Hideki Naganuma
Hideki Naganuma is a Japanese music composer who primarily does work for video game soundtracks. His music is broadly defined as J-Pop, but can be quite hard to categorize. He is skilled at mixing Japanese techno, funk, soul, and hip-hop elements to create a unique and vivid sound. Naganuma is most famous for his original compositions used in the Sega Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in the USA). He also composed several songs for Jet Set Radio's Xbox sequel, Jet Set Radio Future. In 2004 he authored most of the music for the arcade skating game Ollie King, which was released in Japan only. Most recently, his music has been featured in the SEGA production Sonic Rush for the Nintendo DS. He was recently nominated to receive the Golden Joystick Award for Soundtrack Of The Year for his work on Sonic Rush
Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro is a Scottish alternative rock trio.
Generically, the group can only really be safely categorised as a rock band; beyond that, they defy all the common restrictions of genre, often straddling several generic boundaries within one song. So in their own words "Don't pigeon hole, just listen". Their influences remain diverse - according to the band themselves, their sound has been shaped as much by post-emo indie luminaries like Sunny Day Real Estate and Mineral as it has by prog legends Rush.
They have released three albums and fourteen singles, and while they are yet to achieve a top 20 hit, their first single, "27", was promptly awarded Single Of The Week by Taproot in Kerrang!. "Questions and Answers" reached #26, while "The Ideal Height" narrowly missed out on a top 40 chart position. The leading single from Infinity Land ("Glitter and Trauma") reached #21, and second single "My Recovery Injection" reached #23. "There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake" was also a #1 download only single before downloads were counted alongside physical singles.
Inner City pirates
www.innercity-pirates.co.uk
Local Band like. I go to like all there gigs.
Square Pusher
Squarepusher, the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, is an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass, musique concrète (sampled digitally rather than by tape), and acid, albeit with a significant jazz influence.
Jenkinson was born in Chelmsford, Essex in 1975 and was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School. A self-taught drummer and highly skilled bass guitar player, his style of extremely fast, cut-up beats mixed with fusion jazz and interlaced with synth lines and samples has gained him a cult following. He is a friend of Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), and his albums have been critically acclaimed for their forward-thinking approach to electronic music.
Jenkinson performs live, playing with a fretless or fretted bass guitar, a laptop, and other hardware. He appeared twice on BBC Radio 1's The Breezeblock show. On 26 June 2005, Squarepusher played at London's Royal Festival Hall as part of the Show "Songs of Experience" a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. His 12 minute performance was built up of a medley of Hendrix tracks played solely on the bass guitar with the use of effects.
One of his brothers, Andy Jenkinson, is also a respected recording artist, under the name Ceephax Acid Crew. A third brother, Jonny, also performs and occasionally supports his siblings on tour as a drum and bass DJ.
DJ Krush
DJ Krush (real name Hideaki Ishii) was born in 1962 in Tokyo. After watching the film "Wild Style" in the early 80s, he was inspired, bought some turntables, and started to learn the art of turntablism. In 1987, he formed the Krush Posse, which made numerous appearances as a group in late 1992 and gained him recognition by becoming the first DJ in Japan to perform with live musicians. He released his first album "Krush," which stated his presence in the scene, and he has since released eight more. He has had recording contracts with Chance Records, Ninety Nine Records, Mo-Wax (he was the first Japanese artist to join), Apollo and Sony/Columbia. He works internationally as a producer, re-mixer, DJ and recording artist, bringing the unique flavour of Japanese hip hop to the world
DJ Shadow
Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, (born January 1, 1973 in Davis, California) is a turntablist, producer, and songwriter. His recordings are primarily noted for their lush, atmospheric, sample-based sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Shadow
(His bio is a bit to big to post)