HAIL | en

Haila Maria Mompie Gonzalez was born on the 28th of January 1974 in the easterly part of Cuba, Las Tunas. From an early age on, she was wrapped in the beauty of dance, music and singing. After finishing her dancing degree in 1991, she performed with different bands as well as in numerous musicals and cabarets. For the first time ever, Haila toured in Mexico together with the "Guajira Habanera Show" in 1992. Two years later, she joined the well known band "Bamboleo" and landed several hits in Cuba. Bamboleo filled the locals and concert halls. Haila was celebrated as...

Active in music and the art world, Mikhail Karikis was first spotted by music innovators Björk and Graham Massey and selected for commercial release on Björk's 'Army of Me' album. He has released alongside Scanner, David Toop and others. His music spans from electronica, to alternative pop, Balkan folk and avant-garde. Mikhail's solo album Orphica is to be released in Spring 2007 on Quatermass. Check out Mikhail's myspace profile http://www.myspace.com/mikhailmusic .

UPDATE: (09/27/2010): Debut EP from Hailey's new band, WOJCIK, is available now as a FREE download at: http://wojcik.bandcamp.com . . NEW LAST.FM PAGE: http://www.last.fm/music/wojcik . . . On her full length album, DIORAMA, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Hailey Wojcik (VOY-chek) explores the many meanings of that word. Part theatre, part museum exhibit, each song is a musically unique and detailed glimpse at a life. The album was produced by Dan Romer (Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Owen Youngs) and makes use of a wide range of instrumentation, from Indian banjo to mellotron to recorded samples of animal noises, as well as strumstick, horns, ukulele...

Hail Seizures is an acoustic punk band from Olympia, WA and have been together since 2006. They play acoustic instruments and break lots of strings. They have 2 full length albums out on their label DITCHES RECORDS www.ditchesrecords.com . they also a split 7" w BLACKBIRD RAUM out on GOX RECORDS. They are part of the Black Powder Record collective. .