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Perception

There are multiple artists with this name:1) Perception is an alias of a Detroit based techno DJ and producer Chuck Gibson. He is also known as Hi Tech Funk and member of the famous techno group Underground Resistance.2) Perception is an exceptional French quartet alongside Siegfried Kessler, Didier Levallet and Zao drummer Jean-My Truong actually preceded his involvement with Magma, this final Perception recording (their third) stems from a period when Seffer had left Magma and initiated the extraordinary Zao with fellow former Magmoid Francois Cahen, a group whose place in musical history remains far more cemented than this more overtly jazz-qua-jazz formation, not least......

Woodkid

Woodkid is Yoann Lemoine (Lyon, March 1983) , previously known for his career as a video director (Yelle, Moby, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey). After studying in London, and during a shoot in the USA, Woodkid received, straight from the hands of great American guitarist Richie Havens, a banjo that immediately replaced his piano, at least for a while. After relocating to Paris, Woodkid released the Iron EP (produced by Woodkid, Julien Delfaud and Benjamin Lebeau also from The Shoes) in 2011. The lead track, Iron was arranged by Gustave Rudman. The self directed promo video features model Agyness Deyn. The track was also remixed by Mystery Jets and Gucci Vamp. A year later, in......

The Rembrandts

The Rembrandts are best known for their song "I'll Be There For You", which was the main theme for the hit television show 'Friends'. Their signature, almost Beatles-esque pop rock sound, coupled with ringing guitar and fresh harmonies, rocketed them to stardom in the 90s, and their third album, 'L.P.', went platinum as a result. Though remembered primarily as a 'one-hit-wonder', the band had a fairly long history before 'Friends' made them a household name.Lead vocalist Danny Wilde began his musical career as the lead singer of The Quick, an L.A.-based punk and power pop inspired combo briefly popular in the late 70s,......

Escort

It might seem odd for a band without a full-length to enjoy accolades ranging from the New York Times to Pitchfork, but Escort is definitely not your typical band. Escort is big. Literally. The seventeen-member “disco orchestra”, founded by producers Eugene Cho and Dan Balis, and fronted by lead singer Adeline Michèle, features an incredible cast of musicians who have played with everyone from indie-rock titans Arcade Fire to avant-classical luminaries Alarm Will Sound.Escort burst on to the scene in 2006 with a string of critically acclaimed 12"s that included future classics "Starlight" and "All Through The Night", both DJ staples that still get......

Lucius

Lucius is a five piece indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York formed in 2011. The band consists of Jess Wolfe (lead vocals and synth), Holly Laessig (lead vocals and keys), Dan Molad (drums and vocals), Peter Lalish (guitar and vocals) and Andrew Burri (guitar, drums, vocals)"Luscious, luminous, lilting lullabies" is how the New York Times describes songs by Lucius, a five-piece band from Brooklyn, NY. At the center of Lucius are the "alluring and magnetic" (Seventeen) singers-in-unison, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. After graduating from Boston’s Berklee School of Music, the two young friends and collaborators moved into an old Victorian house in......

Skin

There are at least eight artists that use this name:1. A pseudonym of British rock singer/guitarist Deborah Anne Dyer, lead singer of Skunk Anansie.2. A Swans side project, of Michael Gira and Jarboe.3. A British hard rock band.4. A Japanese rock super-group (aka S.K.I.N.).5. An Australian four piece percussion group.6. A Richmond, VA, USA noise rock band.7. A Venezuelan alternative indie rock girl band.8. A german post-punk band from Flensburg.1) A pseudonym of British rock singer / guitarist Deborah Anne Dyer (b. 3rd Aug 1967, Brixton, London, England), lead vocalist with Skunk Anansie. Under this name, she débuted solo with the single "Trashed" (June 2003, EMI)......

Yosebu

After two years in the studio working on his new project, Yosebu leaves for a while the atmospheric deep house music scene and presents on Monday the 19th Of November 2007 his new solo album 'I Will Be Waiting Till Dawn'.In his new project Yosebu uses the most appropriate sound engineering techniques in order to capture his warm sound in a cd. The results create acoustic emotions that we have never experienced before. Cinematic down tempo melodies that move fast like fire of notes. Beautiful, eccentric, erotic compositions from Yosebu who manages to give us the music that lives inside his mind in a manner that escapes the standards of down tempo electronica. A......

Surahn

Surahn Sidhu lives in a perfect pop universe. He’s released underground disco hits under the name Sidwho?, performed as a member of retro-futurist indie-pop outfit Empire of the Sun, written mainstream hits for Usher, and now has a brilliant EP for DFA Records.In keeping with this history of basically doing just about whatever he wants, Sidhu’s EP takes elements of all those pieces of himself, distills and filters it through a late 70s AOR R & B vibe that at times sounds like Player and Stevie Wonder with hints of ABBA and Alan Parsons Project…sometimes all at once.Graced with a hand drawn cover by Surahn’s girlfriend and every instrument played and recorded by......