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A futuristic R&B-flavored task, Duct Tape features two U.S. electro ex-pats who fulfilled in Berlin. Member Batsauce (Britt Traynham) originated from Jacksonville, Florida and transferred to Berlin to become listed on the city’s left-field hip-hop picture, while Wynton Kelly Stevenson was created in NJ and found Germany to deal with …

Mixing ancient global rhythms with electronica that recalls the ’90s stylings from the Orb, Wagon Christ, and Tranquility Bass, Africaine 808 certainly are a duo from Berlin who took their name off their third “member,” an 808 drum machine. Individual associates DJ Nomad and Dirk Leyers kicked off their musical …

Guitarist Tim Gane and drummer Joe Dilworth spent years jointly recording and executing in the critically lauded kosmische pop group Stereolab before forming instrumental electronic trio Cavern of Anti-Matter in the wintertime of 2012. Joined up with by synth participant/general digital manipulator Holger Zapf, the Berlin-based group quickly created a …

Techno designer Tommy 4 Seven and learning engineer Alain Paul (both given birth to in the U.K. but located in Berlin, Germany) founded the experimental digital duo These Hidden Hands in 2012. Unlike Tommy’s even more club-focused produces, the dark, sensuous recordings created beneath the THH banner consist of abrasive, …

Ballet College are an indie pop trio from Berlin who mix graceful ’80s pop noises with dreamy shoegaze components and items of ’90s R&B. Vocalist Rosie Blair and guitarist Michel Collet shaped the music group in 2012. Both had been expats (Blair can be from Ireland and Collet from Brazil) …