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Spotify is a lovely little thing. Set and ready to go before you can say "by your leave". Registration is brainless. There's even a widget if you're a Windows user - http://code.google.com/p/scrobblify/ - so you can scrobble your Spotilicious tunes. I hardly engaged a single brain cell and I was good to go.

[edit] There's no need for this as Spotify now scrobbles to Last.fm. See here for more.

I like the design. Very intuitive and requires hardly any thought. Which is exactly what you need because you don't want to be distracted from browsing as you follow your nose and hunches. You do have to do a bit of drilling to find stuff, and unless you know what you're looking for or you have a good memory, there aren't many prompts or reminders.



Of the eight albums on the Home page, undoubtedly the best was Anna Ternheim's Leaving On A Mayday. Is it in Last.fm? Not half. Not only is it here, but there are deluxe versions with bonus tracks too. +1 to Her Ladyship Last.fm.

I remembered there was an album I wanted a while back that wasn't here, The Imagined Village - The Imagined Village (although maybe I couldn't find it because of bad tagging. grrr). I checked Spotify first. A few tracks, all well and good. I checked Last.fm and nearly jumped out of my skin. Not only was the whole album here, but also full tracks. I don't know yet if they're 3 x full play then back to preview, or if they're the old gold on-demand, I'll find out the hard way I expect. Doesn't matter, it's here, that's what counts. Another +1 to Last.fm.

I checked a few more and pretty much found if it wasn't in Last.fm, it wasn't in Spotify either. For example, Monkey: Journey To The West, Kate Rusby, Dehli9. Admittedly, Anna Ternheim's album in Last.fm is preview only, which is where Spotify picks up where Last.fm is forced to leave because Spotify has full tracks. It is very sad that Last.fm can't do what her lesser competitors can, but by using them together, you can achieve a happy medium. So it was, I was able to listen to Anna Ternheim's new album whilst doing something else without having to rush back and click on the next track. I still had that anxiety of listening out for the end but hopefully, I should be able to relax again soon.

So there's the chink in the armour. The threat to Her Ladyship's title. On-demand continuous play. Something Last.fm used to have but was cruelly taken away by idiots trying to control us.

However, Spotify's library is limited and falls completely flat when it comes to obscure unknowns, eg Repi Multimedia. That's the kind of fun madness you'd only find in Last.fm.

Creating playlists couldn't be simpler. The whole thing is a copycat iTunes so if you know what you're doing there, you won't be required to tackle any learning curves in Spotify.

I didn't like Spotify's radios. I'm just really fussy about things like that.

Click on a big name artist, eg Bjork or George Michael and you are given a brief artist biography below which are the top five songs. Below that, in chronological order, are their (incomplete) discographies. Everything is organised for you and couldn't be simpler.

I remember when Bjork was fully streamable in Last.fm. Not any more, sadly. Good old George has been very generous and pretty much given Last.fm everything, but then he would, wouldn't he? One word: Sony. Or should I say Fony. I rated him for that. But I digress...

Coldplay, Radiohead and Last.fm is leagues ahead still. May as well stop there.

As an adjunct to Last.fm, I can see myself using Spotify, which is saying something because I haven't bothered with other copycats or ladies in waiting. I do listen to new releases in MySpace but I'd prefer to scrobble those plays to my Last.fm Profile if possible, and I can now, if those new releases appear in Spotify. Although, I must add, my Last.fm Client kept crashing.

I saw a blog somewhere today, can't find it again now, which said internet downloading has decreased dramatically since the appearance of sites such as Spotify. If bloggers are already noting it, Nielsen's will no doubt do us some stats and tables and make it official some time soon. I was lucky enough to have been given an invitation to Spotify (thank you akrde). I wouldn't have paid the £10 otherwise and I don't recommend that anyone else does either, not just yet anyway, whilst their library is so understocked. I must say, I've been watching Pirate Bay and I notice there are fewer and fewer new releases appearing on there now. It used to be jam-packed with music, now it's mainly rubbish and people complaining they're fakes. I find this about-turn extremely interesting. Spotify, like Last.fm and MySpace, is completely legal. Last.fm were right from the start: free the music.

CBS take note. Stop faffing about creating rivals within your own media portfolio and sort this out. You're meant to keep me here, not drive me away.

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Um deputado federal paulista apresentou um projeto de lei para punir quem compartilha arquivos protegidos por direitos de propriedade intelectual.

O projeto se assemelha à recém-aprovada lei francesa, que faz uma “parceria” com os provedores de internet para vigiar e punir gradativamente os usuários que fazem download de músicas e filmes de forma ilegal.

Segundo descrição do plano, os provedores brasileiros seriam obrigados a identificar os violadores. Na primeira ocorrência, o usuário infrator seria notificado por e-mail. Caso ocorra novamente, a mesma medida é tomada, notificando a ocorrência de um crime.

No terceiro ‘flagra’ o acesso a internet seria suspenso por três meses. Já no quarto, o número de interrupção pula para seis meses. O contrato é cancelado se houver uma sexta violação. Durante todo o tempo, segundo o projeto de lei, não há isenção do pagamento de conexão.

“Mesmo com toda a dificuldade, já que existem provedores no exterior que a nossa legislação não alcança, a fiscalização se daria por meio da Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações, a Anatel. Os servidores terão 120 (cento e vinte) dias para implantar a nova lei nos seus respectivos sistemas”, explicou o autor, que diz que a influência vem mesmo da lei francesa: “Esse sistema de fiscalização foi implantado no país francês e está gerando resultados positivos”, informou.

O advogado especializado em tecnologia Omar Kaminski, que também é diretor do Instituto Brasileiro de Direito da Informática (IBDI), discorda. Segundo ele, “não há como colocar o provedor como cumpridor de uma pena civil sem que haja o devido processo legal”.

Via Br-Linux.

A Câmara dos Deputados aprovou na semana passada uma medida feita sob encomenda para acelerar as obras de infra-estrutura previstas no PAC (Plano de Aceleração do Crescimento), capitaneado pela ministra-chefe da Casa Civil, Dilma Rousseff.

Em um ato de oportunismo político, o deputado petista José Guimarães (CE) “enxertou” na Medida Provisória (MP) 452 uma emenda que dispensa de licenciamento ambiental prévio as obras em rodovias brasileiras. Originalmente, a MP 452 tinha como propósito modificar a lei que cria o Fundo Soberano do Brasil (FSB). Como se não bastasse, a emenda estabelece ainda prazo máximo de 60 dias para a concessão da licença de instalação. Ao final desse prazo, a licença será automática.

