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Space Primates

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Space Primates are a DJ, songwriting, and production duo from England consisting of Marc Sibley and Nathan Cunningham. They have made records with artists such as Katy Perry, David Guetta, DJ Snake, Chris Brown, Maluma, Flo Rida, Ozuna, Ciara, DVBBS, Gashi, Enrique Iglesias, Upsahl and many more. Their music has been featured in shows and films such as Baywatch, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Kevin Hart’s What Now, The Mindy Project and on the NFL. In 2019 they were nominated for a Daytime Emmy for their work on the Green Eggs and Ham main title. In 2023 they won a Grammy award for their work on Barbie the Album. History Space Primates met in 2010. Throughout college they both played Guitar in wedding bands, and for a range of acts such as Krept and Konan, Sneakbo, and Rama Katani. They both took an interest in music production during their time at college and began collaborating. Shortly after leaving college they entered a remix competition on Indaba Music for Capital Cities which they won. Shortly after they had their first major release with “Whip It!” by LunchMoney Lewis which charted globally. Following on from this they wrote and produced The X Factor runner ups Reggie ’n’ Bolli

Spinall

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Oluseye Desmond Sodamola, professionally known as Spinall (stylized as SPINALL; formerly DJ Spinall), is a Nigerian disc jockey, record producer, and songwriter. He has released six studio albums and collaborated with artists that have included Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Asake, among others. He has won numerous awards for his work, including All Africa Music Awards and The Beatz Awards. He is also the first Nigerian disc jockey to play at festivals such as Coachella, SXSW, and Glastonbury. Spinall is the founder of TheCapMusic, a music label he launched in 2014. He also created a style edge to his outfit known as TheCAP, tracing his roots back to his culture. Early life and education Sodamola was born in Lagos and he is the third of five siblings. He attained his primary and secondary school education in Lagos State, then moved to Ogun State, to study Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Olabisi Onabanjo University, where he received his BSc degree. He also studied at Tenstrings Music Institute. Spinall’s first musical experience as a kid, was listening to some vinyl records being played by his parents and according to him “In the morning my dad would wake up, and open the drawers,

Spyridon Xyndas

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Spyridon Xyndas or Spiridone Xinda (; June 8, 1812 – November 25, 1896) was a Greek composer and virtuoso guitarist. His last name has also been transliterated as “Xinta”, “Xinda”, “Xindas” and “Xyntas”. Biography Xyndas was born in Corfu in 1812. In 1823, he was a student of Nikolaos Mantzaros in music theory. After the completion of his studies in Corfu, he continued them in Naples and Milan under various teachers including Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli. This was the first full-scale opera based on a libretto in Greek and the only one of Xyndas’ operas that exists today. The libretto was written by Ioannis Rinopulos (with contributions by Nikolaos Makris and Xyndas himself) and it was performed at the Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù. Its seemingly comic plot is a severe criticism regarding the living conditions of the Ionian Islands’ rural society, against the morality of the indigenous politicians, both during the period under British occupation (1815–1864) and after it. Xyndas also composed other operatic works, the most notable of which was Anna Winter (based on Dumas’ The Three Musketeers), which is the earliest use of a Dumas work in the modern Greek theatre. The 1888, th