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Cut Copy

Cut Copy is a synthpop band formed in 2001 at Melbourne, Australia, and made up of Dan Whitford (lead vocals/keys/guitar), Tim Hoey (bass/guitar) and Mitchell Scott (drums), Bennett Foddy being a former member. Their sound is much in the vein of contemporaries such as Daft Punk, drawing considerable influence from older bands such as New Order, Electric Light Orchestra and Kraftwerk. It began in 2001 as the project for Dan Whitford, however in 2003 Whitford recruited a band, and in 2005 toured internationally for the first time, visiting London, New York and Los Angeles.

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Outlines

Outlines are long-time friends Jerome, Irfane and Jay1. Although the paths of life led the three members to interact - Jerome and Irfane went to school together - it is hip-hop culture that is responsible for their union. Indeed, while, in the early nineties, Jerome was breakdancing, both Irfane and Jay1 were writing graffiti. Jay1 has since then established himself as one of the finest French writers, collaborating with fashion designers (agnes b.

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Plump DJs

Plump DJs (Lee Rous and Andy Gardner) are a DJ and producer team in electronic dance music. Early pioneers of the breakbeat genre in electronic music, the Plump DJs have diversified in recent years to incorporate new styles such as electro, house and bass music. Their sound is still widely thought to maintain a breakbeat aesthetic, but their productions and DJ sets have become stylistically broader. Throughout the 2000s, they released a string of singles and remixes of well-known dance music names such as Fatboy Slim, Orbital, Deadmau5 and the Stanton Warriors.

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FreQ Nasty

From the days of Breakbeat's origins, FreQ Nasty established himself as one of the scene's pioneers, producing many of the genre's defining moments. As Breakbeat came into its own, FreQ Nasty's tunes remained ahead of the pack. His music is on the cutting edge of the FutureStep Movement, a chaotic loose assemblage of sonic renegades, steeped in the traditions of Breaks, Dubstep, Rock, Ragga, Grime and Funk, chopping in and out of slow-motion, Halfstep beats.

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Yolanda Be Cool

Yolanda be cool is an Australian House/Electro artist out of Sydney, NSW. The following is a quote from the artists MySpace "myspace.com/yolandabecool" Influences: "Congas, bongos, tartalet recordings, old school hip hop, zombie disco squad, german saunas, solo, oliver $, the sweat familia, weirdos, jesse rose, mastiksoul, coffee..." "Oh...And basically teki latek aka on his label Sound Pellegrino...

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Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

Yolanda Be Cool is an Australian band made up of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sylvester+Martinez" class="bbcode_artist">Sylvester Martinez</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Johnson+Peterson" class="bbcode_artist">Johnson Peterson</a>. They collaborated with Australian producer <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/DCUP" class="bbcode_artist">DCUP</a> (real name Duncan MacLennan) to release an international single <a title="Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup – We No Speak Americano" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Yolanda+Be+Cool+&+Dcup/_/We+No+Speak+Americano" class="bbcode_track">We No Speak Americano</a> on the indie Australian label <a href="http://www.last.fm/label/Sweat+it+Out" class="bbcode_label">Sweat it Out</a> they founded, sampling on a 1956 hit <a title="Renato Carosone – Tu vuò fà l'americano" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Renato+Carosone/_/Tu+vu%C3%B2+f%C3%A0+l%27ameri... class="bbcode_track">Tu vuò fà l'americano</a> by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Renato+Carosone" class="bbcode_artist">Renato Carosone</a> and written by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Carosone" class="bbcode_artist">Carosone</a> and <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Nicola "Nisa" Salerno</span>. <a title="Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup – We No Speak Americano" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Yolanda+Be+Cool+&+Dcup/_/We+No+Speak+Americano" class="bbcode_track">We No Speak Americano</a> topped the German, Irish, UK, Argentine, Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Belgian charts so far, and reached the Top 5 in Australia, Spain and Norway.

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Northcape

Northcape is the ongoing work of a British artist, and can broadly be described as downtempo melodic electronica. Northcape self-released his first CD in 2005, following this with a second independent release ('Detach') in 2007 and an EP ('Some Bright Valley') on the monotonik netlabel. Northcape's latest album is Captured From Static, released by Sun Sea Sky Productions on April 6th 2010. The aim is to express ideas and evoke environments, landscapes and memory rather than to focus on the technology and techniques used.

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Chromeo

Chromeo is an electrofunk duo based in Montreal, Canada and New York City. They are P-Thugg, on keyboards, synthesizers and talk box, and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) on guitar and lead vocals. The two were best friends since childhood and officially formed the band in 2002. They describe themselves as the only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time. David Macklovitch is currently earning his Ph.D in French literature from Columbia University, where he also teaches undergraduate French classes.

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Faithless

Formed in 1995 by Sister Bliss, Faithless is a London, England, United Kingdom-based group of musicians whose music is described by one of their band member as a cross between trip-hop and techno. The four original members of Faithless were rapper Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss, instrumentalist/vocalist Jamie Catto and producer Rollo Armstrong. Jamie Catto (now in 1 Giant Leap) left after their second album, Sunday 8pm, which was released in 1998. Rollo Armstrong's sister Dido also features on several Faithless tracks.

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Kalaf

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