When it comes to musicians with a thorough knowledge and appreciation of cinema, Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo) are a rare breed; their celebrated musical prowess has bee
M Ward is an American singer / songwriter. Part of a wave of artists working in Portland, Oregon, he combines Americana influences with an avant garde sensibility.
M83 is, nowadays, the solo project of Anthony Gonzalez, based in Antibes, France. M83's 'Saturdays=Youth' album, their fifth, was released in April 2008 to highly positive reviews.
Over the last fifteen years the California-based workhorse has made a name for himself as a prolific hip-hop producer, rapper and DJ whilst remaining under the mainstream radar.
Bursting out of London this seven piece ska / rocksteady group blazed a trail across the 80s chart scene scoring more Top 40 single entries than any other group (apart form UB40 who shares the record)
Joan Mael Peneau, aka Maelstrom, has broken all the current trends in the breakbeat scene, establishing his party sounds in a market flooded by nu-skool, tear-out and hard-style breakbeat artists.
Not content with spearheading punk and indie ethics with the original incarnation of Buzzcocks, Howard Devoto left the group to form the incomparable Magazine.
Raised in Brighton, Marc Rigelsford is something of a folk bard, washing a pine-scented rural quality over modern electronics as if his songs were penned on the bark of a tree trunk before being force
Magik Markers are a noise rock band from Hartford, Connecticut. The members, Elisa Ambrogio, Pete Nolan and Leah Quimby started the band in their basement in 2001.
Major Lazer is the digital reggae, bastard dancehall, twisted roots lovechild of Diplo and Switch following a creative excursion to the sunny shores of Jamaica, most notably the studios of Tuff Gong.