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Julia Holter

Julia Shammas Holter is a classically-trained keytarist from Echo Park. After infiltrating Human Ear Music headquarters dressed as an intern, she wrote and recorded her own release on the label. Her music is witty, surreal and optimistic. She plays without sarcasm in the terrains that divide sentimentality, passion, and control. Her songs are written instinctively, and treated with an off-kilter fastidiousness, working orchestral variety from minimal instrumentation.

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Cosmic Kids

Cosmic Kids Ron Poznansky and Dan Terndrup didn’t meet in outer space as their DJ moniker may indicate, but the story is still equally as good. The two met in a high school classroom meant for kids who had trouble paying attention. They bonded over their love of classic rock. Right out of high school they both volunteered to work at the Los Angeles radio station KCRW. Known for its eclectic programming, the friends were exposed to all different kinds of music, and began collecting and consuming records, feeding their ever-expanding appetite for music.

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Chromatics

Chromatics originally hailed from Seattle as a quartet featuring vocalist Adam Miller, drummer Hannah Blilie, guitarist Devin Welch, and bassist Michelle Nolan. That lineup debuted in 2002 with a Calvin Johnson-produced 7" on Gold Standard Laboratories -- a split with Die Monitr Batss -- and followed with the similarly GSL-issued Chrome Rats Vs Basement Ruts LP. While Chrome Rats was critically hailed, Chromatics couldn't keep it together, and Miller was soon the only member in good standing (Blilie, Welch, and Nolan went on to form the similar-sounding Shoplifting).

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Chicks On Speed

Chicks on Speed are a female band, born when Alex and Melissa met at the Munich Art Academy in 1997. Chicks on Speed's core members are Melissa Logan (Upstate NY, USA) and Alex Murray-Leslie (Bowral, Australia), who collaborate with amongst others Anat Ben-David (Tel Aviv, Israel), Kathi Glas (Berlin, Germany) and A.L. Steiner (NY, USA). Around Chicks on Speed there is grouped a large and ever-changing collective of musicians, producers, fashion and graphic artists, designers, film and video makers, and so on.

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Kissogram

Kissogram is a German electronic band founded in Berlin, DE in 1999 by Jonas Poppe (vocals, guitar, keys, programming) and Sebastian Dassé (keys, programming) . After a few singles and an EP on some independent labels, the group signed in 2004 with Louisville Records , a Berlin indie label , and has released so far three full-length albums and various singles . Live shows have always been an important part of the band’s activity, both as opening act (Kissogram have opened gigs for Peaches, Franz Ferdinand and other artists) and as main act.

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Disco

There are more artists using the name Disco:
1) An english-speaking rapper from Berlin , Germany, but grown up in Texas. www.myspace.com/discoberlin
2) Disco (or Disco. or DisCo or DisCompany or later and more famously known as Disco Ensemble) is also a hardcore / post-hardcore / emo band from Pori, Finland.
3) Disco is also a D-beat band from San Dimas, CA, USA.
4) Disco is a Welsh punk band.
5) Disco was a Swedish breakcore/experimental digital hardcore-project in the 90's. Started of as Marmelad, changed name to e.g. smith and is today named melodija. www.wang-electronics.com

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Glass Candy

Constantly evolving, Glass Candy have travelled from bare bones stripped down disco rock to equal parts digital and analogue, to synthesizer/drum machine with a side of bass and live drums, to Italo Disco. Born in Portland in the late 90's, the current line up is Ida No on vocals and Johnny Jewel on synths, guitar, and production.

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