Trip-hop duo Bitter:Sweet formed in Los Angeles and features vocalist Shana Halligan and producer (and founding member of Supreme Beings of Leisure) Kiran Shahani. The two had lived just one block away from each other and had even recorded in the same studio before meeting via an online ad. Bitter:Sweet released its debut, The Mating Game, on... [+] Read More

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Evolve is the brainchild of composer/producer Red. Having spent enough time producing projects for other artists, Red felt that it was about time to forge ahead with his own music and in 2005 Evolve was born.

From his very first foray into creating music, Red loved experimenting with found sound and weird synthesizer patches, steering... [+] Read More

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While the roster on England's much-hyped trip-hop label Mo'Wax is packed to the gills with bedroom boffins turned recording artists, Attica Blues is the closest it comes to having an actual band. The pancultural collective began life in 1994 when producers D'Afro (born Charlie Williams) and Tony Nwachukwu first met up. D'Afro had previously... [+] Read More

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Singer/songwriter Beth Orton combined the passionate beauty of the acoustic folk tradition with the electronic beats of trip-hop to create a fresh, distinct fusion of roots and rhythm. Born in Norwich, England in December 1970, Orton debuted as one half of the duo Spill, a one-off project with William Orbit which released a cover of John... [+] Read More

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Mancunian downtempo/drum'n'bass duo Lamb were one of the first groups to add a lyrics-based vocalist to steadfastly jungle-based productions. Unlike other vocal-based groups (such as Everything But the Girl and the Sneaker Pimps) who dabbled in rolling breaks as a quiet accompaniment to a clearly dominant vocal lead, Lamb dwelled in brash... [+] Read More

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In 1999, Martin Herzberg started to work on his first LP Silent Mirror Inside. In the beginning, he didnt expect the project to take him four years to finish it, but it did. In the Quest for the most homogeneous compilation of tracks, countless changes were made during the process of song-selection. But at last, 14 songs were chosen to create an... [+] Read More

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“Silken-voiced” (SF Chronicle) Michelle Amador is a vocalist/composer originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and now based in New York.

As a composer, she has written for theater productions “Woyzeck” (USC, 1997) and “Antigone” (USC, 1998) and for instrumental performance with her work... [+] Read More

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The Sheffield-based dance-pop duo Moloko is the end result of Irish-born singer Roisin Murphy's attempt to pick up mixer/producer Mark Brydon at a 1994 party with the come-on, "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body." Brydon saw musical potential in her attitude, and the two formed a creative and romantic partnership.
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From rare-groove to rave to trip-hop and soul, Nicolette was one of the most eccentric dance vocalists of the 1990s, working with everyone from the one-shot rave act L.A. Style to electro futurists like Plaid. Born in Scotland though she was raised in Nigeria, France and Switzerland, Nicolette debuted with the single "Wicked Mathematics" after... [+] Read More

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As Brit-pop remained popular in England during the mid-'90s, Republica hit the charts with a sound closer in feel to '80s indie-dance groups such as the Pet Shop Boys and New Order. Vocalist Saffron was born in Nigeria, and began singing with club-staples N-Joi and the Shamen, as well as Jah Wobble. By 1995, she had met keyboard players Tim... [+] Read More

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Ruby was the alias of singer Lesley Rankine, previously the frontwoman of Scottish noise-provocateurs Silverfish. After leaving the group in the wake of their 1993 LP Fuckin' Drivin' or What, Rankine relocated from London to Seattle to collaborate with producer Mark Walk, with whom she'd previously worked on material for the industrial... [+] Read More

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Sneaker Pimps are a trip-hop trio formed in Reading, England, in 1995, following the success of Portishead's Dummy and Tricky's Maxinquaye. Borrowing heavily from Portishead and Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps pursued a trancelike but edgy sound, highlighted by Kelli Dayton's soulful vocals. While Dayton was the focal point, Chris Corner (guitar)... [+] Read More

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We are a musical collective. Friends on a mission to explore sound, groove & mood.... We have no plans for stardom only to evoke emotion with the music we create. If you are a fellow cosmic traveler (and we all are....think about that!)

.....then come join us while we post our free-form doodles of sound onto this here new medium of... [+] Read More

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Taking their name from a Mexican lesbian vampire comic-book heroine, the avant-lounge quartet Sukia emerged from Los Angeles' famed Silverlake scene (the same musical community home to Beck, the Beastie Boys, and the Dust Brothers). Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Sasha Fuentes, Ross Harris, Grace Marks, and Craig Borrell, Sukia combined... [+] Read More

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Sunburn In Cyprus, based in Goettingen (Germany), was founded in 1998 as an avenue to produce electronic music outside of members regular musical work.

Beside remixes for different artists, Sunburn In Cyprus focuses on many different genres such as triphop, house, lounge/chill-out, dance – mixed with catchy pop vocals and jazz... [+] Read More

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The Real Dionysus is Cory Guynn out of San Francisco, CA. Originally born in Indianapolis, IN , he discovered music at a young age through piano and viola. It wasn't until the Midwest rave scene did he start his career in electronic music. He started the promotion label Existential Evolution Recordings or "Double E Recordings" with Adam Harris,... [+] Read More

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Fortunate circumstances and coincidences joined five musicians once more in February 2004. Right in the beginning they felt connected by their positive energy, common interests as well as a serious attitude towards music and hard work. The path which The Vibes want to embark on, is first and foremost, based on quality music, mutual trust, and... [+] Read More

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Originally, Tricky was a member of the Wild Bunch, a Bristol-based rap troupe that eventually metamorphosed into Massive Attack during the early '90s. Tricky provided pivotal raps on Massive Attack's groundbreaking 1992 album, Blue Lines. The following year, he released his debut single, "Aftermath." Before he recorded "Aftermath," he met a... [+] Read More

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When one thinks of what goes on in the Nashville music scene, rarely does the concept of vibey mid-tempo chillout music come to mind. But that is exactly what Ellen Tift and Kurt Goebel [aka: Worldwide Groove Corporation] are up to on their nights and weekends. Some might say they would be misplaced in the Music City, but this music production... [+] Read More

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