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Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile
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The War on Drugs
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Rosanne Cash
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Queen
Queen
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Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
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Dexys Midnight Runners
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Mark Wills
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Bernard Herrmann
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Frank Zappa
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Joe Henry
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Harold Budd
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The Orb
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Bill Laswell
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Kurt Cobain
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Pat Thomas
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Daniel Johnston
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Daniel Ayala Pérez
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Earth
Earth
American musical group (1989 – )
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Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann
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Ethel
Ethel
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Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
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Front 242
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Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked
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Claus Ogerman
Claus Ogerman
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
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Wayne Jackson
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Frederick Fennell
Frederick Fennell
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Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams
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Michael Brook
Michael Brook
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
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Woods
Woods
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Can
Can
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Mike Holober
Mike Holober
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Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois
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Kurt Doles
American composer and musician

Kurt Doles

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American composer and musician
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Kurt Doles (born August 2, 1973) is an American composer and bass clarinetist. He is best known for his slow, quiet instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments. Sometimes associated with the group of postminimalist California-based composers represented on the Cold Blue record label run by composer Jim Fox, he has collaborated with musicians DAC Crowell and Daniel Patrick Quinn on various improvised, electroacoustic ambient recording projects. Mercury, a collaboration with DAC Crowell, was released on Suilven Recordings.