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Post by petrolino on May 21, 2017 1:59:13 GMT
Who are your favourite electropop artists active this century?
"Andy Warhol said art should be meaningful in the most shallow way. He was able to make commercial art that was taken seriously as fine art [and] that's what I'm doing too."
- Stefani Joanna Germanotta
'Just Dance'
Thanks!
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Post by petrolino on May 21, 2017 2:47:25 GMT
Christine And The Queens
"The French pop star has been enjoying a whirlwind year after the English version single from her debut Chaleur Humaine proved a hit in the UK while the album itself made it to number two in the charts - performing with Elton John, Madonna, and earning her own slots at festivals including one at Glastonbury. Héloïse Letissier, the woman behind Christine and the Queens, has garnered considerable praise for helping to bring the conversation around gender and identity into the mainstream, and for an album full of rich, intelligent pop music."
- Roisin O'Connor, The Independent
Sleigh Bells
"Alexis Krauss should be the pride and joy of anyone who missed the birth of the original riot grrrls and, feeling like a guilty parent, wants a second chance to see what their offspring sprung. The former member of RubyBlue, an early 2000s quartet of teen pop queens, went on to study political science in college and became a fourth grade schoolteacher in the South Bronx. Now Krauss must feel a little like Brooklyn’s born-again believer as lead singer and magnetic force behind Sleigh Bells, the double-barreled act that blasted onto the indie scene in 2009."- Michael Bialas, 'Good Grrrl : Alexis Krauss Plays Nice As Sleigh Bells Spring Into Action'
Little Dragon
"Little Dragon singer Yukimi Nagano must have a separate phone line just for fielding feature requests. Since their breakout appearances on Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach and Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Nagano and her electronic-pop band have become the go-to collaborators for any artist looking to make a statement about how eclectic their tastes are. Over the last two years, the Swedish group has popped up on albums by De La Soul, Flume, Mac Miller, and Kaytranada, lending each an air of sophistication and modernity. It’s a wonder they haven’t called on more of those artists to return the favor."
- Evan Rytlewski, Pitchfork
Jain
"Jain has gone awol. It’s early March and the French pop star is due to soundcheck for a second sold-out night at L’Olympia in Paris. Her name is in foot-high letters above the 19th-century venue’s front door. Just before 5pm, the 25-year-old, born Jeanne Galice, rushes up Boulevard des Capucines looking apologetic. She had gone home for a nap and missed her alarm. Sleep is at a premium – in less than a week she will fly to Austin for SXSW, where she will play eight considerably less glamorous shows in three days. L’Olympia should have been the end of the campaign for Zanaka, Jain’s first album. It means “child” in her Madagascan mum’s first language, and documents Jain’s youth, spent in the UAE and Republic of Congo thanks to her dad’s job in the oil industry. Released in France in November 2015, it went gold three months later. But since the UK and US are now catching on, the promo cycle is starting again. There has been some daytime Radio 1 airplay, and Chris Martin said her song Makeba, a funky tribute to South African singer and activist Miriam, was one of his current favourite tracks."
- Laura Snapes, The Guardian
Maggie Rogers
"Maggie Rogers did not know she was about to become a viral sensation when she stepped into class at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music last spring. "We knew there was going to be a guest, but we had no idea it was going to be Pharrell," says Rogers, a freckled 22-year-old in jeans and big earrings, over coffee in New York. Pharrell Williams had come to give feedback on student music. The class would be filmed and put on his YouTube channel. Rogers played him "Alaska," a synthy folk-pop tune about walking off a failed romance on a hiking trip. The performance nearly moved Williams to tears. As Rogers grinned, he compared her originality to Stevie Wonder and the inventors of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Someone posted the moment on Reddit, and it went viral. "I started getting a lot of texts," says Rogers. "I didn't even know what Reddit was." She has since signed a deal with Capitol and just released an EP, Now That the Light Is Fading. "Spiritually he's been in the studio with me for more than 25 years," producer and musician said of "Get Lucky" collaborator. As overnight as Rogers' success may seem, she has been prepping for it most of her life. Growing up, she learned to play harp, guitar and banjo, impressing high school classmates with covers of Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. During a semester abroad in 2015, she visited a dance club in Berlin. "It changed everything," she says. "I wanted to play a show that kids my age would want to come to and get high for."
- David Browne, Rolling Stone
Robyn
"I've been questioning if I really want to keep doing what I've always done. Both this and the Royksopp album are things I've been doing in the meantime, while figuring that out. It's so easy to fall into old patterns and behaviours. There's always a time for change. I don't know exactly where that's going to lead me."
- Robyn, BBC Music
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Post by petrolino on May 27, 2017 2:38:42 GMT
'Just Need Your Love' - Hyphen Hyphen
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 2:40:03 GMT
I find Lady Gaga's real name slightly disturbing.
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Post by petrolino on May 27, 2017 2:46:29 GMT
'The Flute' - Petite Meller
'Ready For The Floor' - Hot Chip
'Sexotheque' - La Roux
Lady Gaga
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Post by petrolino on May 27, 2017 2:49:58 GMT
I find Lady Gaga's real name slightly disturbing. You can call her Stefi.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 28, 2017 3:34:14 GMT
Kish Mauve
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Post by petrolino on May 29, 2017 1:34:14 GMT
Nice. I don't know Kish Mauve but I read they wrote a song for Kylie Minogue.
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Post by Lucy on May 29, 2017 2:14:07 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Jun 11, 2017 4:04:58 GMT
Dedicated dreampopper David Lynch remains determined to bring new electromagnetic pulses to audiences with 'Twin Peaks'. Check out The Chromatics (performing 'Shadow') ... 'Cherry' - The Chromatics& Au Revoir Simone (ie. Heather D'Angelo, Erika Foster & Annie Hart performing 'Lark') ... 'Somebody Who' - Au Revoir Simone... on the new season.
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Post by petrolino on Jul 2, 2017 2:43:10 GMT
Little Boots
Multi-instrumentalist Victoria Hesketh was born on 4th May, 1984 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Her mother is a poet and author of childrens' fiction. She has a brother who's a drummer. Hesketh was part of the dynamic electropunk outfit Dead Disco before going solo under her pseudonym Little Boots. As a solo artist, Boots has been praised by Giorgio Moroder, Paul Morley and Jools Holland among others. She's performed with Gary Numan in session, which she described as a great thrill, and she's recorded with Phil Oakey, Sally Seltmann and the legend Jean-Michel Jarre. Recently, Boots has attended a roundtable discussion in California on the future of electropop with Jarre, Numan, Hans Zimmer, Moby and Julia Holter. 'Mathematics' - Little Boots
In the past, Little Boots was labelmates with the wonderful Marina & The Diamonds. 'Primadonna' - Marina & The Diamonds
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Post by cypher on Jul 2, 2017 21:30:16 GMT
Glass Candy - Rolling Down The Hills
Desire - Tears From Heaven
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Post by darknessfish on Jul 4, 2017 9:17:11 GMT
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 4, 2017 10:55:54 GMT
Goldfrapp
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Post by petrolino on Jul 9, 2017 3:49:26 GMT
they seem to pop up on the scene out of nowhere ... 'Top Coat' - Polica
'Adolescent' - Granville
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Post by petrolino on Aug 20, 2017 1:48:58 GMT
Musician and vocalist Zita Csordas plays synths and guitar, sometimes at the same time ... for dreamy electropop.
Mayberian Sanskulotts
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Post by petrolino on Sept 10, 2017 1:29:10 GMT
Here's The Pantones performing at home in California ... The Pantones
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Post by petrolino on Sept 17, 2017 1:36:41 GMT
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