High Contrast seemingly overnight became one of the most discussed drumnbass producers in years Not since the late 90s when Goldie and Roni Size were recording full-length albums rather than strictly tracks had there been so much hype thrown upon a d…

The sound of Vienna-based duo dZihan Kamien pronounced Jay-hahn and Kammy-en can easily be compared with the downtempo soulful house sounds of Jazzanova Ptaah or the Naked Music compilations The duo hit popularity in 1996 with the single Der Buch wh…

With a name that means new wave in English and bossa nova in Portuguese Nouvelle Vagues moniker neatly sums up the groups concept remaking classic new wave singles with a Brazilian pop twist Nouvelle Vague is the brainchild of French producers Marc C…

Originally known as Reca the Netherlands-based neo-tropicalismo group Zuco 103 was spawned from a collaboration that singer Lilian Vieira keyboardist Stefan Schmid and drummer Stefan Kruger worked on with the Dutch fusion ensemble SfeQ The trio met a…

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…

With their hardcore fusion of folk punk and hip-hop Attwenger have been described with some justification as the Austrians answer to the Pogues Basing their sound around the accordion Attwenger fuse older motifs with a montage of fast and furious roc…