Rayko, the founder of Rare Wiri Records, is a DJ/producer from Spain. He's had releases in a good bunch of well respected labels, such as Eskimo, Top Shelf, Kojak Giant Sounds, Traveller Records, It Is Balearic?, Whiskey Disco, Lovemonk, Soundscape and Lumberjacks in Hell.
Dntel is the solo project of Jimmy Tamborello. Dntel is known for mixing glitch and cut-up electronic techniques with instruments like acoustic guitars, accordions, and symphonic instruments. Dntel is also the project that spawned The Postal Service. He started working as Dntel, pronounced Din-tell, in 1994. A collection of tracks created between 1995-1997 (Early Works For Me If It Works For You) was released on the Phthalo label in 1999, followed by the release of an EP recorded in 1994 (Something Always Goes Wrong) in 2000.
Eleanoora Rosenholm comes from Pori, Finland and is a project begun by Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö. They crafted a genius pop album with murderous lyrics inside the dark stonewalls that surround SS-Palace studio. Time came to get the show on the road and the band evolved into a full 8 piece with Mika Rättö working as a background godfather and often watching the band as a part of the audience.
There are multiple artists with this name: Apollo was formed in 1969. They released one album, Apollo (1970). Their music was occasionally heavy and the band sounds like Led Zeppelin or Procol Harum, with little bit King Crimson in it. Members have been in other Finnish progressive projects.
2) Apollo Indie Dance / Post Punk band from Ballarat, Australia. They Began mid 2009 when two kids decided to constructively channel their boredom in the form of melodic sound.
Noisy Pig is the alter ego of Bernardo Santarelli, the Berlin based musical and video performer.
Noisy Pig has developed a unique sound that mixes different elements: techno with synth-pop, catchy melodies with lo-fi guitars, sarcastic lyrics with queer topics. Breaking from the cliques of the underground, Noisy Pig uses his naive touch and playful style to create a new platform where he can express twisted attitudes.
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.
Bambino cantaba aquello de "soy lo prohibido". Ella es La Prohibida. Y además, canta. Emperatriz de las noches más locas, musa de los tugurios y la presencia escénica más brillante del underground español. Quizá la hayas visto presentando a Fangoria o incluso actuar con ellos. A lo mejor la has visto en algún cortometraje de culto y puede que hayas oído hablar de esas fiestas, las de "En plan travesti", que ella misma ideó y que hoy causan furor en Madrid y demás ciudades españolas por las que pasan.
There is more than one artist with this name. 1. Cassette are South African and basically rad. 5 people make up the band, 4 guys making noise and 1 lady pulling it all together. 2. Cassette are a 3-piece New Zealand band who make stunning indie rock records with a country soul. They are working on their second album at the moment and have released two EPs. 3. Cassette is a Boston, MASS, US based synth pop group with a knack for melody, drama and scott walker-esque baritone.
Amanda Palmer meets band The Grand Theft Orchestra CD backed in Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amandapalmer/amanda-palmer-the-new-record-art-book-and-tour?ref=home_popular "hi folks, it's AFP. this is my first BIG, LEGIT studio album undertaking since breaking from a major label. i've spent four years writing the songs for this record, and more recently, putting together the perfect band, The Grand Theft Orchestra, comprised of genius musicians/arrangers/programmers MICHAEL MCQUILKEN, CHAD RAINES, and JHEREK BISCHOFF.
Grandaddy are an American indie pop band formed in Modesto, California in 1992 by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch; although a noisy, lo-fi approach characterized early recordings like 1994's Complex Party Come Along Theories, with the 1995 additions of guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden the group's sound expanded exponentially over the course of subsequent efforts including the unreleased Don't Sock the Tryer and the 1996 EP A Pretty Mess By This One Band.