A full decade after the release of 'Homework', and 8 years after Oizo broke through, Busy P (Pedro Winter) is the head of one of the most exciting record labels in the business. But for 11 years (and counting) Busy P has been working as Daft Punk's manager while handling Ed Banger and Headbanger, his management/media company. Oddly though, Busy explained that the method behind starting Ed Banger Records was fairly straightforward.
Opium Dream Estate (O.D.E.) is a musical project based in Paris, France, founded in november 2006 by singer/multi-instrumentalist Sébastyén D. (also involved Orchid's Children, The Funeral Warehouse, Saison De Rouille, Vostok Station and running Seventh Crow Records). Though Opium Dream Sound’s sound is rather difficult to describe as it is filled with many influences (ethereal, goth, neofolk, indie, neoclassical, etc.), it can be identifiable as (mainly) ethereal and neofolk. Sébastyén D. defines Opium Dream Estate's music as ethereal dreamwave.
MARVIN (there are several bands called Marvin)
- this bio is for the french band :
Marvin is a power-trio from Montpellier (FR). With only drums, guitar and korg ms20 synth they play a high-energy instrumental noise music tending to psyche or even krautrock. To summarize, Marvin is in the no man's land between Shellac and Kraftwerk !
They released a split LP with the French noise band DOPPLER.
In 2007 they released their first album, totally autoproduced and very acclaimed by the critics.
Camille Saint-Sa
French guitar hero, he recently released one album under the name of "Metal Kartoon".
His band is called Mörglbl Trio,since 1997, with Ivan Rougny and Jean-Pierre Frelézeau.
Geneva-born Nicolas Julliard decided to become Fauve in 1999. His previous non-career moves include various participations in unknown bands such as Grammar & Use and Illford. Fauve explores the margins of songwriting, blending pop, minimal electro, Broadway melodies, easy-listening and bossa-nova. French magazine "Les Inrockuptibles" awarded him a spot in their annual compilation CD "Ceux qu'il faut découvrir". That was in 2004, when Fauve was known as Sombre. Since then, Fauve has collected enough material to produce his first album, released in spring 2006 by Gentlemen Records.
Walter I: Walter II: A short-lived Irish band with influences from acts such as Ben Folds Five. Walter formed in Maynooth, Co. Kildare in 2002.
Maniac is known to be the name of six musical artists:
1. A new project of The Matches frontman Shawn Harris and Something With Numbers frontman Jake Grigg. Formed in 2009 under the name Maniac, they currently have a blog for posting song clips of their covers of the current Billboard Hot 100 number one single. They have so far covered "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas and are set to release their debut album in 2010. Their debut album, Mania, can be previewed and purchased from their official website at http://maniacmania.com/
There are multiple bands named Escape: 1) Escape was a French emo band that eventually evolved into Anomie.
2) Escape was an ambient trance collaboration between Pete Namlook (aka Air, Syn) and Jonas Grossman (aka Dr. Atmo).
3) Escape was also radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954.