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There are two artists who have gone by the name Victrola. 1.) Victrola was also the name of an early 80s minimal wave duo. Little is known about the Italian band, but the synth outfit released one 12’’ record, Maritime Tatami in 1983. A track, ‘Into His Gloves,’ was included on the 1982 Italian compilation "Gathered." One last known track, 'The Mutant Glow,' appears on "Danza Meccanica - Italian Synth Wave 1982 - 1987" Members: Antonio Cuscinà, Carlo Smeriglio, Tobia 2.) Victrola's unusual sampling techniques lead to sweeping, orchestrated short movies of sound, leaving the listener wishing for more. If...

Roland Grapow, born August 30th, 1959 in Hamburg, Germany is a professional guitarist. Roland is most well known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, who he played with for for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hansen. Roland played on several Hellowen albums - from Pink Bubbles Go Ape to The Dark Ride. During his time with Helloween Roland also formed a solo project. The first release, The Four Seasons of Life, featured members of Helloween playing backup, with Roland trying his hand at singing in addition to guitar playing. On the second album, Kaleidoscope, current...

1 Astrolab `Some of the most beautiful music I've heard in a long long time ...' Bobby Friction BBC Asian Network. https://www.facebook.com/astrolabmusic 2 Astrolab are an Indonesian dream pop band who formed in 2000 in the city of Bandung featuring the lineup of Dany Badra on vocals and guitar, Rangga Kuntara on guitar and vocals), Andri Diana on bass, Ibnu Hafidz Alim on keyboards and Reza Rizkika on drums. In 2005 Rizkika was replaced by Yoki Adhitama. The band have been signed to the Cloudberry and Maritime record labels following the release of a demo tape in 2003. Calling themselves...