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Good Chillaz Project Members: Alexander Hitzler born 10-30-1970 in Augsburg, Germany Martin Czihal born 07-23-1965 in Bratislava, Slovakia Alexander Hitzler and Martin Czihal have known each other since they worked at Radio Skyline/Augsburg, Germany in the early 90ies, Alexander working as an audio engineer and being also responsible for commercials and jingles. After that period the two of them lost contact for a while, Alexander started a small studio of his own, his work as a professional musician keeping him busy as well. Martin had his own club for several years and already did a lot of djing . Between...

Most will probably still know me as the ex guitarist / songwriter from Indie stars, Art Brut. I left them sometime ago now for personal reasons, there were things I needed to sort out in my life. It was a hard decision, something I'm still unsure whether was a good idea or not. The things I had to do took longer than expected, but it worked, I am now a better person. Since leaving I've been busying away producing a wealth of material which I have toured around the world solo and with my band Macaca Mulatta, it has been...

Born Derby England 1968. Family return home to Dublin 1974.. Parents are both heavily into traditional irish music. Mick makes no connection what so ever with this awful racket & from an early age is exposed to John Barry's soundtracks.. Pink floyds on the run, The radiophonic workshop's Dr who soundtrack & Vangelis's "Chung Kuo" to name but a few.. The early eighties was a bleak period for mick as he is forced to listen to his older brothers taste in music due to the lack of income & not owning his own music system..Dodgy metal bands like Saxon, Judas...

Detroit-based acoustic guitarist Nick Schillace (plays in Old-Time Folk duo Lac La Belle now) was in an Afrobeat big band and a post-rock duo. He composes, improvises and backs up singers in string and traditional ensembles. But he's not a band guy. Sure, he did what you probably did in high school, answering friends' calls for help with their projects and building his reputation as an electric guitar player. Nick kept it up through five years of journalism study, or long enough to realize that he really didn't want his fate as a musician to rest on somebody else's whim....