Walter Meego - Starlight

Chicago-based indie electronic duo Walter Meego began when Colin Yarck and Justin Sconza met at the University of Illinois in 1999. Sconza played in a number of bands during college, dabbling in a number of styles. Yarck, who was influenced by Chicago's electronic music scene, became a beatmaker and DJ in 2002 while collaborating with his friend, Pat Pelligrini.

When Yarck brought some of his musical equipment to school in 2003, he and Sconza began playing together for fun. After graduation the same year, the two went their separate ways, but continued to create music separately, with Sconza making tapes and Yarck and Pelligrini continuing their partnership.

Sconza eventually joined them, and in 2004 the trio began performing as Walter Meego. Their first release, Walter Meego EP, was released in 2005 and earned praise from Rough Trade and Internet bloggers. In order to concentrate on his full-time job, Pelligrini left the group and was replaced by Jarrett Spiegel. Spiegel parted ways with Walter Meego in 2006.

Starlight is taken from their second full length album, Wondervalley, released in November 2010.



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Source: Allmusic

Hooray For Earth - True Loves

Hooray for Earth is a New York and Boston-based four piece that makes big catchy pop music reminiscent of 80's synth pop that's all the rage now. Front man Noel Heroux says he wants people to genuflect when they hear it and cites "fantasy worlds, muscle cars, zombies, and constant sleep deprivation" among its influences,

The band's name is taken from the old Nickelodeon show “Invader Zim” in which humans put up a "Hooray for Earth" flag.

Hooray For Earth will release their first full length album, True Loves, on May 10, the follow-up to last year’s Momo EP.



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Source: ABC News

Jamie Woon - Night Air

Jamie Woon is a British singer, songwriter and producer who gained widespread acclaim for his single Night Air, following his previous independent EP release, Wayfaring Stranger.

The son of a Malaysian Chinese father and a Scottish Celtic folk singer and backing artist Mae McKenna, was born and raised in New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Woon attended the BRIT School, where he graduated the year behind Amy Winehouse, whom he later supported live.

His sound and style is presently described as soul inflected vocals backed by samplers and programming, or a single guitar track. He describes his music as "... R&B, it's groove-based vocal-led music ..."

Woon's debut album is entitled Mirrorwriting and was released on 18 April 2011.



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Source: Wikipedia

Ladytron - Ace Of Hz

Ladytron is an electronic music band formed in Liverpool in the summer of 1999. The band consists out of of Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Reuben Wu and Daniel Hunt. All members are involved in songwriting, music production, remixing and (except Marnie) in DJ'ing. The band's name is taken from a song of the same name by Roxy Music.

Ladytron blends electronic pop music and some New Wave influences, along with some more experimental leanings including psychedelic elements, using an array of vintage analogue equipment to achieve their distinctive sound.

Ace Of Hz is taken from from their album The Best Of Ladytron 00-10, released on March 29th.



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Source: Wikipedia, LastFM

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