Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) was a German pianist and composer of the transitional period between the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He remains one of the most brilliant, prolific and influential composers of all time. Beethoven is widely regarded as a master of musical construction, sometimes sketching the architecture of a movement before he had decided upon the subject matter. He was one of the first composers to systematically and consistently use interlocking thematic...

Dinu Lipatti (March 19, 1917, Bucharest - December 2, 1950, Geneva) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was tragically cut short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at age 33. Despite his short career and a relatively small recorded legacy, Lipatti is considered as one of the finest pianists of the 20th century. Lipatti was born in Bucharest into a musical family: his father was a violinist, his mother a pianist, and his godfather was the violinist and...

Santa Hates You is a German based band formed in autumn 2007.

Freezepop is a synthpop band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who is a robotic clone of the "original" Sean T. Drinkwater), Robert John "Bananas" Foster and Christmas Disco-Marie Sagan. Their primary stage instruments are a pair of keytars, with some songs involving a guitar or drum synth. They formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1999. In mid-2009 Kasson Crooker (aka Symbion Project) left the band due to time conflicts. They have gained a number of fans through...

The whole programme is a fully-fledged album instead of a so-called “EP” (whatever that means…) and rather resembles a certain comic book series coming with gimmick.
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Solitary Experiments formed in 1994 as a collaboration between Dennis Schober and Michael Thieleman, who had briefly collaborated before as 'Plague'.

Shiva was a band formed in Huddersfield in 1993 and consisted of vocalist Louise Dean, and musicians / songwriters Paul Ross, and Gino Piscitelli.

Dead Man's Hill is an Electronic, Death Industrial, Martial, Neoclassical and Post-industrial band founded in 1998 by Bart Piette. It began under the name "The Klinik And The Mortuary". The name has been changed because under this name there was a lot of confusion possible, because "The Klinik" and "The Mortuary" were already 2 bands. So thereafter the project was called "Dead Man's Hill". Dead Man's Hill started with the intension of making dark and cold music, especially influenced by...

Area Bombardment is a martial/neofolk/experimental project founded in 2007 in Dublin by Michael P. Currently signed to Lichterklang records from Germany. The project is defunct.

Fostercare is an electronic project by producer Marc Jason, based in Minneapolis, MN. His fifth album, Innerspace Vol. 1, was released January 9, 2014. Music can be listened to at https://soundcloud.com/fostercare and http://fostercare.bandcamp.com/. http://www.facebook.com/f8stercare

Death in June are a neofolk group led by UK musician Douglas Pearce. Although originally a post-punk band, they are credited with the initial development of neofolk music along with Current 93 and Sol Invictus.

"Edge of Dawn" is a futurepop band from Germany consisting of Mario Schumacher and Frank M. Spinath (also a member of "Seabound"). Originally initiated as Mario Schumacher's solo project in 1998, the line up was completed by Frank M. Spinath in the spring of 2005. As well as being known as the singer of the german electronic project "Seabound", Frank has contributed guest vocals to recent releases by "Stromkern" and "The Azoic"...

Built from the foundations of dark pop dripping with soul and intensity contrasting with explosive, driving riffs, Sydney band Inertia have proven they’re a force to be reckoned with.