electronica

M83 is the electronic music project of the French artist Anthony Gonzalez. He and former member Nicolas Fromageau founded the group in 2001 in Antibes, France. M83's style owes a lot to the shoegaze genre, in that there is much emphasis on tonality, extensive use of reverb effects and often softly-spoken lyrics at times submerged in instrumentation. M83 was named after the spiral galaxy "Messier 83".

Since New Year's eve in 2003, when Nadja Lind started her career, the disarming djane has been touring through the continent with stops in almost every country in Europe, namely the Streetparade in Zurich/Switzerland 2005, Space Ibiza World Tour in Soelden 2007 numerous gigs in Italy (Blue Room Rome, Tuyo Club Torino...), Germany (Sage Club Berlin, Monza Club FFM, Mannheim, Munich, Rostock, Freiburg...), Austria, Spain etc. Her profession even led her to India, where she was doing several gigs in 2004 (Delhi, Hyderabad...) and then again in 2005 (Delhi, Noida, Jaipur...).

From the days of Breakbeat's origins, FreQ Nasty established himself as one of the scene's pioneers, producing many of the genre's defining moments. As Breakbeat came into its own, FreQ Nasty's tunes remained ahead of the pack. His music is on the cutting edge of the FutureStep Movement, a chaotic loose assemblage of sonic renegades, steeped in the traditions of Breaks, Dubstep, Rock, Ragga, Grime and Funk, chopping in and out of slow-motion, Halfstep beats.

SEEKAE is a three piece experimental electronica outfit formed in Sydney, Australia, by high school friends George Nicholas, John Hassell and Alex Cameron in 2006. Collectively, the band uses a number of instruments including drum machines, synths, samplers, melodicas, guitars, glockenspiels and even spoons. The band's style sifts through ambient electronica and glitchy hip hop, expanding on the sounds of Xela, Boards of Canada and Telefon Tel Aviv, via the pop affability of Hot Chip or Hudson Mohawke.