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Mikael Stavöstrand is a Swedish minimal and electronic artist. Mikael was born in Stockholm, Sweden 1972, and is now based in Los Angeles, CA. He has been featured as a key figure of the Swedish electronic music scene for his unique interpretations of minimal club techno as well as for producing some of the most essential experimental electronic music of the past years. Stavöstrand mixes deconstructed sounds with funky little beats to create minimal dance textures. On his debut album on Force Inc., "Reduce", swarms of glitches, crackles and skips infiltrate the 4/4 drive formula of minimal techno. As Vita,...

Ghostride are the band that formed after vocalist Grady Avenell quit the band. The remaining members of Will Haven, Mike Martin (bass), Jeff Irwin (guitar), Cayle Hunter (guitar) and Mitch Wheeler (drums) all perform in this project with vocals from Rey Osburn. Released in 2004 'Cobra Sunrise' was the band's only album release as the ex Will Haven members then went on to join Justin Godrey's doom/sludge outfit The Abominable Iron Sloth before quitting TAIS to rejoin Grady Avenell in Will Haven. .

POE (Projekt Ostry Emade) - a hip-hop project established by two well-known polish artists: O.S.T.R. (Adam Ostrowski) and Emade. Both artists come from the same music label called Asfalt Records. In 2005 this collaboration produced full-length album "Szum rodzi hałas". O.S.T.R., MC from Lodz was responsible for the lyrical layer of the album. Emade, the producer, created the beats. .