A destruição da Amazônia não provoca apenas perda acelerada da biodiversidade e impactos no modo de vida da população local. O desmatamento é também a principal fonte de emissões de gases do efeito estufa no Brasil, colocando o país na posição de quarto maior poluidor do clima global.

Várias iniciativas como essa e o Projeto Floresta Zero, em tramitação no Congresso Nacional, colocam em xeque as metas de redução de desmatamento assumidas internacionalmente pelo governo brasileiro no Plano Nacional de Mudanças Climáticas. A MP 458 segue agora para o Senado e, se aprovada, pode causar danos sem precedentes ao meio ambiente, em particular à Amazônia e ao clima global.

O futuro da floresta – e das futuras gerações – depende das escolhas que fazemos hoje. Diga aos senadores que você é contra a aprovação desta emenda e a favor do desmatamento zero.

Zerar o desmatamento é a principal contribuição do Brasil na luta contra as mudanças climáticas. Clique aqui e partice! Seu gesto vai fazer a diferença!

Via Greenpeace.

1 - A sociedade cobrar seus direitos ardoamente se for preciso é necessário para que ela não seja "punida" por homens que se acham donos do Brasil.

2 - Não devemos nos deixar levar por essa carta, devemos continuar uma luta árdua contra esse tipo de ofensa, essa carta não diz muita coisa na luta para o impedimento desse PL.

3 - Temos que aproveitar o fato que alguém se colocou ao lado do povo e demonstrar que o povo exige que essa seja a postura de quem representa o povo nos gabinetes dessa federação, que alguns teimam e tratar como colônia.

4 - Cada um, sem relaxar na hora do serviço deve continuar seu trabalho contra esse absurdo elaborado pelo azeredo (não merece maísculo), continuando trabalhando da forma que pode, para impedir esse PL e o mais óbvio, para que sujeitos como o azeredo não consigam voltar para as "cortes colônias" desse país.


Ao Deputado Paulo Teixeira

E aos companheiros José Tavares, Marcelo Branco, Sady Jacques, Juberlei Bacelo, Celso Woyciechowski,

A aprovação, no Senado Federal, do substitutivo apresentado pelo senador Eduardo Azeredo ao Projeto de lei nº 84, de 1999, que dispõe sobre os crimes cometidos na área de informática, intensificou o debate público sobre o tema. Felizmente, vieram em tempo as críticas da sociedade civil à regulamentação penal da Internet e aos problemas trazidos pelos tipos penais e pelos mecanismos de controle do projeto de lei. Pela carta que recebi, estamos claramente do mesmo lado na discussão sobre a Internet no Brasil. Ao elaborar uma nova proposta, o Ministério da Justiça estabeleceu como premissa o respeito à democratização da Internet e a necessidade de aprofundar a inclusão digital no país. Somos contrários, evidentemente, ao estabelecimento de quaisquer obstáculos à oferta de acesso por meio de redes abertas e à inclusão digital, ao vigilantismo na Internet e a dificuldades para a fruição de bens intelectuais disseminados pela Internet.

A aprovação do projeto de lei no Senado demonstrou o perigo de uma legislação com esses problemas ser aprovada caso não haja reação forte e decidida dos setores democráticos da sociedade. Estamos a serviço desses setores. Por isso mesmo, a proposta que levamos à discussão foi – e ainda vem sendo – debatida no interior do Poder Executivo, em reuniões coordenadas pela Casa Civil com representantes da sociedade civil e empresas que participam da inclusão digital no Brasil (lan houses e provedores), em São Paulo, em Brasília, no Fórum Social Mundial e, esperamos, nas próximas oportunidades em que possamos contribuir. O deputado Paulo Teixeira, presente na maior parte dessas ocasiões, testemunhou nosso empenho em corrigir os graves problemas do projeto de lei aprovado no Senado. Para isso, precisamos sim de auxílio para a construção de um texto alternativo ao que hoje parece estar próximo de ser aprovado.

Com a nova proposta, procuramos clarear nossos posicionamentos: garantir que as iniciativas de inclusão digital não arquem com os altos custos de armazenamento de dados informáticos; excluir o dispositivo que obriga os provedores de acesso a informar à autoridade competente denúncia que tenha recebido e que contenha indícios da prática de crime ocorrido no âmbito da rede de computadores sob sua responsabilidade; estabelecer e melhorar o conceito de provedor de acesso; reformular os crimes de acesso indevido a informações em sistemas informatizados e de inserção e difusão de código malicioso, excluindo-se, ainda, diversos tipos penais desnecessários, porque já previstos na legislação vigente. Ressalte-se, também, que procuramos retirar todas as possibilidades de os crimes previstos no PL atingirem direitos de propriedade intelectual.

Estamos convictos de que essas mudanças foram positivas, embora talvez ainda não tenham solucionado todos os problemas do projeto de lei aprovado no Senado. Na última reunião de que participamos, representantes da sociedade civil se prontificaram a apresentar uma nova redação para o substitutivo, inclusive com o aporte de conhecimentos técnicos de que não dispomos. Recebemos com entusiasmo a idéia de uma regulamentação civil da Internet e a oposição pública aos equívocos do projeto de lei, que tem impedido a aprovação impulsiva do projeto hoje na Câmara dos Deputados.

Acreditamos ser possível chegar a um projeto adequado à realidade brasileira, que contenha garantias para que a população não tenha seus hábitos na Internet analisados sem autorização judicial, e que os esforços para disseminar a Internet sejam encorajados cada vez mais. No entanto, é imprescindível que recebamos contribuições dos representantes da sociedade civil, pois só assim poderemos construir uma regulamentação que não reproduza os problemas do projeto de lei aprovado no Senado.

Mantemos nosso compromisso de participar desse debate, liderado pelo deputado Paulo Teixeira. Permanecemos à disposição para auxiliar nas discussões do projeto de lei, no Congresso Nacional ou fora dele. E reafirmamos nosso apoio às alterações que fortaleçam a inclusão digital e que protejam os usuários da Internet de abusos cometidos por quaisquer autoridades.

Tarso Genro

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Porto Alegre, 25 de abril de 2009.

Ao Ministro Tarso Genro:

Parcela importante da sociedade civil organizada do Rio Grande do Sul declara-se extremamente preocupada com a possível aprovação da Lei de Controle da Internet, proposta pelo substitutivo do Senador Eduardo Azeredo (PSDB-MG).

Justamente no momento em que debatemos e lutamos pela radicalização da democracia no país, e nos esforçamos para que não haja descontinuidade eleitoral de nosso Governo democrático popular no plano Federal, surge a ameça de uma lei que representará na prática um “AI-5 Digital”.

