What type of musical profession does Toshiko Koshijima and Rob Swire have in common?
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Toshiko Koshijima Toshiko Koshijima (こしじま としこ , Koshijima Toshiko , born March 3, 1980 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a Japanese singer. Along with composer, record producer and DJ Yasutaka Nakata, she is a lead vocalist of the electronica band Capsule, which they formed in 1997 when both were 17. Their formal debut came in 2001 with the release of the single "Sakura". Two more singles and their debut album, "High Collar Girl", followed the same year.
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Rob Swire Robert Swire-Thompson (born 5 November 1982) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and DJ, best known as the founder and vocalist of Australian/British drum and bass/electronic rock band Pendulum, as well as DJ and co-founder of electronic dance music duo Knife Party formed of Swire and Gareth McGrillen. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, he relocated to the United Kingdom in 2003 with fellow Pendulum co-founders Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. Swire has since fulfilled a broad spectrum of roles as a member of Pendulum, ranging from song writing to singing while performing live with an unusual guitar-like MIDI controller – Starr Labs' Ztar Z6S-XPA. Swire can also play guitar, bass, keyboards and percussion. He is sometimes referred to by the stage name Anscenic.
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Oona Garthwaite Oona Garthwaite is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in California to a musical family, niece of Terry Garthwaite and daughter of David Garthwaite, founding members of the Joy of Cooking (band). Oona's co-writing project with Oakland-based producer Dave Tweedie is listed under the bandname "OONA". Their music has been featured several times on the reality TV show "So You Think You Can Dance", including an audition by Stephen "Twitch" Boss and a routine choreographed by Sonya Tayeh and performed by Ellenore Scott and Jakob Karr. A collaboration with the band Jet Stream(Dave Tweedie, Stephen Bradley and Bijou), a song called "Remote Control", was aired on the Season Premiere of The CW's 2010 show, Life Unexpected. Oona offers the song as a free download for fans through her website.
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Ichirou Mizuki Toshio Hayakawa (早川 俊夫 , Hayakawa Toshio , born January 7, 1948 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) , better known by his stage name Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎 , Mizuki Ichirō ) , is a Japanese vocalist, lyrist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 40 years, he has recorded over 1200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He is referred to by fans and fellow performers alike as the "Aniki" (アニキ , "big brother" ) of the "anison", or anime music genre. He has produced the singing duo Apple Pie since 1990 and created the supergroup JAM Project in 2000.
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Kid Koala Eric San (born December 5, 1974), who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and an author of graphic novels. He is signed to the British record label Ninja Tune, is a member of alternative hip hop supergroup Deltron 3030, and The Slew with Dynamite D and former members of the Australian rock band Wolfmother, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. He has also made appearances with many other artists from Amon Tobin to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and has made contributions to Lovage, Peeping Tom, Gorillaz and numerous other projects.
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Idris Ackamoor Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director. He is the Founder, Executive/Co-Artistic Director of the multi-disciplinary San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey. Ackamoor is also the Artistic Director of the world music/jazz ensemble The Pyramids.
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Mitch Ryder William S. Levise, Jr. (born February 26, 1945), known better by his stage name Mitch Ryder, is an American musician who has recorded more than two dozen albums over more than four decades.
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Rob Affuso Rob Affuso (born Robert James Affuso, March 1, 1963, Newburgh, New York) is an American heavy metal drummer, best known as the drummer of the band Skid Row from 1987 to 1998.
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Steve Ignorant Steve Ignorant, born Steven Williams in 1957, is a singer and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass stopped performing in 1984, he has worked with other groups including Conflict, Schwartzeneggar, Stratford Mercenaries, and Current 93 as well as being an occasional solo performer.
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Toshio Iwai Toshio Iwai (岩井 俊雄 , Iwai Toshio , born 1962) is a Japanese interactive media and installation artist who has also created a number of commercial video games. In addition he has worked in television, music performance, museum design and digital musical instrument design.
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Kazumi Totaka Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生 , Totaka Kazumi , born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the "Mario" series. He also directed the development of "Wii Music".
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Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film "El Mariachi", which was a commercial success after grossing $2 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the "Mexico Trilogy": "Desperado" and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico". He directed "From Dusk till Dawn" in 1996 and developed its (2014–present). Rodriguez co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology "Sin City" (adapted from the graphic novel of the same name) and the 2014 sequel, "". Rodriguez also directed the "Spy Kids" films, "The Faculty", as well as "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl", "Planet Terror", and "Machete". He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, which Rodriguez was a member of. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey.
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Keiichi Suzuki Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木 慶一 , Suzuki Keiichi , born August 28, 1951) is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Moonriders, a group that became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands. He is known to audiences outside Japan for his musical contributions to the video games "Mother" (1989) and "EarthBound" (1994), both of which have been released on several soundtracks. More recently, he has composed film scores including "The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi" (2003), "Tokyo Godfathers" (2003), "Uzumaki" (2000), "Chicken Heart" (2009), as well as Takeshi Kitano's "Outrage" (2010) and "Beyond Outrage" (2012).
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Jim Steinman James Richard Steinman (born November 1, 1947) is an American composer, lyricist, and Grammy Award-winning record producer responsible for many hit songs. He has also worked as an arranger, pianist and singer. His work has included songs in the adult contemporary, rock and roll, dance, pop, musical theater and film score genres. Beginning his career in musical theater, Steinman's most notable work in the area includes lyrics for "Whistle Down the Wind" and music for "Tanz der Vampire".
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Rob McConnell Robert Murray Gordon "Rob" McConnell, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 February 1935 – 1 May 2010) was a Canadian jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. McConnell is best known for establishing and leading the big band The Boss Brass, which he directed from 1967 to 1999.
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Michael Corcoran (musician) Michael Thomas Corcoran (born December 9, 1972), known professionally as Backhouse Mike or Ken Lofkoll, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, composer, sound designer, musical arranger, orchestrator, and record producer.
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Rob Zabrecky Robert "Rob" Zabrecky (born June 2, 1968 in Burbank, California) is an American actor, magician, and songwriter. His career began as a musician while being the front man for the band Possum Dixon. He later found success as a magician and actor.
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Toshimaru Nakamura Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese onkyo.
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The Voluntary Butler Scheme The Voluntary Butler Scheme is the stage name for one-man band Rob Jones, based in Stourbridge near Birmingham. Jones records and produces the majority of his material by himself in the home studio in his bedroom. The VBS (Voluntary Butler Scheme) uses the technique of live looping at gigs, playing in parts on various instruments such as guitar, guitar synthesizer, drums, kazoo and ukulele.
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Hideki Sakamoto Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城 , Sakamoto Hideki , born November 14, 1972) is a video game music composer who has contributed songs to the soundtracks of "Echochrome", "Yakuza 2", and "". He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks.
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Tōsha Roei Tōsha Roei (藤舎呂英 ) (born 1966) is a Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese drama and dance. A member of the Tōsha school or lineage of musicians, he is classically trained in performing percussion for the Noh theatre, but performs in a wider variety of contexts. He is a founding member of the Tricycle, a group which brings together musicians and performers from a variety of traditional Japanese forms.
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Kobukuro Kobukuro (コブクロ ) , a Japanese band, formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.