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Dr. Lektroluv

Dr. Lektroluv is a Belgian electro DJ, who is best known for his typical green mask. The Dr. has several personalities. He emerged at the beginning of the 21st century, playing at the Body to Body parties at Culture Club in Gent.
He regularly releases compilations on the NEWS label, mixing classic electro-gems with some fresher releases.

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Black Math

With their drum-machine-powered, infectious fuzzed-out goth, Black Math bring to mind the Jesus and Mary Chain (or, if you ask them, Siouxsie and the Banshees), but with more layers to pick apart. Xina’s vocals float like the open sky above dark clouds, and she plays the cello! Jimmy’s synth and sharp drum patterns bring a shadowy dark-wave element, while Andrew’s wall-of-sound guitar harkens back to the aforementioned 1980s shoegazers.

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Ayria

Ayria is glam, 80s, gothic Lolita, and cyberpunk all wrapped up into an energetic ball of fury. A singer/songwriter from Canada, Jennifer Parkin has become a true icon on the electronic music scene with her unique writing and performing style. In 2003, she began her project Ayria and shook the foundation of the electro-industrial scene by mixing striking feminine visuals, straight old-school industrial music with harsher, aggressive electro while still maintaining elements of electro-clash and 80’s new wave.

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Cleaner

There are three acts with the name Cleaner: 1. Screamo band from Tokyo Japan, released on oto records. Notably releasing a split with French screamo band Gantz. 2. Cleaner is also the name of a rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1996, Cleaner was a band that meshed the current hard edged industrial/alternative sound with a warmer, melodic sound. Cleaner was Michael Renninger on Bass, Eric Ediger on Lead Guitar, Ian Brumbaugh on Drums, Kevin Shaw on Rhythm Guitar, and Sarah Meech was Lead Vocals. They disbanded in 2001.

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Brothertiger

John Jagos began recording under the name Brothertiger in Toledo, OH during the summer of 2009. He began recording electronic music in 2006 as Monoteque, an experimental project characterized by tribal beats and pulsing synthesizers. Influenced heavily by the electronic sound of Brian Eno and M83, along with the experimental characteristics of Animal Collective, Caribou, and Yeasayer, Jagos recorded many tracks throughout the final half of 2009. After he released the Apache Feathers EP on the Modicum of Silence net-label, he soon began work on the Vision Tunnels EP.

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Polyphonic Size

Polyphonic Size has never been a real band, but Roger-Marc Vande Voorde's project. Born in Charleroi (Belgium) in 1959, the young teenager Roger-Marc spent some time in Germany, near Cologne. Being a true Rolling Stones fan, he started to learn guitar and began to play in small local bands : Berk, Reynolds, Magnetix and mostly Melody. Some live tapes still exist, recorded late 76, early 77, with an overexcited Roger-Marc singing 1960's/70's classics : Get Back, Jumping Jack Flash...

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Persil

Persil formed in 1997. The band made its BBC Radio 1 debut in 1998, when John Peel played a track from the band's very first demo in his show. Over the years John Peel played dozens of Persil tracks in his BBC shows, including eight tracks from Persil's first album Duotone. Persil recorded three Peel sessions. Persil's debut album Duotone was released on Transformed Dreams in 2004. Since the album release Persil has played numerous gigs in the UK, Netherlands and USA, including showcases at the SXSW Festival in Texas...

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