered a member of the "first generation" of American free improvisors, reflecting influences from European free players including, among others, Derek Bailey and Evan Parker. In 1978, Kaiser founded the Metalanguage Records label with Larry Ochs (Rova Saxophone Quartet) and Greg Goodman. Kaiser was a member of the aggregation French Frith Kaiser Thompson, together with fellow experimental musicians John French, Fred Frith, and...