Earplugs in, the initial shockwave from the wall of sound settled into a rich tapestry of jazz disguised by black metal. An unexpected surprise in the genre that, while not instantly accessible to all, will reveal a new concept in modern electronic-acoustic music. Since their debut on a small Norwegian acoustic jazz label in 2001, Shining has moved on to become one of the most hard-hitting, genre-pushing bands of our generation.

http://www.myspace.com/shiningofficial

Dachambo is a psychedelic and alternative band with six members featuring twin drums and Didgeridoo. They are currently a very successful drawing attention from all areas as an upcoming artist in the Japanese jam bands scene.

Dachambo handle their music management themselves and perform at many of the outdoor festivals in Japan such as Nagisa and Sunset Live in Fukuoka. One of the most important festivals that they played recently is Asia's biggest, the Fuji Rock Festival.

They love and appreciate all types of world and international music, which have been greatly influencing their music style. The floating digital sounds, the roar of Didgeridoo, and the deep bass with a dancing guitar… They continue pursuing the possibilities of sounds through jam, tribal, latin, organic, funk, and many other genres of music.

They are especially good at blending diverse sounds into alternative dance music. They make you realize there is no boundary in the music world once you experience their phenomenal live performance.

http://myspace.com/dachambo

Few years ago London based Parisian producers Ivan Smagghe (ex-Black Strobe) and Tim Paris (head of Marketing Music) joined their creative forces for their project It's A Fine Line. For those familiar with Smagghe's electro/techno background and Paris' melodic house solo work, IAFL sound may come as a little surprise, featuring their broad influences from jazz, classic Krautrock, Italo/space disco, rockabilly, psychedelia, industrial… anything. This dark, moody and organic production is almost defining a new genre and causing a huge excitement in the scene, attracting remix work for Burger & Voigt, Tiga, Luca Baldini or Au Revoir Simone, and appearances at major festivals and clubs around the world including Fabric London, Rex Paris, Lux Lisbon, Robert Johnson, NAME Festival and Goa in Madrid.

Now the duo have finally found time to work on their own release to outlet their creativity - 'It’s A Fine Line EP' is released on May 19th from Marketing Music. And to celebrate this release, here's an extremely unique mix which welcomes you into the extremely unique world of It's A Fine Line - Enjoy!

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www.myspace.com/itsafineline

Richard Norris's journey into psych began as a teenager when he worked for the legendary UK psych label Bam Caruso, who released dozens of psychedelic and freakbeat compilations alongside artist albums from the Seeds, the Left Banke, the Walker Brothers, John's Children, July and many more. "It was like attending psychedelic university," says Richard.
 
His first full-length album, 1987’s  'Jack The Tab', was co-produced by Genesis P-Orridge and was one of the first UK acid house albums. The accent was on acid rather than house however – samples from Tiny Tim, 'The Trip' and many other sixties cut-ups abound, alongside Peter Fonda's "We want to get Loaded… We want to have a good time", a full year before Primal Scream.
 
The spirit of 'Jack the Tab' is all over Richard's re-edit12" mini albums as Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve, produced twenty years after his 1987 debut, in partnership with Erol Alkan. BTWS have gone on to remix the Chemical Brothers, Goldfrapp, Franz Ferdinand and more.

And now as The Time And Space Machine, Richard presents 'Set Phazer To Stun,' released April on Tirk.
 
"It's a hi fi sci-fi adventure... set phazer to stun…" – Richard Norris

www.myspace.com/thetimeandspacemachine

Originating from Thessaloniki itself, Mary's Flower Superhead have been locally active since 2003. Having already released their debut album in 2006, they released their new work in October 2009 which was presented for the first time at Reworks. Their live performance has an energy on stage and a disco punk vibe that can kill. Look forward to more from them in future.
 
www.myspace.com/marysflowersuperhead