A Lei Azeredo irá criminalizar em massa, práticas comuns na Internet; irá tornar mais caros nossos projetos de Inclusão Digital; proibirá as Redes Abertas; piorará a legislação referente à propriedade intelectual; legalizará a delação e o vigilantismo; inviabilizará sites de conteúdo colaborativo; atacará frontalmente a privacidade individual e oferecerá mecanismos digitais para que ressurjam perseguições politicas como houve nos tempos da ditadura.

Teremos uma Internet controlada, pior do que em países como Arábia Saudita, Nigéria e China.

Sendo assim, reivindicamos:

* Arquivamento do “substitutivo” organizado dentro do Ministério da Justiça; * Apoio à não-aprovação do PL Azeredo, especialmente através da supressão dos artigos 285-A, 285-B, 163-A e 22; * Constituição de uma comissão de membros da sociedade civil organizada, para redação de uma proposta de marco regulatório civil da Internet brasileira; * Agenda com Vossa Excelência, em regime de urgência, para tratarmos destas iniciativas e suas conseqüências.

Assinam esse documento:

* Setorial de Tecnologia da Informação do Partido dos Trabalhadores do Rio Grande do Sul (Setorial de TI do PT-RS); * Associação Software Livre.Org (ASL.Org); * Associação Gaúcha dos Profissionais na Área de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (APTIC-RS); * Sindicato dos Bancários de Porto Alegre e Região (SindBancários); * Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT-RS).

Maiores informações : http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/trad/cibercrimes/alerta-parlamentar.pt

Contatos:

José Tavares (Setorial de TI do PT-RS) – tdaj@uol.com.br – (51) 9251 9103

Marcelo Branco (ASL.Org) – marcelo@softwarelivre.org – (51) 9736 3076

Sady Jacques (APTIC-RS) – sady@via-rs.net – (51) 8213 5999

Juberlei Bacelo (SindBancários POA) – juberlei@sindbancarios.org.br – (51) 9805 2617

Celso Woyciechowski (CUT-RS) – celso@sintaers.com.br – (51) 9967 1278

Uma rápida síntese das críticas que fiz ao Projeto de Lei de Crimes informáticos no debate de sexta-feira com o Sen. Azeredo:

Por Túlio Vianna, em seu blog

1. Crimes informáticos não são crimes contra a incolumidade pública. Crimes contra a incolumidade pública têm como nota característica a indeterminação do alvo, podendo gerar perigo comum a um número previamente incalculável de pessoas ou coisas não individualmente indeterminadas (Cf. Hungria, v.IX, p.10). São exemplos de crimes contra a incolumidade pública: incêndio (art.250 CP), inundação (art.254 CP), epidemia (art.267 cp), etc. Crimes informáticos são crimes contra a privacidade e devem ser colocados entre os crimes contra a liberdade individual, como por exemplo violação de domicílio (art.150 CP), violação de correspondência (art.151 CP) e divulgação de segredo (art.153 CP).

2. O novo art.285-A proposto pelo projeto Azeredo exige para a tipificação do crime de acesso não autorizado a sistemas computacionais que haja “violação de segurança”, protegendo apenas computadores com “expressa restrição de acesso”, o que não é o caso da maioria dos computadores dos usuários comuns. Se o usuário não manifestar expressamente sua vedação ao acesso por parte de terceiros (como isso seria feito, não me perguntem…), o crime não existirá.

3. A pena prevista para o acesso não autorizado é de 1 a 3 anos de prisão, completamente desproporcional aos demais artigos do Código Penal. Compare-a, por exemplo com a pena da violação de domicílio que é de 1 a 3 meses. O legislador pune com muito maior rigor a violação de um computador que a violação de um domicílio. Desnecessários maiores comentários.

4. Os arts.285-A, 154-A, 163-A, 339-A trazem um parágrafo único que estabelece um aumento de sexta parte da pena, caso o usuário use nome falso para a prática do crime, o que, por óbvio, inviabilizaria a aplicação da pena mínima já que certamente ninguém será suficientemente tolo a ponto de usar seu nome verdadeiro para a prática de crime.

5. O art.16 define como “dispositivo de comunicação” qualquer meio capaz de processar, armazenar, capturar ou transmitir dados utilizando-se de tecnologias magnéticas, óticas ou qualquer outra tecnologia. São, portanto, dispositivos de comunicação, para o legislador: disco rígido, CD, DVD, pen-drive, etc. Terrível!

6. O art.21 exige que o o provedor de acesso armazene por 3 anos os dados de endereçamento de origem, hora e data da conexão efetuada, o que, na prática, equivale a inviabilizar completamente a existência de redes wifi abertas, dificultando a inclusão digital e violando a privacidade dos usuários que terão seus dados de conexão à Internet rastreados pelos provedores de acesso, em nítida violação ao art.5º, X, da Constituição da República. Além disso, a medida é ineficaz, pois criminosos experientes poderiam usar técnicas para camuflar seus rastros.

7. A convenção de Budapeste foi criada e pensada na Europa para tutelar os interesses de países ricos que possuem imensa quantidade de produção intelectual protegida pelos direitos autorais. Não há qualquer razão plausível para o Brasil aderir a esta convenção que, por óbvio, não foi encampada por China, Rússia, Índia, Argentina e outros países em desenvolvimento.

8. O principal argumento do senador para sustentar a necessidade de aprovação do projeto de lei é o aumento das fraudes bancárias na Internet, o que gera um alto custo para os bancos. Não será vigiando os usuários, porém, que se evitará as fraudes, pois os sistemas de segurança dos bancos são bastante rudimentares e inseguros. Se o problema são as fraudes bancárias, sugeri ao senador que ele propusesse uma lei civil obrigando os bancos a adotarem a assinatura digital como tecnologia de segurança para o acesso a transações bancárias, o que inviabilizaria praticamente 100% das fraudes bancárias de que temos notícia hoje em dia, sem necessidade de qualquer lei penal. Os bancos atualmente não adotam a assinatura digital, pois é mais barato para eles arcarem com os eventuais prejuízos de fraudes de seus clientes do que com os custos da assinatura digital para todos os usuários (claro que, nesta análise econômica, eles desconsideram os transtornos causados aos clientes).

9. Outro argumento do senador em defesa de seu projeto é a “pedofilia na Internet”. Argumentei, no entanto, que o problema da pedofilia não é virtual, mas real e qualquer política séria (e não midiática) de combate a ela deve ser efetivada onde os estupros destas crianças estão ocorrendo. Não se leiloam virgindades de crianças às escondidas, pois evidentemente é necessário o mínimo de publicidade para que os eventuais interessados possam comparecer ao local para dar seus lances. Aliás, basta andar à noite nas ruas das grandes cidades brasileiras, especialmente nas turísticas, para perceber que o combate à pedofilia deve começar nas ruas e não na Internet, pois são lá que as fotos são tiradas. Pedofilia não é um crime informático; é um crime sexual praticado fora da Internet e é lá que ele deve ser combatido.

