Nighttiming: synth pop

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October 13, 2011

Little Dragon

Ritual Union (2011)

by Little Dragon

Genre- electronic, indie, synth pop, Swedish pop

Location- Gothenburg, Sweden

Links- official site

December 8, 2010

The Knife

Deep Cuts (2005)

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

Olof Dreijer & Karin Dreijer Andersson

December 6, 2010

Ladytron

604 (2001)

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