Having met in ’space rock outfit’ Ozric Tentacles both Merv and Joie were drawn to the electronic sounds of the then early days of the ‘rave’ scene. Legitimately claiming to be one of the UK’s first live techno outfits they always intended on being just that – a live act!
Modeselektor are a music duo hailing from Berlin. They are the sort of group that gets muso journalists grammatically salivating and waxing ‘choice word’ lyrical. In addition, they’ve got Thom Yorke’s vocal admission as a fan club member.
“Time signatures, musical genres and instrumentation have been given the thorough shake-up they have long needed!” Thanks to Max Tundra A.K.A Ben Jacobs who turned his hand to musical invention on discovering a piano and a penchant for replaying…
Minipli are a minimalist trio from Luxembourg who formed in the winter of 2006. Drawing inspiration from the far reaches of 20th century pop-rock to contemporary electronic music, Minipli consider themselves as “the lo-fi desperados”…
Alfred Darlington isn’t your average cookie-cutter musician. From how he looks (early Victorian Dandism), to how he makes music, to how he expresses himself and views the world, his is a very individual, a ‘bespoke’ outlook.
Nourished with their parent’s vinyl records and fascinated from an early age by the atmosphere of movies and shows such as Fantômas, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or The Persuaders, Charles and Max Nilles created Artaban in 2006.
Would you believe me if I told you that FUJIYA & MIYAGI are closet R Kelly fans? If nothing else we ‘outed’ them during our interview with the trio who look set to fill dance floors around the globe either in person or by means of digital playback. Touring on the back of the latest release ‘Transparent Things’, Steve Lewis, David Best and Matt Hainsby from Brighton (UK) spoke candidly with UPFRONT about finally quitting the day jobs, the long road to this release and why their live show doesn’t suck!