10. Em síntese, a lei é ineficaz, pois enquanto não for adotada a assinatura digital as fraudes bancárias continuarão acontecendo e enquanto a polícia não for à rua para combater a pedofilia, os estupros de crianças continuarão ocorrendo. Por outro lado, a lei dificulta a inclusão digital, pois inviabiliza as redes wi-fi abertas e invade a privacidade dos usuários da Internet ao obrigar o armazenamento de seus logs por 3 anos, o que poderia facilmente ser camuflado por um criminoso informático experiente.

Via Vermelho.

Why subscribers from outside USA, UK and Germany will have to pay to listen to last.fm? Why do we have to subside Americans, Germans and British, so they can keep getting it for free? If this is the case, I and many will be leaving last.fm!

http://blog.last.fm/2009/03/24/lastfm-radio-announcement

I’ve recently started a group for Portuguese speaking artists who are last.fm listeners, and their fans, Artistas e Ouvintes. I thought it would be fun to help artists who might not speak English to promote their music on the site, and my plan for that includes airing it in some of the English speaking groups for artists and listeners, so here goes.
I’ll start off by giving a link to our group radio which consists mostly of connected artists,
and entirely of independent ones.
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Nearly all of these artists have free tracks for download.
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If you've listened to any of these artists and enjoyed their music please leave a comment.
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Now let’s get into it. The artists with features in this journal will only be the ones who are members of my group who have music here in last.fm or somewhere else where I can find it, but not all connected artists. Not all connected artists are members. I will however list the non-member connected artists at the end to connect them. To save time I have cut and pasted from the decent wikis, roughly translated others. Despite the title there will be the occasional artist who does not speak Portuguese, I have one English-only speaker in the group, and I have invited a Spanish speaker or 2. The first up does not speak Portuguese, but has been very supportive of my activities with this group, and one of the founding members.
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Pixieguts

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is vocalist Marie Craven in Queensland Australia
electro-jamming in cyberspace with artists around the globe:
Dementio13 (Wales), Titee (Australia), Electromagnetic Impulses (UK), Corrientes (USA), Crimson Death (Canada), Adrian Carter (UK), Metricks (Portugal), The Peach Tree (Australia), Ni5m0 (Poland), TRavvy (Australia), Dj Sid-the Apocalypze (USA).

See also the collab projects Dementio13 Feat Pixieguts and Titee & Pixieguts.

trip-hop, electro, trance, idm,
drum n bass, techno, rave
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Ana Gori

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is a Brazilian singer and songwriter who started
her career at a very young age, playing guitar and writing poetry. After some training
she started to sing and write her own songs.
Her music is greatly influenced by Bossa-Nova and the rich Black heritage.
She will be releasing her first album very soon. She has also colaborated with many of the fine electronica artists found at Pixies Palace. She sings in English and Portuguese.
She has also collaborated with another Brazilian artist connected but not yet a member of my group,
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Alex Oliveira

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Metricks

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from Portugal is a diverse artist with a broad body of work,
all of which displays a high degree of originality and quality music production.
His aproach to music is diverse and expansive, nevertheless there is always a blueprint
of unique personal expression and emotion present.
Metricks is native to Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal), a city of multi racial crossovers
of cultures and people, and of course of different music, and musical sensibilities.
Metricks works with great artists like daniel iorio,
Stuart Elliott, Phrulex, Renato Ventura, Mário Raposo, Jdvoid, soundfreak, Lisa T, Rakur, Pio Pio,
GaiaBeat and Pixieguts.
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is a pop rock band from Rio formed in 2002 who's name comes from the fact that they're from the southern hemisphere. They claim as influences international greats such as Bon Jovi,
U2, and Lenny Kravitz, and great Brazilian rockers
such as Barão Vermelho and Os Paralamas do Sucesso.
The band has a sound all it’s own, and came about through a union of friends looking to have fun and make lots of noise. Some years later they matured as a band, looking toward rock and roll and pop for their essence.
Band members are Gustavo (vocals and bass), Ricardo (guitar), Paulo (guitar), Giovani (keyboard), and Wagner (drums).
Myspace
Official site
Orkut
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Laconist

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was formed in Campinas, Brazil, in late 2007 by Neil(ex-Queiron) and
Alcoholic Death(Unmemory, Remords Posthume) with the intent to create a profane and no-frills death metal, on the likes of Anasarca, Lost Soul, Benediction, and Morbid Angel.

In early 2008, Sarco(Abscess, ex-Barbarian Warriors In Search Of Wisdom) was invited to join their ranks, and their first official demo tape is underway (out probably by early May, 2008). Current line-up: Neil - vocals/guitar, Alcoholic Death - drums, Sarco - bass/vocals.

The 4 tracks from the debut promo
Blessed in Chthonic Salvation are now available for download here on Last.FM, and on www.myspace.com/laconist
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DDT punkrock

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is from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, formed in the halls of the federal technical school CEFET -Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica in 2003 by a bunch of guys who loved punk rock.
Bandmembers are: Luciano (Élvis) vocals, Roger bass, Luciano (Gordo)
guitar and Miral on drums. major Influences Ramones.
Their lyrics are basically thrashed and beaten out, looking for good humor in any situation.
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Unsure

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is a Portuguese metal band, from Loulé, Goncinha. They combine several different metal genres, with what the band calls 'a personal touch'. Unsure are Chico (vocals), Ruben (guitar), João (bass) and Filipe (drums). The band is now working in a new e.p. that was planned to be released in early 2008.
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Lovefool

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is a band from Foz do Iguaçu in the Brazilian state of Paraná, formed in 2007, they play many styles of rock and released a virtual EP called “As flores da estação”.
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Black Sonora

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invites the audience for a journey through
the various sounds of black music. Their music is a mix of soul,
hip-hop, samba-funk, reggae, baião, latin rhythms.
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Brazilian alternative rock, started by two young men from Rio, veterans of the underground sceen there, drummer Pedro Garcia and guitarist Nobru Pederneiras got their feet wet at the beginning of the 90s with a skater-punk band, Cabeça. Pedro continued his career playing with Planet Hemp, and Seletores de Freqüência, ex-Planet member BNegão’s funk-dub-philosophical-spiritual band, which Nobru was recently a part of as bass player. From that band also came yet one more member of Rockz, guitarist Gabriel Muzak,, who has a solo career and was also part of
Funk Fuckers, BNegão’s first band. Finally from Benflos, another fine band from Rio, came bassist Daniel Martins who also plays with Lobão), and singer Diogo Brandão as well.
Their sound is influenced by Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, and all that those bands brought over from the 80s, but with the dirtiest lowdown stuff buried in the 60s and 70s from bands like The Rolling Stones, The Who, Sex Pistols. With danceable rhythms on the drums, and bass that speaks with a punk accent. Two guitars making it heavy while the rest add robotic arpeggios and weird chords. Their songs sing of love, dramatic, nihilistic, bitter, diverse subjects such as "love is just a tasteless, badly told joke").
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Logotofee

