SISTER MANTOS (LA) – Coming to you hot off the LA scene that is centered around it's much talked about, critically acclaimed venue the smell this young artist conjures up some of the most instantly listenable psychedelic electronica. Fused all together with ferocious sense of sugar coated accessibility and you have intelligent, thinking man's dance music of the most mouth watering order. A Sister Mantos performance is an attack on all the senses.
"NorthBorne" is all about electronic experiments, electronic beats, happiness, aggression, pleasure from pain and monotone grooves. All programming and production by Christian Lund, who also has been playing with Icon Of Coil since 2000. Additional production and programming by Alexander Coucheron Jarl. NorthBorne is signed to Out Of Line Records in Germany, and the debut EP was released as a bonus disc on the ever popular Out of Line sampler "Industrial for the Masses vol. 3" in August 2006.
Dextro is the pseudonym given to the Scottish recording and performing alias of Falkirk born DIY musician Ewan Mackenzie. Under the Dextro moniker he has released a number of works, most notably the albums Winded (2009), Consequence Music (2006) and the 12" single Do You Need Help (2004). The music of Dextro is primarily described as electronica that makes references to the shoegaze movement, with added influences from the post rock and folk music genres . www.dextro.co.uk
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Originally a member of electronica duo clickits, John McCaffrey moved from Accrington in the North West of England to Melbourne, Australia and started a solo project as part timer.
Concentrating on a mixture of delicate folk flavours and electronic augmentation, part timer has released albums on moteer, flau and lost tribe sound. Collaborations with multi-instrumentalist Aaron Martin have been released on mobeer and under the spire.
Chris Douglas / O.S.T. / Dalglish / Rook Vallade
Douglas recorded his first EP for Detroit-based Switch Records in 1992 under the name O.S.T. -
In 2003 he was invited to perform at the All Tomorrows Parties festival in the UK, curated by Autechre. https://www.facebook.com/pages/OST/30279863388 http://soundcloud.com/gntln
The Mark Smith who released the Awaken EP and the Mark Smith from the band Explosions in the Sky are two different people. Last FM are working on a solution for artists who have the same name but at the moment they have to share a page. For the latest news about the Mark Smith who released Awaken please visit www.marksmithmusic.net 3) Minimal house DJ from Czech Republic
Transient names at least six musical entities. 1) Transient are a melodic hardcore band from Greenville, SC, United States. Forming in the fall of 2010, they started to gain recognition with their debut EP Alone, promoting their own brand of passionate modern hardcore, with strong and ambient melodic guitar riffs. They have released 2 EP's to date, Alone, a 5 song EP in May 2011, and their latest release We Do Not Lose Heart, a 3 song EP in March 2012. Both of these EP's can be downloaded from the bands Bandcamp page, with a donation scheme implemented for both.
Wobbly is the moniker of Jon Leidecker a San Francisco based musician/composer of experimental electronic music. He has released works on Tigerbeat6, Illegal Art, Alku, Phthalo, and others. He has been producing music since 1987 and ongoing studio and live projects involve collaborations with People Like Us, Thomas Dimuzio, Kevin Blechdom, Jay Lesser, Tim Perkis, Matmos and The Weatherman of Negativland. He is also a member of the Chopping Channel and Sagan.
Rounds are a band from Southend-on-Sea that make melodic pop laced with glitchy Warp-inspired electronics born from a huge range of influences. Rounds are also a US band who play fantastic acid jazz with a noise-pop twist. Psychedelic trip-hop overtones with subtle post-rock nuances that dance with that krautrock gentleman in the overcoat. Be-bob asks dub to swing and the tropicalia prog-folk singer eats Thurston Moore.