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Born and raised in Sheffield, England, Tim Fretwell was first introduced to electronic music in the early 90s listening to the likes of Prodigy, Altern8 and Moby. It wasn't until the mid 90's until Tim turned his hand to production, taking influences from the sounds coming out of the USA - Deep and sexy house from the likes of Deep Dish. Tim sent his first demo to Computer Music Magazine in the UK and got his first track published on the cover CD with a rave review. From this he was contacted by several labels, one being Climax recording, a...

Winifred Atwell (February 27, 1914 - February 28, 1983) was a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits. Atwell was born in Tunapuna in Trinidad and Tobago. Her family owned a pharmacy, and she trained as a druggist, and was expected to join the family business, Winifred, however played the piano since a young age, and achieved considerable popularity locally. She left Trinidad in the early 40's, she travelled to the United States to study with Alexander Borovsky and in 1946 moved to London, where she had gained...

A San Francisco based political punk band originally known on their first 7" 1995 single release as Shotwell Coho, they later shortened the name to just Shotwell. The band has released numerous tracks via CD & vinyl through various small indie labels, the most widely distributed being Broken Rekids. The main consistent member has been frontman Jimmy Broustis, an ex-member of both Strawman and X-tal, for whom he also served as guitarist and occasional singer on those band's early 90's records. In 2008 the band released it's latest full length vinyl LP & CD "Patriot" on Thrillhouse Records, compiled from...

While sharing the stage with such bands as As Cities Burn, Bleed The Dream, The Hoods, Sinai Beach, Bleeding Through, Maxeen, The Adolescents, As Hope Dies, and I am Ghost, the members of A Heartwell Ending are no strangers to the versatility of the modern independent music scene. The phrase "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link" is one that the band knows far too well. With its share of lineup changes the band has only progressed further by adding better musicianship and work ethic paving the way. All six members (Justin,Jason,Robert,Brandon, Bret, and Will) reside in...

Shotwell Coho was the name used in the original 1994-96 incarnation of the San Francisco Bay Area based punk band now known as Shotwell. Their first SF gig was opening for the So Cal bands SUBLIME , STRUNG OUT and Santa Rosa's ska faves CONSPIRACY at the SF underground cooperative KOMOTION space in December of '94. They soon recorded a seven inch single for release on Broken Rekids with Kevin Army twiddling knobs and made a brief rambunctious Northwest tour. Jim was very disappointed during '95 when a coveted opening slot invite on Jawbreaker's Dear You tour was lost due...