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Klaus Nomi – Wasting my time

domnux — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:12:04 +0000

Klaus Nomi was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona. Nomi was known for his bizarrely theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classical music opera to covers of 60s pop standards

MySpace, LastFM, Facebook, Wikipedia, Official page.

The Gossip – Heavy Cross

minha galera — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:18:59 +0000

After 3 years, Gossip is coming back with a powerful sound.

If you don’t know them, take a look. You’ll surely remember them

Standing in the way of control

Standing in the way of control (Roisin Murphy cover)

More and more after the jump!

Careless Whisper (cover)

Listen up

Don’t make waves

Myspace

Circlesquare

minha galera — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:18:06 +0000

I like a man who tell things by their actual name: first we have some fight sounds (which are quite effective -- please give me something to hit) and then some song for dancing and drugs (ya man!). Enjoy! Please be sure to watch the videos. They’re all awesome!

Fight Sounds Pt.1 -- Pump up your bass

Dancers

Non-revival alarm

Timely Excerpt

7 minute

This interview is purely for the viewing pleasure of our lady readers (blink)

Elektric Music – Crosstalk

domnux — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:39:44 +0000

The electronic pop music group Elektric Music was founded by Karl Bartos (former member of Kraftwerk) and Lothar Manteuffel (former member of Rheingold) in 1992.
Their first album Esperanto (1993) is the reminiscent of Kraftwerk.

“Crosstalk” and “Overdrive” were co-written with Kraftwerk collaborator Emil Schult, who also created the graphics for early Elektric Music releases.
Manteuffel left the group following the release of ‘Esperanto’.

“Electric Music” was the second album by Elektric Music project, recorded after the collaboration with UK band Electronic on their 1996 album “Raise the Pressure” and released in 1998. The entire album was written, performed and produced by Karl Bartos and was, according to his website, an “exploration of the sound of the sixties — guitar pop out of the computer!”

More clips of Elektric Music:

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Lifestyle:

Links: Karl Bartos page, Karl Bartos on MySpace, Elektric Music on LastFM, Karl Bartos on LastFM, Karl Bartos on Wikipedia.

Crystal Castles – Alice Practice

domnux — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:58:46 +0000

This is my favourite song of Crystal Castles. Up the volume of your speakers and play!!!

I feel sorry that Timbaland used their Courtship Dating song for a bad purpose and people don’t realise yet what’s good music and what crap:

Short bio:
Crystal Castles is a Toronto-formed band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles are known not only for their own efforts as a band, but also for their chaotic live shows and Kath’s remixes for a number of groups, including “Hunting for Witches” by Bloc Party, and “Atlantis to Interzone” by Klaxons.

Their musical style has been described as having “ferocious, asphyxiating sheets of warped two-dimensional Gameboy glitches and bruising drum bombast pierce [the] skull with sheer shrill force, burrowing deep into the brain like a fever”.

Links: Official page, MySpace, LastFM, Wikipedia.

Alice Glass is absolutely gorgeous. Gorette knows why… ♥♥♥

See also the previous posts with Crystal Castles: Knights and Crimewaves.

Robots in disguise – Arguments

gorette — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:03:21 +0000

Robots in Disguise are an English electro band. The group is composed of Dee Plume (vocals, guitars), Sue Denim (vocals, bass), and a rolling live line-up of backing musicians. Robots in Disguise have released three studio albums: Robots in disguise (2001), Get Rid! (2005), We’re in the music biz (2008). I love the sound of the two riot gurlz, hope you will like it too.

Arguments

Girl

The sex has made me stupid

MySpace

Official Site

For more from the two -- check out more!

Turn it up

The DJ’s got a gun

Iamx

mariuk — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:51:28 +0000

The big discovery of the Sziget Festival 2007 was for me IAMX. Extraordinary voice of Chris Corner (British charming guy from former Sneaker Pimps)…perfect showman with the most dandy look I have seen in a long time…minha galera took our hands and said ”u have to see this”…we did and it was great!

Last FM: http://www.last.fm/music/IAMX

Gravirty Co

mariuk — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:25:08 +0000

I don’t know yet if I like it or not…My doubts are that this band is too commercial and sort of linkin’ park dramatic…they do have some electro sounds that I liked…So, I let the audience judge…Bulgarian band that started (2001) with a project to create soundtracks for computer games and then they decided to stick to music…

Kenneth Bager – Fragment one

gorette — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:14:16 +0000

Kenneth Bager (b. March 6, 1962) is a Danish musician and producer.
He started his musical career back in the late 1980s as a DJ. In 1994, Bager released a compilation called Music for dreams featuring amongst others Peter Gabriel and Michael Nyman.
Kenneth received his breakthrough with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album “Fragments From A Space Cadet” in 2006, for which he received the danish Statens Kunstfond award.

MySpace

Fragment One -- Directed by Ellen von Unwerth

Fragment Eight -- Directed by Uwe Flade

Read the rest of the post… It’s worth it!

Love won’t leave me alone

Vive la Fête – Touche pas

gorette — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:10:12 +0000

Vive la Fête is an electronic music group, founded in 1997 in Ghent (Belgium). The core of the band is formed by lovers Danny Mommens -- former member of Deus -- (guitar and vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals).
Their first success came with their debut Attaque Surprise (2000). Later records such as Republique Populaire (2001) and Nuit Blanche (2003) made them popular, especially in the fashion world, where Karl Lagerfeld is one of their fans. In 2005 they released Grand Prix and toured all over Europe and played some shows in Brazil and Mexico.

MySpace
Official Site

Touche pas

Noir Desir

Nuit blanche

Liberté