This Birmingham-based quartet have enjoyed a rapid rise to success since they met at college in Staffordshire in 2003. Influenced by iconic bands such as Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen, their 2005 debut album reached no. 2 in the UK, thanks in part to an unrelenting tour schedule. The continued increase in the popularity of their live shows in 2006, along with a top ten single show that the band have the potential to become one of the 'big names' of the decade.
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House-master who emerged from the second generation of house music that came out of Chicago in the early to mid nineties. Always renowned for blending house and techno, it was only in 2001 when Felix developed electro and he created what has now become Felix's sound. This sound would go on to be one that reinvented house and changed development and recognition of Europe's thriving electro scene, firmly establishing Felix Da Housecat as a true innovator of dance music.
Passionate, wired and raw, Razorlight are the darlings of the music press. Fronted by hyperactive star-in-waiting Johnny Borrell, their very English brand of indie-punk has seen them compared to both The Clash and The Libertines, and their stunning debut single Rip It Up crashed into the charts. 'Sexy, shivery, gorgeous!' (NME).
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A tight trio from Wakefield, Yorkshire. They have combined a natural pop sensibility with a love of rock and roll, and produced a slew of thrilling well written songs in the process. At gigs these songs are delivered with real passion, and the band always puts on a good show.
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Radio 1 DJ and presenter Annie Mac is renowned for her variety of musical tastes playing an array of genres from drum and bass, hip hop, disco and electro house. As well as her 'day job' at Radio 1, her Annie Mac Presents DJ sets are well established at major clubs across the country at which she can be witnessed Dj-ing alongside heavyweight artists and DJ's such as Pete Jordan, The Scratch Perverts and The Nextmen.
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Formed in 2003, the 5 girls and 1 boy started the band as a good excuse to go out drinking and the only one able to produce a decent sound from their instrument was the drummer. However, just 3 years later in early 2006 they signed with Sub Pop and released their debut album 'Lets Make Love As We Listen To Death From Above'.
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'Electro of the most inventive kind, Does It Offend You Yeah? are a duo from Reading making retro computer pop and modern twisted disco. '…some of the most distinctive new pop of the decade' – HMV Top Tips
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London/Leeds-based grime hybrid being touted as 'the next Klaxons'. 'They sound angry, they sound smart and they sound like something you'll be hearing a lot more of in the coming months' - NME.
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Debaucherous minimalist rave from London duo James Ford and James Shaw. Using the kind of vintage minimal beats that only a 1980's Casio can produce, this eccentric pair somehow manage to make techno sexy with their use of static vocals and fragmented rhythms; '...twisted disco as it should be.' - RoughTrade
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Master remixers, producers and dance music creators , Underworld shot to prominence with the single from the 'Trainspotting' soundtrack, 'Born Slippy', and have been producing stylish anthems ever since. Dark, tuneful techno with relentless, stomach-gripping basslines that prove dance music really is an art form.
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