by MEN
Genre- indie pop, indie rock, dance, electronic, electro pop
Location- Brooklyn, New York
links- myspace
Showing posts with label electronic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electronic. Show all posts
December 20, 2011
November 23, 2011
Caribou
by Caribou
Genre- electronic, electronica, indie pop, psychedelic pop
Location- Ontario, Canada
Links- official site
October 16, 2011
Bowery Electric
by Bowery Electric
Genre- electronic, indie pop, indie rock, trip hop, shoegaze,
Location- East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Links- brainwashed.com
October 13, 2011
Little Dragon
by Little Dragon
Genre- electronic, indie, synth pop, Swedish pop
Location- Gothenburg, Sweden
Links- official site
October 8, 2011
January 13, 2011
Sun Airway
by Sun Airway
Genre- electronic, indie pop, indie rock
Location- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other Works- Oh, Naoko EP
More Info- Sun Airway is a duo out of Philly made up of John Barthmus (vocals) and Patrick Marceill (formerly the A-Sides). They have done remixes for Delorean, Caribou, and Here We Go Magic.
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| John Barthmus & Patrick Marceill |
Links- official site
December 8, 2010
The Knife
by The Knife
Genre- electronic, indie pop, synth pop, electro pop
Location- Stockholm, Sweden
Other Works- Silent Shout, 2006
The Knife, 2006
More Info- The Knife is a brother sister duo from Sweden. Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson make up the band and run their own label Rabid Records. The Knife has won many Swedish Grammis, but the two refuse to accept them and even go as far as boycotting the award ceremonies. They once sent two people in gorilla suits to the ceremonies in boycott, angered that the awards favor male musicians. They often wear masks of bird's beaks as well. Karin has a side project named Fever Ray. And Olof has other works under the names DJ Coolof and Oni Ayhun.
Links- Allmusic
Wikipedia
Pitchfork
Amazon
Links- Allmusic
Wikipedia
Pitchfork
Amazon
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| Olof Dreijer & Karin Dreijer Andersson |
ESG
by ESG
Genre- electronic, R&B, dance, electro
Location- South Bronx, NY
Other Works- ESG, 1991
Step Off, 2002
Keep on Moving, 2006
More Info- ESG stands for Emerald, Sapphire, and Gold. The band consists of the 4 Scroggins sisters...Deborah (bass, vocals), Marie (congas, vocals), Renee (guitar, vocals), Valerie (drums). ESG formed when the girls were just teenagers with the help of their mother, buying them all instruments originally to keep them busy and out of trouble. They based their sound out of their love for James Brown, Motown, and Latin music. ESG was very influential on the following genres of music: post punk, no wave, hip hop, house, and disco.
Links- Allmusic
Links- AllmusicTakako Minekawa
by Takako Minekawa
Genre- electronic, electro pop, j-pop, shibuya-kei
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| Takako Minekawa |
Location-Japan
Other Works- Chat Chat, 1995
Roomic Cube, 1997
Cloudy Cloud Calculator, 1998
Fun 9, 1999
More Info- Minekawa is from Fukuoka, Japan and was born on June 3rd, 1969. She is a Japanese musician, composer, writer, and child movie star. She is married to musician Cornelius. Minekawa is a fan of Krautrock, especially the German band Kraftwerk. She forms her music around cats, keyboards, french pop, her girlish voice, as well as other things.
Links- Allmusic
Wikipedia
Amazon
Links- Allmusic
Wikipedia
Amazon
December 6, 2010
Bachelorette
by Bachelorette
Genre- electronic, indie, indie pop, indie rock
Location- Christchurch, New Zealand
Other Works- The End Of Things, 2005
Isolation Loops, 2006
More Info- Annabel Alpers, who is Bachelorette is from Christchurch, a city in New Zealand that produces many a musician. Alpers enrolled in the University of Auckland's post-graduate music studies program. For the album showcased here, she upgraded to have a full band adding Andrea Holmes and Mick Elborado.
Links- allmusic
CSS
by CSS
Genre- electronic, indie pop, indie rock, new rave, baile funk
Location- Sao Paulo, Brazil
Other Works- Donkey, 2008
More Info- CSS is an abbreviation for cansei de ser sexy meaning "tired of being sexy" in Portuguese. The band formed in 2003 and consists of Lovefoxxx- lead singer, Iracema Trevisan- bass, Luiza Sa- guitar/drums/keyboard, Ana Rezende- guitar, Carolina Parra- guitar/drums, and Adriano Cintra- vocals/producer. Their song, "Music is my hot, hot sex" was featured in an apple ipod commercial.
Links- official site
Ladytron
by Ladytron
Genre- electronic, electroclash, electro pop, synth pop, indie pop, indie rock, new wave
Location- Liverpool, England
Other Works-Light & Magic, 2002
Evil, 2003
Softcore Jukebox, 2003
Witching Hour, 2005
Velocifero, 2008
More Info- The band is two DJ's from Liverpool who play keyboards (Reuben Wu and Daniel Hunt), as well as singers Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo (who met the two DJ's on a train trip in Bulgaria, where Mira was born). The band gets the name 'ladytron' from a Roxy Music song.
Links- official site
Santigold
by Santigold
Genre- electronic, dub, new wave, dance, indie pop, indie rock
Location- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other Works- no other full albums
More Info- Santigold is the solo project of songwriter, producer, and singer Santi White. Originally she went by Santogold, but an infomercial with the name Santo Gold threatened to sue so she changed it to Santigold. The name originates from a nickname Santi White was given by her friends. White was formerly the singer for the Philly punk-rock band called Stiffed. Co-band member, John Hill from Stiffed co-produced the Santogold album. White attended Wesleyan University where she majored in African American Studies as well as Music. Santigold is featured in many hip hop songs as well.
Links- allmusic
November 27, 2010
Michna
by Michna
Genre- electronic, electro, indie, indie pop
Location- Brooklyn, New York
Other Works- Eggstra EP, 2009
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| Adrian Michna |
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| Adrian Michna |
More Info- Michna is DJ and producer Adrian Michna who grew up in both New York and Miami, Florida. He used to go by the name DJ Egg Foo Young. He began playing music as a trombonist playing ska music in NYC clubs/bars. He moved to Miami in the 90's and began a DJ collective with two others called the Secret Frequency Crew. His debut album Magic Monday features artwork from his friends in the Miami art collective, Friends with You. He has produced tracks for Diplo, and he mixes hip hop instrumentals into his music. He is on the record label Ghostly International
Links- Ghostly International
Neon Indian
by Neon Indian
Genre- electronic, indie, indie rock, synth pop, dance
Location- Brooklyn, NY/Austin, TX
More Info- Consists of composer Alan Palomo from Brooklyn and Alicia Scardetta who does visuals from Austin.
Tracks I Recommend- Deadbeat Summer
6669 (i don't know if you know)
Ephemeral Artery
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