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Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Grammy award winning rapper, producer, author, designer and singer. He began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in Chicago, IL, United States when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe. He later gained nationwide popularity in New York when he began producing tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Twista, Mase, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys. West’s style of production often utilizes pitched-up vocal samples, usually from soul songs, with his own drums and instruments. The first major label song...

Sign of the Times is Joe Edwards(shred), Jeff Brown(vox), Matt Simin(rhythmic percussion) and a hodge podge of bassists including (at various times) Andrew Wahl, Alex Davis (current bassist) and David Wahl. Their influences range from Minor Threat and Propagandhi to dead end jobs/girls/towns. They have recently finished recording their debut album, "Overgrowth", and are unsigned. .

Starsign is a cooperation of Matthew Dekay, Austin Leeds & Markus Schulz. Taurus was released by the label "Captivating Sounds" on the 28th February 2005. .

The Sign started out as a real supergroup, with Mark Mangold (Drive, She Said / Touch), Randy Jackson (Zebra), Terry Brock (Strangeways), Billy Greer (Kansas / Streets) and Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow / Black Sabbath). Their first album, “Signs Of Life” (2000) caused something of a stir in the world of melodic rock/AOR and was generally received as one of the best CD’s of the year. It told the story of Aryon, a girl who wakes up from a coma and starts re-discovering her inner self and the world. In a second album called "The Second Coming" (2004), Angel-like logo (just...

Designer is the nom-de-plume of Casey Rice, formerly mixer to the stars of the post-rock/jazz crossover explosion around Chicago in the nineteen-nineties, now mixer, engineer and producer of note in Melbourne, Australia. Rice's work under the Designer moniker encompasses electronics-based production, remixes and the odd performance exploring synthesis. He's released work on Duophonic Super 45s and remixed artists from Isotope 217 to Derrick Carter. Designer is also a band which seems to be tagged 'hardcore' and have photos including tattoos and beanies on stage. Designer is also a noise-punk band from Boston. .