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-is a punk rock and hardcore band formed in 2005 from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Always with a dry sound, rough and simple their lyrics speak of the everyday life of suburban kids and protest. Members are Guilherme Gabriel and Junior Jaime.
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20 de Julho

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is a solo metalcore project of Thiago Almeida from Rio. He's a young man who records his music at his home with an improvised home studio on his computer, and who promotes his music sending it to friends. Before this he recorded under the name
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A Heart Full of Love and Hate
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which is also streamable.
20 de Julho continues to be a solo project as Thiago hasn't yet found anyone
else interested in joining the band. He records contrabass, keyboard and drums
with his sound editor and creator Fruity Loops 7. He records his vocals and guitar
parts directly to the PC and mixed with Adobe Audition 3.0. The name 20 de Julho
was chosen because July 20 marked a significant event in his life. He asks us
"Doesn't everyone have a 20th of July?"
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nurband

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is alternative rock from Portugal.
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mr. yyz

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an electro-retro sound from Brazil. Great electro sound, There's even a track where he mixes his electro-style that sounds to me to hark back to the 80s, with Spanish guitar!
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Tomás Rodrigues, or
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Subsollo

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is from Brazil and works
with musical production from seven years. He is specialized in electronic music, and his main references are jazz, hip-hop, house, trip hop and bossa nova. Subsollo is graduated in publicity and has a major interest in the independent music market. In his graph, he discusses the independent phonographic market and its new technologies. The monograph provokes a reflection about the cultural market and
the use of new communication and production tools as a main ally in the distribution
and advertisement of artistic products.
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The Navajo Project

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(www.myspace.com/thenavajoproject).
(www.ilike.com/artist/The+Navajo+Project)

is a four-piece out of Montreal. The band is an emotionally charged hard rock band with a middle-eastern influence, driven by impassioned vocals and inspired lyrics. What sets them apart from the crowd is an outstanding commitment to their sound, an elevated level of intensity on stage, and an exceptional understanding of the songwriting and recording processes.

Originating over 3 years ago, and with one record under their belts, the band continues to further develop their sound and dedication to the music. Striving to avoid predictability and convenience, they focus on writing hard-hitting rock that remains powerful both in studio and on stage. The resulting sound aptly reflects the energy and intention of each musician, individually and as a whole.

The debut album "community" is in stores now across Quebec. Over the next year, the band, together with Be Known Productions, will be promoting the independently produced album through live shows, as well as marketing and shipping it to labels.

thenavajoproject@hotmail.com
(http://www.myspace.com/thenavajoproject).
The drummer is a last.fm user NeonHandshake named Felipe, originally from Brazil where he used to play with the band
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Lougo Mouro

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Lobão

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born João Luiz Woerdenbag Filho (Rio de Janeiro, October 11, 1957) is a Brazilian rock and MPB singer. He also plays the drums and guitar. Lobão has a reputation for having little inhibition in expressing his opinions bluntly and publicly criticising fellow musicians, which led to a notable number of attrictions and
enmities.

His best-known recent attriction is a break-up with the record industry. Claiming that all major labels are conspiring to deceive their own artists (by underreporting sales and using piracy as a scapegoat), he set an independent distribution plan to sell music CDs on newsstands and the Internet.

Thus far, this endeavor has been very successful: his recent albums sold well and were critically acclaimed. He also created a magazine, Outracoisa (literally: "Somethingelse" or "Anotherthing"), which comes bundled with a music CD of independent artists.
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Benflos

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a name that may sound strange on first hearing, a strangeness that is sometimes reflected in their sound. The themes of their lyrics go from introspective reflections, movie-like imagery, quotes, as well as lyricism, and subtle touches of humor. The sound runs from dissonant textures to sunny atmospheres. For those seeking a more objective and simple definition, Benflos is a rock band. Their live performances are theatrical and use audiovisual elements beyond the norm like a cute little harakiri, a contrasceptive method that involves asfixiation, personal hygiene lessons on a grand scale, explosive minimalist carnaval, and small exotic musical instruments. All mixed in with the music, serving up a sort of experimental/eccentric/cabaré.
Band members:
Daniel Martins bass, guitar, drums and studio backup, studies music licensure at the Unirio, has played with Bia Grabois, Maurício Negão, and now plays with Lobão, Marya Bravo,
Martha V, Mariana Davies and
Rockz.
Diogo Brandão (vocals and perfumery) – studies at Villa Lobos (popular song), and got his music licensure at the Unirio, is an actor with (Companhia Prática Teatral Dir. Michael Berkovits), singer and plays with Macadame and [Rockz
Guilherme Carrera (guitar and mandolin) studied at Centro Musical Antônio Adolfo, Musiarte and studies music licensure at the Unirio. He worked announcer in the piece “Raul Fora da Lei” with Roberto Bomtempo and under the musical direction of Igor Eça. He also plays with Mariana Davies and makes theme music with his group Manga Fina Trio.
Diogo Salles guitar and backup, got his music licensure at the Unirio and plays in the band Som da rua.
Ricardo Aragão drum and bass, studied at E.M.M. Villa Lobos, Musiarte, and with Rui Motta.
Contacts:
danielbenflos@gmail.com
(21) 22593003 – (21) 9360-2406/9122-3907 (Daniel)
www.fotolog.net/benflos
www.benflos.com.br
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3A839BDADA6630A0
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Barbarian Warriors In Search Of Wisdom

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Horde idealized on July 1995 by Crom Wisdom Worshipper, after parting ways with Dark Subconscious - his former band with members of the act now known as Tuatha de Danann.

After years of struggle, Barbarian Warriors in Search of Wisdom is now releasing their debut album, in a completely independent way: “Paganheart”. With a length of 77:40 minutes, this craft is a journey through 9 hymns. The highlight would be the title track - a majestic epic running for 30:33 minutes.

Their cries and poems deal mostly with Paganism, the old times, ancient wisdom, the Medieval Age, ancestral cultures, and the quest for knowledge.

