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Frank Bretschneider (born 1956) is a German electronic musician. He works primarily with sine waves and white noise as his source material. Bretschneider was born and raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) in the former German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany). In 1984, inspired by science fiction radio plays and films, he began experimenting with tape machines, synthesizers, and modified guitars. In 1986 he formed the band AG.GEIGE, which was influenced by the Dada art movement, The Residents, and Soviet science fiction. AG.GEIGE disbanded in 1992. In 1995, Bretschneider and fellow AG.GEIGE band member Olaf Bender founded the Rastermusic record label....

Komety are a Polish alternative group. The trio's line-up: Lesław (vocals, guitar, music and lyrics), Santiago (bass) and Miko (drums). In October 2002, Przemysław Wojcieszek's film "Louder than Bombs" appeared in cinemas featuring Komety playing themselves and performing several of their songs. In March 2003, Jimmy Jazz records released Komety's début album. It's release took place at the same time in Western Europe and the USA. After hundreds of concerts and appearances on numerous television music shows, the group began working on a new album which they started recording in spring 2005. In July 2005, the single "Miasto turystów" ("Tourist...

A three-piece band from Helsinki, Finland, Kometa has been around with the current line up for almost ten years. So far they have played many times in Estonia and Russia. In 2007 they made their second week-long tour in Germany, and of course over 200 gigs around Finland (e.g. Provinssirock and Ilosaarirock, some of the biggest festivals in Finland), making new hardcore fans everywhere they go. Energetic and razor sharp, Kometa is ’universally’ acknowleged as an amazing live band. .