XTC was a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky new wave/punk riffs to lushly-arranged progressive pop. They also drew heavily from vintage pop rock and psychedelia from the 1960s, genres which they began to explore more deeply after creating The Dukes of Stratosphear side-project. While XTC failed to maintain significant commercial success after the 1980s, they have earned a devoted cult following, influencing many alternative and indie musicians.First coming together in 1972, the core duo of Partridge and Moulding went......
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced "exhibit"), is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, and radio personality. Xzibit began his musical career after the release of his debut studio album, At the Speed of Life, on October 15, 1996. The album was both critically and commercially successful, peaking at number 74 on the Billboard 200. It also contained the single "Paparazzi", which peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100. This success allowed Xzibit to secure a recording contract with Loud Records later that year.Xzibit released his second album, 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz, on......
Yanni (real name: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης / Yiannis Hrysomallis) is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer who was born in November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece. Starting his career in 1977, joining up the Minneapolis-based rock group Chameleon, his musical efforts have spanned over three decades and brought him international popularity. Although many fans and critics call his music "New Age", Yanni himself has distanced himself from that label. In his autobiography, Yanni devotes an entire chapter to the subject, stating that he prefers to call his music "contemporary instrumental".Yanni is a self-taught pianist who began his musical......
There are several artists named Yasin.1) Yasin, or Yasin Byn, is a Swedish-Somalian rapper and part of the hip-hop team Byn Block Entertainment haling from Rinkeby in Stockholm.2) Yasin, or Yasin Sulaiman, is a composer and musician from Malaysia. He was the ex-member of a popular nasyid group, Brothers. He left the group thus created his own album. Since 2009, there are 4 albums - Mimpi Laila, Salsabila, The Best Of Yasin, and Arus Qudus. His song, soon to be famous, Mimpi Laila was the winner for Anugerah Juara Lagu 2001.His other contributions internationally were that he wrote the Malay lyrics for Sami Yusuf for the song: No Word Is Worthy and You Came To Me (feat......
