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James Jacob AKA 'Jakwob' has seen his nascent career take off in the last few months. First coming to acclaim via some major appreciation in the blog world for his bootleg of Ellie Goulding's 'Starry Eyed' and bolstering such support with his remix of 'Under The Sheets' he's since gone on to remix the likes of Empire Of The Sun, Temper Trap and Penguin Prison and has remixes forthcoming for the likes of Audio Bullies, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip and I Blame Coco.

Inspiring excitment, awe and fuzzy feelings into every innocent stranger, Radio Star are the explosive new act born from the hills of the north east. The three esteemed gentlemen that make up Radio Star are swiftly making a name for themselves with their own synth induced, melodic, danceable, indie. Hitting the ground running, Radio Star has opened for acts as varied as TZU, My Left Boot, The Inches, The Dukes of Windsor, The Matches, Stealing O’Neal. Zack Buchanan, Jake Novak and Patrick Jovaras.

There are more than one band with the name Backlash. 1) Formed in Lidkoping, Sweden in 1998 by three talented young men, Backlash now (2k6-08) two albums and a few Eps later stands at the frontier of Swedish electronic music. The combination of Niklas' sensitive compositions, Oskar's battering sound engineering and Erik's brute force of singing creates a new hard electronic sound that few others has manage to create. Music in the borderlands of minimalistic techno and electro-pop.

Miike Snow is an electropop band from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 2007, consisting of American songwriter Andrew Wyatt and Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg. Their eponymous debut album was released in 2009 to much critical acclaim, with the lead single 'Animal' appearing on shows such as Gossip Girl.

While you may not have recognized Karlsson and Winberg by their full names, you have surely heard their work as production duo Bloodshy & Avant.