London-based Norwegian-born Kate Havnevik spent her formative years with the desire to become a guitarist in the jazz and classical worlds but these plans were derailed after joining a punk band at the tender age of 14 Since then Havnevik has explore…

Australian singer-songwriter Sia relocated to the U.K. in the late 1990s and started work on her debut, HEALING IS DIFFICULT. Combining elements of folk, pop, and electronica, the album brought her to the attention of Zero 7--she contributed several …

b. Essex, England. Singer-songwriter Imogen Heap could hardly have enjoyed a more prestigious live debut - performing four songs, backed by friends Acacia, between sets by the Who and Eric Clapton at the 1996 Prince's Trust Concert in London's Hyde P…

Although Emilie Simon is a conservatory-trained experimental musician with a strong theoretical grounding she has also made a name for herself both as a mainstream soundtrack composer and as an electronic pop musician not far removed from Bjrk or the…

With her omnivorous musical tastes and cheeky attitude London-based pop singersongwriter Lily Allen made a name for herself almost as soon as she released her demos on the Internet The daughter of comedian Keith Allen Lily spent most of her childhood…

As Thievery Corporation, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza started working together in the mid-1990s, crafting a sound initially rooted in electronica, but deeply influenced by dub, Latin jazz, and bossa nova. Their atmospheric, low-key style has made the Wa…

The musical careers of former studio engineers Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker were given a boost by old college chum and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich when he let them remix OK COMPUTER's "Climbing Up the Walls." The resulting product led to greater…

Though he was born in Chicago this DJ found his spiritual and musical home in San Francisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York He is currently one of the most influential people in the San Francisco house scene as well as one of the hardest-worki…

A Hamilton Ontario-based electronic pop group Junior Boys began as a duo with its duties split between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark Influenced by a number of music sectors -- including arty synth pop minimal techno UK garage and contemporary hip-…

Wax Tailor JC Le Saot was a member and producer of French rap group La Formule in the early 90s After the members went their separate ways he formed the Wax Tailor project in 2002 The first two self-released EPs were met with critical acclaim and hea…

The Bristol collective known as Massive Attack arose out of the acid house scene of late-1980s England to become one of the 1990s' greatest innovators. The group has literally changed the face of music every time out. They invented "trip-hop" on thei…

Before they perfected the electronica-meets-tango sound of the Gotan Project Paris musicians Philippe Cohen Solal and Christoph H Mueller worked together in the Boys from Brazil and Stereo Action Unlimited as early as 1996 Releasing their music on So…

Alison Goldfrapp first gained notoriety for her astonishing vocal work on albums by Tricky and techno duo Orbital. She joined forces with composer Will Gregory in the late 1990s to create her own moody, sensual version of contemporary electronica. Wi…

Ray LaMontagne was born in New Hampshire but as he put it his family was just passing through His parents split up shortly after his birth and his mother began a pattern of moving her six children wherever she could find employment and housing which …