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Vitalic (born as Pascal Arbez in 1976) is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Italian descent. His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene. He decided to make music when he heard Daft Punk's Rollin' & Scratchin' in a club in his hometown Dijon. He became good friends with Michel Amato, also known as The Hacker, whom he met in the Rex, the "techno temple" of Laurent Garnier. The Hacker suggested he send his new tracks to DJ Hell, head of Gigolo records in Munich.

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 &ndash; 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 &ndash; Tu vu&ograve; f&agrave; l'americano" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Renato+Carosone/_/Tu+vu%C3%B2+f%C3%A0+l%27ameri... class="bbcode_track">Tu vu&ograve; f&agrave; 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 &ndash; 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.

The xx are a trio formed in 2005 at London, England. The band members are Romy Madley Croft (vocals, lead guitar), Oliver Sim (vocals, bass guitar), and Jamie Smith (Jamie xx) (beats, MPC sampler). Second guitarist and keyboardist Baria Qureshi is no longer a member of the group. Bonding over a shared love of dark, emotive 80s guitar sounds and the high-end sheen of American R&B, The xx’s unique sound befits a band whose wide range of influences combine beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a brilliantly inventive use of samples and low-end frequencies to produce stark, sweet, melancholic pop.

Aged just 33, Armin van Buuren has been named number one in the prestigious DJ Top 100 poll three times in a row, in 2007, 2008 and 2009 – voted for by over 350,000 people across the world, and an indication of his prolific output over the 10 years he’s been dj’ing and producing. Being the official World’s Most Popular DJ is just one of his many achievements, but the driving force behind his success is an overriding passion for dance music.