They also have a side-project, "Extended Spirit". They also gained recognition as innovative remixers for a vast number of acts such as Marschmellows, Ian Pooley, Incognito, 4Hero, M.J. Cole and Masters At Work to name but a few.

Their latest release is the studio album ''Of All the Things'', released on October 21, 2008

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is a female heavy metal/hard rock band from Japan, founded in 1982. The band disbanded in 1999 after original singer Keiko Terada had left and reformed in 2005 for the 20th anniversary of their first release. The music of Show-Ya is deeply rooted in classic rock and in their albums and live shows they have covered songs from The Beatles, The Doors, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and AC/DC. Their music evolved from the pop rock of their first offerings to the heavy metal of their most successful albums ''Outerlimits'' and ''Hard Way''. Show-Ya are still active today in Japan.

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The interest of the Japanese press and the ever increasing presence of the band on TV shows led soon to a more professional and organized approach to the music business. With their fourth album ''Trade Last'', Show-Ya ceded musical direction to the expert Yasushi Akimoto, famous for being the man behind the success of the Japanese Idol all-female band Onyanko Club. The Japanese Idol phenomenon touched the band only marginally, but Akimoto’s management gave Show-Ya the chance to play in front of larger audiences in their “Date Line” national tour. Their performance at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo was recorded for their first VHS.

In 1987, the band was approached by producer Andy Johns, who had worked with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and Van Halen. He was responsible for the mixing of the albums ''Immigration'' and ''Glamour'' in Los Angeles, USA. The explosion of the hair metal phenomenon in California influenced both the style and the sound of the band’s following albums. Songs taken from the “Immigration Tour” and the “Tour of the Immigrant” were recorded for the band’s first live album ''Turn Over''.

In September 1987, Show-Ya organized, produced and presented the first Naon no Yaon rock festival, featuring strictly all-female Japanese musicians and bands. The festival has been held regularly until 1999 and then again in 2008 and 2009, with Show-Ya’s production.

On 27 April 1988, Show-Ya performed their first live show on American soil, at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. The name of Show-Ya was soon associated by the specialized press with other pre-eminent female acts of the time, such as Vixen and Lita Ford.

In 1989 they recorded ''Outerlimits'', which reached position No. 3 in the Japanese chart becoming the band's best selling album, with sales exceeding 600,000 copies. The hit single "Genkai Lovers" was used for a Shell campaign and became their best known song. Their live shows went sold out in large theatres all over Japan, filling up even the prestigious Budokan in Tokyo. An international tour touched cities like London, Moscow, Los Angeles and Mexico City.

At the beginning of 1990, the band’s eighth album ''Hard Way'' was produced and recorded in Los Angeles by Beau Hill (Alice Cooper, Winger, Europe, Ratt). The band was featured on the cover of the Los Angeles Times in 1990, where they were considered the all-female version of popular Japanese metal bands Vow Wow and Loudness. They had reached the peak of their popularity in their home country but, despite many promotional attempts by their label and management, the band failed to achieve a significant commercial success in the USA.

In February 1991, lead singer Keiko Terada left the group, considering the musical direction the band was taking too mainstream orientated. Wishing to explore new and more varied musical influences, she started a solo career. After many auditions, the band recruited Japanese-American singer Steffanie Borges. The new singer could sing and speak in fluent English and Show-Ya hoped that this could help their attempt to break in the US market. In June of the same year, the North Korean government invited the band to perform at the Art Theatre in Pyongyang and the historic two day concerts were heavily covered by the Japanese media. On 4 January 1992, the band performed theme music at the wrestling event Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome, for a match between Sting and The Great Muta and The Steiner Brothers.

After years of hard work and financial support, at the end of 1992, Master Works Co. solved its management contract with Show-Ya, preferring to continue managing only Keiko Terada. At the same time, the band lost their long engagement with EMI Japan, just after the release of the first single with Steffanie Borges "Flame of the Angels". The band spent some time in Los Angeles, recording and playing shows constantly, and in 1995 they released their only album with Borges, ''Touch the Sun'' on the Creedence label. At the end of the tour in 1996, Borges left, to be substituted by the singer Yoshino. Show-Ya produced the EP ''This My Way'' in 1998 and, by the end of the year, the band officially disbanded. Each member parted and went their separated ways, pursuing individual careers and playing with various artists. Igarashi was reunited briefly with Terada in the All Japans’ Women Pro Band, which included also members of Princess Princess.

Show-Ya officially reunited in 2005, with Keiko Terada back as lead vocalist, in time for their 20th Anniversary shows at NHK Hall in Tokyo. The shows were recorded and released on DVD. For the event, EMI Japan reprinted all the band’s back catalogue in remastered CD editions and released an extensive compilation with a few remixed tracks.

The band continues to perform live and has released another DVD in 2007. Show-Ya is also featured on the Naon no Yaon rock festival DVDs from 2008 and 2009.

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Randolph is an author, and experienced mediator, having mediated in a variety of disputes, including professional negligence, PI and clinical negligence claims, in commercial disputes, employment, property, landlord & tenant and boundary disputes, and family financial conflicts.

In 1998 he initiated and co-designed a Mediation Course: ''Mediation Skills for Alternative Dispute Resolution'', at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regent's College, London, and since 1999 has been the course leader and lecturer. The unique ''psychotherapeutic'' model of mediation taught on the course has furnished him with an added insight into the psychology of conflict, providing an edge on mediators trained elsewhere. This additional experience of training and supervising mediators, combined with the communication skills gained as a barrister, enable him to be particularly effective in conflict resolution, particularly those with a high emotional content. His book ''Mediation - A Psychological Insight into Conflict Resolution'', co-written with a Psychotherapist, was published in November 2004.

He has given presentations on mediation at conferences and seminars in the UK, Italy, Hungary, and Latvia, to legal and medical professions and business institutions. He has lengthy experience of dealing empathically with a diversity of clients in a variety of professions and occupations, and his work in Central and Eastern Europe has also helped develop the skills to communicate effectively with foreign state and government dignitaries and officials.

At the Bar, Randolph specialises in personal injury and professional negligence. His practice also includes contractual litigation, employment law, insolvency and landlord and tenant disputes.

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José James (born 1978) is an American vocalist best known for performing and blending modern jazz and hip-hop. James performs all over the world both as a leader and with other groups.

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He has released several solo records as well as appearing on the releases of Erykah Badu, Jazzanova, King Britt´s Sylk 130, Jamiroquai, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Incognito, Esthero, Cherokee, Jaguar Wright, Eric Benet and Dynamite MC, often with fellow studio rat James Poyser. Associations with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Kenny Gamble proved to be instrumental to his growth and stature. His relationship with King Britt led to immersion in dance music. He contributed vocals to Britt's Scuba project 'Swell', and before long, Duplaix was producing his own material. Remixes and collaborations with the likes of Jazzanova and an installment in !K7's DJ Kicks series all led up to ''International Affairs'', Duplaix's full-length debut as a solo artist. The album was released in Europe in late 2002; it came out in the United States early the following year on Hollywood Records.

His second album release, ''Bold and Beautiful'', followed in 2006 on bbe records. "Make A Baby", a single from "Bold and Beautiful", was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Awards in the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance.

On August 31, 2009 Vikter released a new single, "Electric Love". The single is available as a free download from his website.

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