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HEIMAT-LOS (also spelled Heimatlos on the last two records) was a hardcore punk band from the outskirts of Paris, France (active from 1983 to 1988). They formed with the intent to play as fast as possible and with as much pure energy as they could muster, but at the same time they managed to write tuneful thrash songs. At the core of their distinctive sound was the bass player's unique power strum which was a novelty at that time. So in the 80s many French punks discovered hardcore music through Heimat-los recordings and concerts. Another specificity of Heimat-los was to...

Taura Taylor Mendoza a.k.a T-Love is a LA-based female MC of the underground hip-hop scene. She is the founder of Rumble/Pickininny Records, which released Jurassic 5's classic debut, the Jurassic 5 EP, and then her own The Return Of The B-Girl EP; both of the albums have caused much attention and praise amongst underground hip-hop heads everywhere. .