Originating in the town nicknamed La La Land, DJ Me DJ You appropriately grabs production tools from a catalog of off-beat sources. Comprised of Los Angeles artists Ross Harris and Craig Borell, DJ Me DJ You has produced along side the Dust Brothers, Green Day's Jerry Fin, and Beck. Using samples taken from Indian B-movies and old Italian opera... [+] Read More

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Formerly the bassist for a host of Scottish indie-pop bands (including Soup Dragons, Telstar Ponies and BMX Bandits), Glasgow's Sushil K. Dade debuted his own project, Future Pilot A.K.A., with several collaborational EPs with guests ranging from Two Lone Swordsmen to rock producer legend Kim Fowley to the Fall's Brix Smith to Scottish jazzman... [+] Read More

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Breakcore/IDM/experimental artist Jason Forrest began his career recording under the alias Donna Summer, not only to confuse people who enjoy listening to the disco diva with the same name, but also (according to an interview on CBC Radio) for "subjecting people to a fake issue of diversity." Whatever the case, his frantic and highly original... [+] Read More

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An easy-listening trip-hopster similar in style and intent to his countrymen Air and Dimitri from Paris, Kid Loco has an even stronger kinship with the long tradition of French pop characterized by Serge Gainsbourg. Otherwise known as Jean-Yves Prieur, he began playing the guitar at the age of 13 and played in several French punk groups during... [+] Read More

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Unapologetic, simple-minded, and celebratory, Britain's Mint Royale follow the more partied-up Big Beat cues from the likes of Fatboy Slim, Bentley Rhythm Ace, and other Skint acts while moving it towards a more conscious reconciliation of pop tricks. The duo of Neil Claxton and Chris Baker first got started as the Mint Gun Club -- releasing... [+] Read More

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The duo of DJ Simon Dine and vocalist Daisy Martey threw their hats into the ever-growing ring of record-collector rock as Noonday Underground. After Dine's departure from Adventures in Stereo around 1997, the duo hooked up after allegedly bumping into each other at a Clapham pizza restaurant. Culling their influences from all things late '60s... [+] Read More

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If my memory serves me correctly it all started shortly after Y2K. The world was still rolling in all of it's fist pumping- roof raising euphoria upon the realization that their God was a merciful one--that the world hadn't ended because of a very important number that they themselves had created. Time had come and gone...

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Never mind digging in the crates -- the Avalanches probably just buy them whole, sight unseen, and find a way to bounce off each platter. Eventually morphing into a gang of six merrymakers bent on filtering their all-encompassing record collections through original instrumentation and a great deal of sampling, the Avalanches came from one of the... [+] Read More

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With matching polka-dot dresses and seamless '60s-inspired choreography, Brighton, England's girl group the Pipettes came together in 2004. Local promoter Monster Bobby wanted to bring the classic Spector-esque sound to the new millennium masses, thus recruiting Becki, Julia, and Rose to complete his pop twist package. Adding an all-male troupe... [+] Read More

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