With this artifact - the “Paganheart” album - the Horde intends to perform live in several celebrations and conquer their space on the international Metal scene, spreading their art and continuing their eternal search for wisdom.
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Abscess

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is a death metal band formed in 1991 in Campinas, Brazil, by the core of brothers Glauco Silva (G) and Caio Cezar (D). They released one demo (Pestilent Emanation, 1994) and took
part on a compilation (Death Or Glory Vol. 1, 1995) released by
Heavy Metal Rock records. They played a single gig as Kemöth in 2003, and are returning to activities in 2008. Official website:
www.myspace.com/abscessbr
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Gamma Ray Blast
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«Portuguese musician José Paulo Andrade is a former member of 80's urban folk band
Ocaso Épico (bass player), known for its mind-blowing performances at the extinct
lisbon venue Rock Rendez Vous (RRV). He also played guitar in a rock band called V12. Ocaso épico released one album - 'Muito Obrigado' - in 1988 and was ready to record its second one some years later when band leader and mentor Farinha Master died unexpectedly, putting a premature end to the project. the remaining members scattered and José
began learning and exploring new tools, mainly software based ones.
5 Dimensões
EP' is the result of his 3 year evolution journey as Gamma Ray Blast, in which he gathered influences from the 90's so-called 'ambient' precursors, such as Kruder & Dorfmeister,
Thievery Corporation and Badmarsh, among others, all wrapped up under a genuine Sci-Fi feel. Gamma Ray Blast operates on a lush and soothing beat base, very melodical, mixed with oriental and traditional portuguese elements, such as sitar, portuguese guitar (mainly used in the Fado genre), flutes and percussion.
A bit about the last 3 pieces, starting with the 3rd one Called Paredes which is a humble homage to the late
Carlos Paredes, a true genius of the Portuguese Guitar. It contains a couple
of samples from his work, like the song
Verdes anos one of his most known ones. Fourth track
Grândola is another homage, but this one is dedicated to the April
25th political revolution that freed Portuguese people from the dictatorship regime,
back in 1974, where we can hear
Zeca Afonso sing the words of the first song to be
played on the (at last) censorship-liberated radio, Grândola Vila Morena. Musically, these two songs show the strenght of their dramatic and political meaning, but also
the smoothness of lounge electronic music. Last track is an original from Ocaso Épico/Farinha
Master, reworked, called
Adamastor.
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SHINE (Spain)

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is a rock band formed in 1995 in A Coruña Spain by Joel Varela. Current band members are Joel Varela, (vocals and guitar), Miguel Thomas (guitar), Iago Blanco (percussion and backup), and Álex Rapitis (bass).
In 1995 two classmates decided to put together a music band. A band that would allow them to express their feelings, frustrations, emotions, joys and sadness, but above all a way to enjoy the music that was being so influential during this time.
After many changes to the band name as well as members, arose SHINE, a group formed in A Coruña, Spain, that has, with their own original compositions in English, developed a very special live performance that has gained many followers, especially in the provinces of Galícia and Andalucia Spain.
This very talented band reflects the life experiences of it's members in the words of their songs.
They have just recorded their first album named
Ungravity, from which they have edited a special release
Leadless, which you can listen to on their MySpace page.
Their official site is:
http://shine.com.es
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Ultima

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is a brazilian indie rock band. They play a mix of grunge rock and hard rock with a hint of brazilian pop rock acts from the 80s such as Legião Urbana. After shifting the line up of musicians various times, the band settled with Gomão on drums, J. on bass, Nazau on guitar and Museu on vocals.
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Cabeza de Panda

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(panda head in English):
An ursid originating in the cold Chinese mountains moves to Rio De Janeiro in search of a warmer climate and a more varied diet. Inspired by the stories of the journey and the adventurous spirit of this nearly extinct migrant, three musicians, in 2007, formed a rock band with multiple personality and a bipolar temperament. Dark and psychedelic, regressive and progressive, revisionist and visionary.
Cabeza de Pandas lyrics range from complete cynicism to the purest sincerity, and the music arrangements alternate between tranquil and hard, but always in the service of involved melodies and riffs, in songs that are straight-forward and wandering at the same time. An intensity of rock filtered through various lenses, with something new around every corner. Difficult to explain, much better if you just listen.
ALEXANDRE VAZ (guitar and vocals), LOURENÇO MONTEIRO (drums and vocals) and MAURO
BERMAN (bass and keyboards) make up CABEZA DE PANDA.
The three members are part of the band that currently accompanies the rapper Marcelo D2. Previously they have played and recorded with artists such as
Toni Garrido, Thalma de Freitas, Marcos Valle, Azymuth, Dado Villa-Lobos, Arnaldo Brandão, Fernanda Abreu and many others.
Starting the year 2008 off right, Cabeza de Panda played the festival Humaitá
pra Peixe, in a show which had a very positive outcome in write-ups in the Jornal do Brasil, and specialized blogs. During the week of January 21 to 28 the band was placed among those bands featured on the main page of MySpace Brasil Música.
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Dj Blush

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"With her eclectic sets, Dj Blush proves that a club DJ is not limited to the overplayed thumping techno beat. Her influences bounce around from experimental founding fathers Kraftwerk, to the oversampled Daft Punk spun with the synthpop merriment of Depeche Mode, strung with the indie sounds of groups like Le Tigre and The Gossip."

Dj Blush is a female DJ in São Paulo, Brazil. Very eclectic, fan of mixes and best of electro [pop/rock], post-punk rock, minimal and synth pop styles from the alternative scene.

For more, visit www.djblush.blogspot.com or
MySpace, [www.myspace.com/dj_blush_sp]

Buy at SoundClick,

[http://www.soundclick.com/djblush]


Blush is also a songwriter as:
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Marisa Narciso

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xDDDre

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is André Alves, a 16-year-old from Brazil making a diverse and eclectic mix of electronic music from his home. His sometimes humorous vocals make it worth the listen.
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REDTIE

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is a band from Curitiba in the southeastern Brazilian state of Paraná with it’s own sound formed at the beginning of 2007 with the musical goal to rescue and update thrash metal, relying on musical elements present in productions during the 80s, together with elements of current productions within the style, intending in this way to create a new conception of the style, different from what has gone before or is currently being produced. Soon REDTIE was presenting a rapid and aggressive sound, with lyrics in English which contemplate such themes as politics, violence, film and history.
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Why REDTIE?

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Warning: graphic descriptions of violence!

