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Starting out beneath the head-turning moniker Starfucker, STRFKR are an indie pop/indie electro group made up of Sexton Blake’s Josh Hodges, Junkface’s Ryan Bjornstad, and Mr. Fredrick’s Shawn Glassford. After key songwriter Hodges came back to Portland, Oregon carrying out a four-year stint in NEW YORK, he released two Sexton …

Australian-born vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Sam Sparro shot to fame in britain using the release of his 2008 debut solitary, “Dark and Platinum.” His design of music comes from modern R&B, especially his gospel-trained vocals, and frequently harks back again to the ’80s, but it’s a completely modern style, powered by state-of-the-art digital …

Free Bloodstream began as an effort by previous !!! percussionist John Pugh and designer Madeline Davy to mix the impeccable design of Manhattan dance night clubs with the organic energy of Brooklyn celebrations. The duo produced Free Bloodstream in 2003, blending loud, percussion-heavy dance-punk comparable to !!! with pop melodies …

Shapeshifting Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Douglas Armour crafts deep, brooding dance figures, fuzzy, blissed-out modern rock and roll tunes, and introspective electro-pop confections with equal parts nostalgia and innovation. His debut recording, Light of the Golden Day time, The Hands of the night time, premiered in springtime 2008 within the Sociable …

Left-field dance music producer and one-man music group Susumi Makai released his 1st album as Zongamin in early 2003, however, not before several 12″ releases for Flesh and XL. Released on XL, Zongamin presented several previously vinyl-only songs, and a handful of fresh productions. Makai in addition has churned out …

Chicago-based indie digital duo Walter Meego began when Colin Yarck and Justin Sconza met in the College or university of Illinois in 1999. After a years as a child spent studying traditional and ragtime piano (he graduated to rock and roll and jazz as a teenager), Sconza performed in several …

Warmly beloved with a devoted few, yet undeniably an acquired taste as well esoteric for mass consumption, the music that Londoner Ben Jacobs makes beneath the name Max Tundra is dizzyingly dense, labyrinthine, and hyperactive, yet at exactly the same time absolutely effervescent, sunny, and enthusiastic about melody. As a …

Shaped by guitarist David Top and synth player Steve Lewis, Fujiya & Miyagi are deeply indebted both to vintage ’70s Krautrock as well as the ’90s rings which were themselves affected by famous brands Neu! and Kraftwerk, from Stereolab and Broadcast to Aphex Twin as well as the Orb. The …

Created in 1998 when turntablist DJ Koze and percussionist and singer Cosmic DJ fulfilled up with classically qualified keyboardist Erobique (who experienced also previously performed in jazz and soul rings), International Pony released their initial full-length, We Like Music, in 2002. Their mix of funk and electro led these to …

Southern African dance duo Goldfish merge their jazz pedigrees with upbeat digital creation that includes details of acidity jazz and trip-hop. Hailing from Cape City, Goldfish were developed by Dominic Peters (keyboards, bass, creation) and David Poole (sax, flute, creation). The set met in university, where they researched as jazz …