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The Penelopes

There are at least two bands using the name The Penelopes: From Japan 1) The Japanese twee-pop outfit the Penelopes was essentially the work of singer/songwriter Tatsuhiko Watanabe; the group debuted in 1992 with the album In a Big Golden Cage, followed a year later by Touch the Ground. Although by this time the band was primarily a Watanabe solo project, he maintained the Penelopes' name for 1997's Kiss of Life; A Place in the Sun, issued that same year, was the first LP issued on Watanabe's own Vaudeville Park label.

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Cabanne

Jean-Guillaume Cabanne is Telegraph’s kingpin artist, with six EP releases, as well as six of his tracks, in solo or with David Gluck as Ultrakurt, featuring on the Post Office compilations. On Logistic, he has co-produced the Blackstage album with John Thomas. His releases on Telegraph, 7th City, Karat or Perlon (with Ark as Copacabannark) have made him one of the most forward-thinking artists of the scene.

Read more about Cabanne on Last.fm.

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Pilooski

Cedric Marszewski, aka Pilooski, has made a name for himself worldwide thanks to his mastering of the "edit" technique which consists in changing old musical treasures into aphrodisiac and hypnotic dance floor hits.
He has the gift for transforming a soul jewel and a disco nugget into psychedelic odyssey, or is it the other way around?
Pilooski restores the soulful and experimental side of club music.

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Mr. Flash

Mr. Flash, real name Gilles Bousquet, is a DJ and producer in the French house scene. His work is a mix of hip-hop and house with guitar sounds.
He started producing tracks since 1999 under the name Flash Gordon, featuring many rap artists. He also worked on TTC's album. He found his own label Lust Island in 2001 which only featured his own release Le Voyage Fantastique. After that Busy P, founder of Ed Banger Records, asked him to join his label.

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Tepr

Tepr or Tanguy Destable comes from Morlaix in North West France. He currently plays keyboard in the group Yelle, and has made himself more well known for his remix of the group's "A Cause des Garçons". He has 3 solo albums;
* The Deadly Master of Rappers From Hell (2003)
* Côte Ouest (2005)
* En direct de la côte (2006) Tepr is the former member of the band "Abstrackt Keal Agram" with another French artist, My Dog is Gay until their split in 2007.

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Teenage Bad Girl

Teenage Bad Girl is French duo Guillaume Manbell and Greg Kazubski. They are part of the French electro-house scene. In March 2007 they released their first album, Cocotte on Citizen Records; it includes two remixes by Boys Noize and Hystereo, and a vinyl-only exclusive remix by Yuksek.

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Mr Flash

French producer from Aix en Provence. "Flash Gordon" use to work for Virgin Music (France), in the cinematography, to finally have fun with his samplers and take the "guys of TTC" with him to produce them on their firsts 12". In 2001, he found his label Lust Island but the history is brief, after his first release, Pedro Winter will rapidly contact him to have his next releases on his label Ed Banger Records.

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