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During the War of Canudos, in the third invasion against Antonio Conselheiro’s religious fanatics and their rogue settlement at Canudos in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, colonel Moreira Morais, at the head of the republican army, enacted a practice of extermination, which counted on a strong psychological impact. It consisted of public throat-cuttings of armed prisoners. The descriptions of eyewitness accounts and war correspondence made it clear that things proceeded in the following manner: the executioner positioned himself behind the prisoner, stabbing him in the throat while pulling his head back by the hair, and then inserting two fingers of his left hand in the prisoner’s nostrils he slit the prisoner’s throat with the large knife in his right hand, causing the blood to flow down from the throat across the front of the body. In English this practice was nicknamed the red tie, having already been used during the federalist revolution, however it only became well known throughout Brazil during the War of Canudos.
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Cinco Rios

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(in English “five rivers”), define their sound as contemporary Brazilian music influenced by British and alternative rock, with lyrics in Portuguese which search out poetic and melancholic images.
Many images may be found among waters and sonorous harmonies, like a joining together of many tributaries.
Their sound promises the richness of a river, the confluence of styles, rhythms, and melodic ideas, giving this band from Minas Gerais Brazil an authentic sound of their own. With their songs coming from diverse sources of creativity, the five “rivers” who make up the band seek, via the integration of their experiences, memories and individual techniques, to give a volume and personality to songs whose uniqueness lies at the meeting of mpb (música popular brasileira = Brazilian popular music), and the power of rock.
Making up the band are violinists and guitarists João Eduardo e Tiago Capute, drummer Fabrício Galvani, bass player Bruno César, and pianist and singer Maurício Silva Jr.
If the influences of the members run from Chico Buarque to
Neil Young, the affinities of music apreciation turn toward bands and musicians like Radiohead, Nick Cave, REM, Coldplay, Wilco,
Legião Urbana and Los Hermanos.
In some manner, there are vestiges of such bands in the music of Cinco “Rios”. These are expressed in combination with the personal touches of each member, “drain” into the band’s light and melancholic harmonies. In August of 2006, at the Teatro Marília, Cinco Rios gave a performance debuting the release of their first CD,
Ecos da Cidade. Recorded at Casa Antiga studio, the CD includes 13 tracks. The songs of this inaugural album reveals the band’s sound, melancholic and charistically urban at the same time. Beyond the final reverberations in the local media of the state of Minas Gerais, Ecos da cidade was cited as the best independent album of 2006 by the magazine Revista Laboratório Pop and the website Dynamite Online. Also, in 2006, a song by Cinza (Maurício Silva Jr./João Eduardo) gained the title of Best Song of the Year in the contest on (JB On line), Jornal do Brasil’s website.
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Weick Yasutora

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was born on February 7, 1990 in the city of Jacobina, in the Brazilian state of Bahia in the northeast of Brazil.

Weick’s music career began in 2006 when he recorded his first oriental musical experience, a cover of Hiiragi, originally by Japanese pop-rock band Do As Infinity. From then on Yasutora-san has tried to focus on doing more such projects in the genre, covering hallowed artists of the Asian music scene.
In the beginning, his repertoir included songs from his favorite band,
Do As Infinity, in adition to the music of solo female singer YUI, but Weick didn’t stop there. Up to a point he had only released fairly simple songs, but soon he began to turn out more solid and better elaborated pieces.
Weick Yasutora’s digital music career took it’s first steps in the beginning of 2008, when on February 3rd he released his first single Shadowy lights. (aurora, by the band Do As Infinity, Ai no uta (のいうた Love Song), by female singer Koda Kumi and No way to say, by ayumi hamasaki. Somewhere between 30 and 40 copies have been downloaded from his 4shared site according to their servers, not counting downloads on last.fm.
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Jdvoid

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(which means John Dreams of the Void) is a project started about 3 years ago in Portugal by João Vasconcelos, focused on producing electronica without a specific sub-genre. The artist says
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"I'd like to be able to identify the genre of music I make, but I really can't. I just like to experiment with sounds until I find the right sounds for a tune and then dream a melody, a beat, a bassline, a sound effect, etc. at the same time keeping in mind the emotions and thoughts connected through whichever thing, person, place, book, etc. which made me do the tune. So they are mirrors, my tunes, and I'll make sure these mirrors reflect the most interesting parts of what my brain and heart can think and feel."
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Jdvoid has been making music with computers since he was 7. He made a version of Elvis Presley's "Love me Tender" on a 48k Timex. Years later, after studying classical guitar for about 5 years, and learning how to play keyboards at home, he had contact with sequencing on a computer with Scream Tracker, a PC version of his old Amiga. mod sequencer. Since then his life has taken a lot of turns, and he spent long periods of time away from computers (close to guitars and percussion). ...Until about three years ago, when he got a laptop and the JdvOid project was born, giving him a "place" to finally try to express himself through sound.
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"The main thing that ties this JdvOid thing together is the fact that all the music produced represents a specific moment, person, some happening or experience that I (we) have been (or am going) through at some point in my life."
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Electro-Dub
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Influences
Bach, Kraftwerk, beethoven,
Death in Vegas, Mozart, Dead Crows,
Saint-Saens, Amon Tobin, Mussorgski,
Luke Vibert, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,
The Doors, Pixies, The Orb,
Plastikman, Scarlatti, Ziggy Stardust,
Paco de Lucia, Chemical Brothers,
Rodrigo Leão, Claude Debussy, Chopin,
Future Sound of London, Beck,
Street Musicians, The Hacker, The Advent, Frequenzberater, Stomp, Aphex Twin,
Autechre, UNKLE, Radiohead,
MDK, Chicks on Speed, etc
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Midi Controller / Cubase SX 3/ Live 5/ Nylon-String Guitar / Microphone/ Korg Kaoss
Pad II/ Numerous VSTs and VSTIs/ AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz
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Cyius

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was formed at the end of 2002 in the mountainous landscape of the city of Petrópolis, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro by five friends ready to do what they needed to do to produce a creative, harmonious, close, and overall sincere sound.
With heavy guitars, great vocal and bass melodies, and a strong and solid drum section, Cyius accentuates their music not only with the strong and marked presence of their guitars, but also with their sonorous and mature lyrics, which in adition to personal subjects, address subjects sociopolitical in nature, which reveal the reality of the postmodern world.
The lyrics are made up of poetry and optimistic messages, balanced by a heavy, close-knit sound influenced by the twists and turns of everyday life, and by the quest for victories in the current situation/stageplay in which we live.
In their shows, the band gambles on a repertoir of their own compositions, picking the greater part of their first cd titled Onde Quer Que Esteja (Wherever You Are) which will be released sometime this year, and always striving to play with plenty of bite and all the sincerity that a band can have when they step up on that stage.
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Acordo Mútuo

