GANZ NACKISCH (myspace)
A powerful combination of female vocals and tube heated beats. Catchy choruses and distorted synthesizers complement each other nicely. Together, these ingredients form a solid base, on which all the outboard gear of the 60′s and 70′s is used and abused. The music is quite modern, but one can hear references to artists like Giorgio Moroder, Jermaine Stewart, Amanda Lear and Devo.
RENKAS (myspace)
A neo-romantic from Kiev (Ukraine). His “voyage disco” filled with catchy melodies, is sometimes truly unconventional, which results in some interesting developments within the songs. However, a sense of serious melancholy remains. The dancefloor is quickly transformed into an emotional place. Renkas’ music may remind you of obscure disco tracks from a winter in the late 70′s. Renkas is part of an upcoming scene together with artists like Washed Out, Neon Indian, Palmbomen and James Pants.
THE BENELUX (facebook) (myspace)
Four musicians with a vintage sound. This unity plays rock solid live sets due to their healthy amount of stage experience. Their danceable and energetic songs will surely get the audience moving. Tracks with a clear buildup, a beginning and an end. This band is good on a record, but their live show is even better. The Benelux will release some original tracks, but remixes will also be available.
PALMBOMEN (facebook) (myspace)
Palmbomen is a live act with a lot of stage presence. The psychedelic jungle sounds and low pitched drums are once again colored by old desolated studio equipment. Palmbomen is surrounded by synthesizers and a lightshow and has a very recognizable voice, which completes the poppy songs very well. When you listen to this music, images of Vietnamese rainforests and the Amazon will haunt your mind.
BEAR (facebook) (myspace)
Full sounding electro filled with pop music cliches, that are marinated, toasted and burned before they end up in the track again. Song structures stay very obvious though, thanks to the clearly understandable lyrics. These lyrics are always generated at decadent locations without any soul; the Paris Hilton environments of this world. Most of our favorite pop stars get their inspiration there too.
HYPERHYPER (facebook) (myspace)
HyperHyper grew up in Hilversum, in the middle of the Dutch TV industry. He has an inexhaustible love for the 90′s, and his studio solely consists of equipment from this shiny decade. All of his sounds are typically from that era, but HyperHyper’s compositions have a deeper feel to it. Maybe to analyze the emptiness that took place, because only Holland knows what the 90′s really were like.
MARIUS (myspace)
Marius’ carefully designed music, is completely planned, right down to the millimeter. Warm sounds that might have been sampled or synthesized, the perfectionism is quite obvious. Sometimes his compositions remind you of films like “The Man with the Golden Gun”, or tropical scenes from “Goldfinger”. Marius’ tracks might be deep, but also very danceable.
DALLAS (myspace)
A raw version of flamboyant 80′s dynasty disco with boas, make up, string ensembles and backing vocalists. Dallas always puts on a show. Imagine some “Sophie Ellis Bextor on ketamine”-like disco scene. This London singer will record an EP very soon. If this man walks upon your stage, you can expect the whole Studio 54 feeling back in a few seconds, and there will never be enough disco balls (and bad coke).
KRISTINE (myspace)
Bear’s ex girlfriend. She is a female producer from the USA. Kristine resides in Culver City, Los Angeles, where she has inherited a studio at the Santa Monica beach. Kristine produces hard hitting electro house, which she also prominently spins in her DJ sets.
