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+++ First music video and remix contest run by FOEM. +++ FOEM, the netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international music video and remix contest with K-Drive & Ginman. +++

Vinyl-EP release on Serotonin Records to be won. +++ An international remix contest with John Selway and Jason Szostek aka Synapse. +++ The winning track will be released on a vinyl-EP on Serotonin Records. +++ Entries are welcomed from any talented producer. +++ The contest is running from 01.06.2008 until 31.08.2008.

Luke Slater "Head Converter" Remix Contest +++ Win an EP-Release on Mote-Evolver. +++ FOEM, the netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international remix contest with the London based techno legend Luke Slater. The winning track will be released on a vinyl EP on Luke’s label, Mote-Evolver. Entries are welcomed from any talented producer. The contest is running from April 1st to June 30, 2008.

"Complex yet dark and aggressive." - He is an American gangster as well as a rapper, producer, occultist, writer, and record executive from East Los Angeles, California. He is also the only rapper of Filipino and Spaniard descent to be labeled under Chicano rap since the genre is mainly rappers of Mexican descent. He was a pioneer of New South rap and a crusader of Alternative music, being one of the first rappers to embrace an antisocial persona without explicit irony. Please welcome Mr. Marvin "Knife" Sotelo...

"In my world, I just call it music." - Emeson is a singer - songwriter, dj, composer and producer, based in London. Swerving from the well-trodden path of the norm, emeson creates a sound that is uniquely electronic soulphonica, offering an alternative, with a completely different style of delivery.

For all of you, who did not yet participate so far to our two interview-columns "12 Questions - Your interview on BeSonic.com" and "5 Records - Music of your life", we would like to present and apply both formats here again separately.

"5 Records" is a new interview-column on BeSonic. Here we give you the possibility to present five substantial musical experiences from your life - in your own words!

"Call it anglicised Americana with a pedal steel signature, bringing modern words and sounds into focus against a backdrop of traditional, narrative song writing." - He recently released his new album "Book Of Days" and we are pleased to present you this time Nigel Clothier in our interview section.

four-O-four is a digital -crossover/digital-whatever-project from Germany. The name is derived from the web browser errorcode "404", which means "site not found". Their music will be published under a creative commons licence on the homepage of four-O-four. Here we go...

"I remember practicing Chet Atkins or The Ventures. That was in the early 60s." - Andre Massicote lives in Quebec City, Canada and is basically influenced from the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, etc. He released the album "The Other Side" in September 2007 and we are happy that he send us his answers for our "12 Questions"-column. Here we go...

To promote you and your music on BeSonic.com, we created the column "12 Questions..." for our Artist-News. Here we would like particularly emphasize artists, who were noticeable to us, with an interview in our news-section.

Listening to bands/artists like Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The Jimi Hendrix' Experience and Lightning Hopkins, Snowball aka Snowball Johnny is a web-based Singer/Songwriter with his heart at the roots of blues, playing various instruments since 1966 and singing since 1974. We are happy that he is now a part of our "12 Questions"-column. Here we go...

Ramin Streets is a Singer-Songwriter from Chicago who is basicaly influenced by artists like Bryan Ferry, Lennon & McCartney and Richard Ashcroft. His songs are often melancholic and despite the economical instrumentation very impressive. Here are his answers...

Here`s what some have said about the project Red Sea Station: "Gleeful, fuzzed-out guitar pop that seems to be perpetually watching the sun break out of the clouds." // "A gorgeous melange of small, revolving melodic motifs coming from every direction and all united in their connection to the solid backbone of sprightly, rubbery beats." // - We are happy to have this band/project on BeSonic! We love their crazy tunes and melodic pop! Here we go...

On his BeSonic-Page he descripes himself like that: "Bumpkin is an independent artist out of Dallas, Texas who makes albums about drinking and women and drinking with women." What else can I say? Here we go...

Subterfuge Carver, the deathcore-act from Stuttgart and BeSonic-Artist, will perform on the 2007 SUMMER BREEZE Open Air...

The German rock outfit REEBOSOUND starts as a solo-project of Sven Missullis. On the first releases he played all the instruments and involved no other persons. In the meantime he formed a band to play live and we are happy that Sven found the time to answer our 12 Questions. Here we go...

When Supernatural started to work on tracks and songs in 1991, which later led to their first album "The Calling" (released October 1998), they really had no idea where it was going. Since last year the band is a member of the community on BeSonic and we really like their songs and therefore it was a pleasure for us to send them our questionaire. Here we go...

Eric Allan is a Singer-/Songwriter from Aberdeen/U.S. and we think his little songs are amazing. We are happy that he is now a part of our "12 Questions"-column. Here we go...

The person behind Mocha Lab is Paul Shapera. He began using this moniker in the late 90s for the electronic, groove, trip hop albums he was beginning to make.