From Portland, OR. Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a three-piece project led by Ruban Nielson, who is one of the chief songwriters of prominent indie power-poppers The Mint Chicks. They have a Bandcamp at http://unknown-mortal-orchestra.bandcamp.com/, and a Twitter at http://twitter.com/_U_M_O_ . That's about all we know so far. Their eponymous debut will be out 6/21 on Fat Possum.
Tiptoe is the debut project from Thierry Pallanzi. The band was composed of Thierry Pallanzi aka Tiou23, Lor, Nico, Frank Licari and Mika and only released a demo self-titled EP in 2001. Since then, the members of the project founded Wipping Willow.
There are more than one groups with this name: 1. Quo was a short-lived rap group composed of Wade Robson and DeWayne Turrentine that was signed to Michael Jackson's Epic Records sub-label, MJJ Music during the explosion of kid rap duos. The duo came together in 1994 and released the single "Blowin' Up (Don't Stop the Music)" which became a minor hip hop hit, charting on both the Hot Rap Singles chart and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
1) Dusted is the dewy-eyed solo pop project of Holy Fuck's Brian Borchedt. It draws on Women's tantalising, elegiac lo-fi moments; 'Candy Says'-era the Velvet Underground; and cavernous Microphones-style production, and a debut album is due through Hand Drawn Dracula / Polyvinyl in summer 2012. Borchedt is based in Toronto, Canada. 2) Dusted is the joint venture of two producers, Rollo Armstrong (Rollo Armstrong, who has produced New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Faithless) and Mark Bates (Guy Ornadel).
www.colliderscope.com Skeletal, off-world electronica.
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Fiona Soe Paing is a Scottish/Burmese electronica producer and vocalist, based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Performing a live audio-visual set as Colliderscope. "SEDUCES, SCARES AND EMBRACES YOU ALL AT ONCE" (International DJ Magazine) "Hybrid going on mutant" (The Guardian)
Terranova is used by two groups: one German, another from USA. 1. Terranova is a German band made up of current members Fetisch, Marco Meister and Kaos. They have previously went under the moniker Turntable Terranova on the Compost label and sometimes as Edition Terranova. Their music is a fusion of punk rock, electronic and trip hop. They currently reside in Berlin and perform DJ sets at the Berlin night club, Pogo Club.
Comfort Fit (Boris Mezga) is an electronic music producer known for breaking the boundaries and conventions of genres. Using music codes of genres such as Hiphop, Dubstep and Electro as a mere comic template, Comfort Fit inspires the music enthusiast with his unique and heavy beat techniques. Since 2000 he has released music under a variety of labels, most of his work can be found on Tokyo Dawn Records. http://www.tokyodawn.net/comfort-fit/
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ShireySaid was born in 2001, founded by classical pianist and sound designer Giulia Scarantino and Alessandro Bottari (Drummer and percussionist) who’s passion is electronic programming.Coming from different musical backgrounds they fuse their diverse vibes to create their first unique sound in tracks such as “Angel Tears”, “Mother I’m So Cold”, “Definitely” and “He”). Defining their own inclination for Trip-Hop and Electronic Pop written in English Lyrics also receiving many inputs from varios musicians giving their individual talents to ShirleySaid as an open-project.