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is a progressive rock band from the greater metropolitan area of
São Paulo Brazil formed in mid 2007.
Band members are Rodrigo Nunes (vocals and guitar), Edu Bento (bass) and
Caique Bulldog (drums).
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14 Bis, O Terço, Pink Floyd,
The Beatles etc...
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Despite knowing one another in grammar school days, their musical affinity began in high school, where Rodrigo Nunes and Edu Bento constantly shared ideas about their intentions as musicians. In the beginning they met in between classes and on weekends at Edu Bento’s house. At this time, Rodrigo got together with Marcelo Rocha, a good friend and great font of general rock knowledge, and they formed a hobby practice duo. Marcelo brought with him many musical influences, one of these being progressive rock.
In the middle of 2002, after a long conversation between Edu Bento, Rodrigo Nunes and Marcelo Rocha, they decided to form a trio called
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That union was very useful to the three friends in question, it was the beginning of the development and musical identity of Rodrigo, Edu and Marcelo as a unit. It went so briliantly well that after three consecutive months of practice, the trio already had a sound very much their own. It was during this same period that a strong song writing collaboration between Edu and Rodrigo got going.
A year after the formation of Milícia Celeste, changes in their lives were such that each member began to follow his own path, resulting in the breakup of the group.
After this period, at somewhere around 2003/2004, Edu entered into a great odissy through a succession of innumerable bands of varying flavors of rock, (from
punk rock to heavy metal), conferring to him a wide range of musical experience. Meanwhile Rodrigo was also developing his skills playing with some childhood friends in a neighborhood parish where he lived. Even though they were enjoying a certain amount of success on the paths they had taken, they felt the absence of that finely tuned sound they had back in the days of “Milícia Celeste”, thus as time went on the impetus grew stronger and more necessary For Rodrigo and Edu to reunite and to recapture their friendship and musical affinity obfuscated by the passing of time.
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And so, after a long wait of about four years Rodrigo and Edu were able to get back together again to pick up where they’d left off, restarting the old projects, arranging songs that had been written in the past, devising a new repertoir, putting even more feeling into their music, and planning the formation of another band.
After a few months of practice, they took the initiative to look for a good drummer, someone who above all else would be perfectly in tune with the band and who’s style would not be as aggressive as that of the majority of current rock drummers. Searching their memories, Edu and Rodrigo remembered a little admirer of both their careers in the early years. This friend in question was Caique “Bulldog” Barbosa, brother of a good friend of Edu’s and Rodrigo’s. Caique Bulldog loved the drums and had a powerful desire to become a great rock drummer. Even back when Edu and Rodrigo had been part of the trio with Marcelo Rocha in 2003, Caique Bulldog, only ten years old, started taking drum lessons and beginning his path to his chosen goal. But noone had imagined that his musical development would be so qualitative in such a short time, turning him into an incredibly versatile and highly creative drummer, indispensable ingredients for a progressive rock band.
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These were the the crucial reasons for the duo of Rodrigo Nunes and Edu Bento to invite Caique to be an integral part of this new group in mid 2007. He didn’t hesitate to accept the friends’ invitation with great joy and exuberance. Thus began this power-trio which didn’t have a name yet.
During the next three months, the trio’s greatest concern was finding a name which would faithfully represent the soul of the band. But finally, what would be the most appropriate name? The question was present in all of their minds, until a moment came that in an online conversation between Edu and Rodrigo, they started talking about how to describe in a few words what the principal characteristics or highlights of the trio would be. They eventually came to the conclusion that the common thread was the fact that they were so in tune with one another. So with a central, common and unconditional idea about the band, Edu Bento reluctantly consulted a dictionary in order to come up with a synonym of the word “sintonia (syntony)”, whereupon he found two nouns, “Acordo Mútuo (Mutual Agreement”. On seeing these words all agreed that without doubt this was a name that best defined the soul of the group. From that moment on the group would be known as Acordo Mútuo.
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Ocp

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operador de cabine polivalente - is an ongoing sound project by portuguese sound artist João Ricardo.
Artist relations: Pygar, j.m.duarte.r, Boiar, F.R.I.C.S., Gangrena (extinct).

ocp's official website
Pygar's official website
ocp's official myspace
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Pimenta Buena

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Picante pero sabroso, (spicy but tasty) just like in Llorona, the song which is the theme for Frida Khalo, Pimenta Buena's music played by Brazilians Daniel Finkler, André Chiesa,
João Corrêa, and the Uruguayan Vicente Botti, includes the development and sophistication of both Latin and Brazilian music, which layers strong melodies that never lose their tenderness atop an aggressive and harmonious sound.
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Ecos Falsos

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These 4 boys from São Paulo, Brazil, have been playing together since 2002: Daniel Akashi (guitar/vocal), Davi Rodriguez (drums), Felipe Daros (guitar/vocal) and Gustavo Martins (guitar/vocal). They were nominated in the Brazilian MTV VMAs for The Best Independent Videoclip with the video "Réveillon". Their first album, "Descartável Longa Vida", was released in september of 2007, and features brazilian music geniuses Tom Zé and Pato Fu, among other guest musicians.

After achieving recognition and playing gigs across the country with no record label back-up, they finally signed brazilian indie label Monstro Discos.
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Also introducing connected Portuguese netlabel
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enough

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EnoughRecords is a Portuguese netlabel, there are other few netlabels from Portugal, but we happened to be the first. Deeply rooted in the demoscene culture, our path towards world domination consists on distributing music we enjoy listening to - from friendly people who want to release through us - for free.

"We are heavily obsessed with the beauty locked within music and the disturbingly immense power of computers in modern society. We also feel the world has been littered and misguided with ergonomic pop formulas for too long, and although we acknowledge that we can't really change the music industry, nor guerrilla market ourselves to popular stardom, we still strive to provide alternatives for artists and listeners who share our taste in bedroom-studio music. We believe music should be free. So if you enjoyed listening to one of our releases, share it with your friends and the world, just don't charge money for it and try to mention it was released at Enough. Above all, let the artists know their music is beeing played, heard, understood and enjoyed by other people across the globe.

We slowly came to realize we pursue a focus of idm, glitch, postrock, industrial noise and dark ambient. However, we are open to other genres as long as it sounds good and clicks something inside of us. Our plan is to simply release soothing sounds, emerging landscapes, from Portugal, Europe, the world, into the cyberspace for whomever will listen. And hopefully meet some friendly talented people while we are at it. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.. ;)
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Non-member Connected Artists List
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The following is a list of artists in Artistas e Ouvintes who are not members, but are connected.
Na lista seguinte têm os artistas conectados ao grupo Artistas e Ouvintes mas não são membros ainda.
I invite them to join the group and receive a full feature above.
Os convido se juntar e recever uma apresentação completa acima.
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Anne Garner
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The Cleaners
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Meretrio
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blasfemea
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Alienaqtor
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Hadda & DJ A
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Maini Sorri
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Pterodata

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