While Hot Chip were one of many bands from the early 2000s to have adopted an electro-pop sound, they stand apart from the pack both for their melodicism and for their fully live, band-oriented approach to the genre. Shortly after emerging from their…

Fink is the recording moniker of Finian Greenhall who has made the unlikely musical journey from being an ambient techno trip-hop artist to a serious singersongwriter in less than a decade Born in Bristol England Greenhall was obsessed with guitar as…

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-…

Formerly known as Cherry New Yorks rock-meets-electronica duo Ratatat features multi-instrumentalistprogrammer Evan Mast and guitarist Mike Stroud Mast is also the brains behind the pretty laptop pop of Evax and with his brother ERock he runs the ind…

VoomVoom is a project between Christian Prommer and Roland Appel of Munichs Truby Trio and Fauna Flash along with help from Peter Kruder Kruder Dorfmeister Theyve released a couple of 12 singles of minimal groove on the Compost label Andy Kellman A…

The electronic-based post-industrial duo Motor make perfect sense as part of the Mute labels roster Mr N from Paris France and Bryan Black from Minneapolis MN met when the latter saw the former playing drums at a venue in London England Prior to 2006…

California's Miguel Depedro, aka Kid606, has been crafting energetic and aggressive breakbeat electronica since his impressive 1998 debut, DON'T SWEAT THE TECHNICS, released when he was literally a kid--16 years old. His brash blending of genres make…

Though he gets less credit from stateside DJs and producers at least compared to labelmates like Armand Van Helden Todd Edwards created an innovative blend of rhythmic cut-and-paste vocal samples rubbery basslines and slapping percussion that helped …

Few rock singers of the 90s were as original and instantly unforgettable as Thom Yorke as his band Radiohead became one of the biggest bands of the 21st century after making a career out of specializing in challenging and unpredictable rock Born Octo…

Supersystem comprised of Justin Destroyer Pete Cafarella and Rafael Cohen was formerly known as El Guapo when on Dischord Records Adding drummer Joshua Blair Orthrelm to the dance mix Supersystem penned new tracks and released the Born into the World…