Azure Blue is the new solo project from Tobias Isaksson. Tobias is a talented songwriter and a colorful profile on the Swedish pop scene. His old bands Irene and Laurel Music attracted worldwide recognition, documented from The Allmusic Guide to the blogosphere, but this is a brand new start. With Azure Blue, Tobias has surpassed all of his previous work. The whole process has been like watching a baby dolphin being born.
Electric Youth is a canadian duo based in Toronto, formed by Austin Garrick and Bronwyn Griffin. They grew up together and started producing demos emulating 80's synthpop tunes. They appeared on the well-known compilation "Valerie and Friends" and also were featured on the debut albums of Grum and College. The duo launched their very first single officially in 2011, following the success of their song 'A Real Hero' with College from the movie "Drive". They are working on their debut album, set for a 2013 release.
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DIIV (previously known as Dive) is an ongoing project composed of Beach Fossils guitarist Cole Smith, Devin Ruben Perez, Andrew Bailey, and ex-Smith Westerns drummer Colby Hewitt. DIIV's first release, the Sometime 7" on Captured Tracks, was released on Oct. 11th, 2011, Oshin their debut album was released in June 2012.
Collarbones is a long distance collaboration between Adelaide’s Travis Cook and Sydney’s Marcus Whale, beginning in 2007. The ‘Waiting for the Ghosts’ EP was released in June 2009. 'Tiger Beats', a covers and remixes mixtape was released in January 2011 on bandcamp. Debut album 'Iconography' was released in March 2011 on Two Bright Lakes.
Say Lou Lou, formerly known as Saint Lou Lou are twin sisters Elektra and Miranda Kilbey, daughters of The Church's Steve Kilbey.
Memory Tapes is an alias of NJ producer Dayve Hawk.
ButterClock is a young Parisian who makes some great downtempo along the lines of The XX or Bat For Lashes. It’s atmospheric and slow and very French, though according to Facebook they’re a «gathering of creatures from Nevada». ButterClock takes you off on a blurred red wine coma of journey that leaves you curled up asleep in the back of a deserted theatre, the strains of the sub base from next doors club filtering through the dusty walls.
Short Circuit is Andrew Verner from LA. A part of Binary, the family of dance producers making waves in LA and beyond, Short Circuit is making big things happen. He recently released the single "Let Go" that has a stellar package of remixes to go along with; all of which have received significant buzz on blogs and Hype Machine. SC has also been perfecting his live and DJ performances over the last year, with several shows @ SXSX 2010 and a short west coast tour in the spring.
iamamiwhoami is an electronic music and multimedia project headlined by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee and co-produced with Claes Bj