ALESIA x M.I.A | tl

This is either: 1) An incorrect tag for M.I.A., the British hip-hop, dancehall artist. Please fix your tags. or an alias of: 2) Raphael Merriweathers began his professional music career at the age of 16. Already a skilled young drummer, he began performing with Top 40 bands and spent ten years splitting his time between touring and working studio sessions. It was during his time as a studio drummer that Raphael discovered electronic drum programming. Finally being fed up with Top 40 gigs, Raphael joined Underground Resistance in 1998. As M.I.A. he released “Schoolcraft Bump” and began performing with Underground...

There are five known artists under this name: (1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of Sri Lankan descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. “M.I.A.” [“Missing In Action”] references both her London neighborhood (Acton) and her politically tumultuous youth. Her style contains elements of hip-hop, reggae, alternative, dance hall, electro...

Alesia Cosmos is a Band from Strasbourg (France), founded in the early 80's. Members are Bruno De Chenerilles & Pascal Holtzer (Guitars, Tapes, Electronics & Voices) and Marie-Berthe Servier (Voice). The band creates hectic, and cosmic sounding electronic music typical of most electronic French artists from that time. Off time tempos and strange sounding synth accompanies all their tracks. Some tracks sound like something out of a horror movie encompassing off putting screams and moans the likes of which only weird French artists could produce. And yet again, at the same time they are terrifying and odd, they are groovy...