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The hip-hop/electronica duo Ammoncontact — made up of two high-school friends, former LA radio DJ Carlos Niño and Rhode Island native Fabian Ammon Alston — made their debut for the 2001 compilation Dublab Presents: Freeways making use of their song “Chord, Pts. 1-2.” 2 yrs later on they released their …

Phantom Ghost is really a moody, haunting, mysterious, film-obsessed collaborative work between Dirk Von Lowtzow (or Phantom, who in addition has participated within the music group Tocotronic) and Thies Mynther (or Ghost, who in addition has participated within the rings Stella and Superpunk). The German duo is normally infatuated with …

When Portugal’s radio listeners first encountered the genre-blending, Cornelius-like sounds of Gomo, these were entranced. It had been 2001 and Gomo’s demonstration was placed into regular rotation, however the DJs had been of no help when listeners phoned in, requesting, “Where may i get this wonderful and unusual music?” Paulo …

Experimental digital music producer Soaring Lotus, blessed Steven Ellison, is really a grandson of songwriter Marilyn McLeod (the co-writer of Diana Ross’ “Love Hangover”), and a great-nephew of pianist Alice Coltrane, and for that reason a cousin of saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. Ellison produced beats for the Toon Network’s Adult Swim …

An esoteric, unique indie pop task masterminded by Brandon Bethancourt, Alaska in Winter season formed in the first 2000s in Santa Fe, NM. The name offers its origins inside a semester Bethencourt spent in Alaska, where he began recording music inside a remote control cabin. He came back to New …

Borko may be the melodic electronic task of Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Björn Kristiansson, who have also composes music for film and theatre and works while a music instructor inside a Reykjavik college. Kristiansson’s mixture of acoustic and digital textures — that is similar to his fellow countrymen Múm — debuted in …

Fusing dreamy electronic textures with pop melodies, Montag may be the task of French Canadian musician Antoine Bédard. Created and elevated in Quebec, Bédard ultimately relocated to Vancouver. His debut recording, 2002’s ARE YOU CURRENTLY a Friend?, released Montag’s abstract, charming washes of audio and premiered by Gooom Disques, house …

Populous may be the nom de musique of Lecce, Italy’s Andrea Mangia, a multi-instrumentalist/programmer whose work ranges from cerebral pieces to shoegaze-tinged pop. His 2002 debut, Quipo, released his meticulous method of layering noises and his fondness for classic consumer electronics and pioneering digital music figures such as for example …

Electro-pop music group Leyode (pronounced LEE-ode) may be the duo of Yusuke Hama and Laurel Wells. Both are natives of Atlanta, GA. Hama provides classical trained in violin and piano, and he afterwards turned to electric guitar. After employed in film and picture taking, he came back to music, motivated …

Blessed Elvin Estrela, the guy who become producer No one was raised in LA, exchanging hip-hop mixtapes along with his friends in senior high school, hanging out in the Good Lifestyle Café, and hearing a whole lot of different music, from rap to ’60s psychedelia to electronica, which influenced him …