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Nouvelle Vague

Three different groups have performed under the name Nouvelle Vague: Nouvelle Vague (France) is a project created by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and a number of female singers, including Camille, Alexandra Pavlou of Spring and Suburbia, Mélanie Pain, Marina Céleste & Phoebe Killdeer of Phoebe Killdeer and the Short Straws. The group's albums consist in bossa nova fashioned covers of (primarily) new wave songs (hence the name "Nouvelle Vague"). The covers include songs by Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd.

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Busy P

A full decade after the release of 'Homework', and 8 years after Oizo broke through, Busy P (Pedro Winter) is the head of one of the most exciting record labels in the business. But for 11 years (and counting) Busy P has been handling Ed Banger and Headbanger, his management/media company. Oddly though, Busy explained that the method behind starting Ed Banger Records was fairly straightforward. "I had no plan when I created Ed Banger records," he told us, "I just wanted to share what I've learnt with Daft Punk.

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Pigeon

1. Los Angeles Experimental Hardcore band (active 2006)
2. New Jersey Pop-Punk band (active 2011-present)
3. Electro-Pop artist from Brisbane, Australia (2010-Present)
4. Solo Shoegaze artist, Chicago (2011-???) 1. is a Experimental, Thrash, Noise Punk band hailing from Los Angeles California named after the dirtiest birds in the city. Formed for a short period of 2006 they quickly expanded on their belief audiences should still have fear in seeing a punk show and there is nowhere safe at a punk show.

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Demonium

There are at least 4 artists using the name "Demonium": 1) Black/Death Metal band from FRANCE
2) A Heavy Metal/Power Metal band from Vaduz, Liechtenstein
3) A Black Metal band from Eksjö, Sweden
4) A Death Metal (Black Metal in early days) from Ukraine
1) Black / Death Metal band from FRANCE ... contain members of HAEMOTH 2)
Demonium is a Heavy Metal/Power Metal band from Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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Alan Braxe

"The name ALAN BRAXE is synonymous with the development of the French music scene. He stands out as a pioneer of electronic music, due to a unique ability to put melody over mass and his sound is the very embodiment of the mythical “French Touch”. The story of Braxe’s journey to heralded international producer/ DJ and the birth of his acclaimed Label “Vulture Music”, are very much entwined by their history and ideals. 1997 “Vertigo” is released on the legendary label, Roulé.

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Yelle

Yelle (a feminised acronym of YEL, "You enjoy life") is Julie Budet, a French singer from the town of Saint-Brieuc, France, who started performing in 2005. She rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC. With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Yelle has recorded a debut album Pop-Up, after her hit single "Je Veux Te Voir" (a finalised version of "Short Dick Cuizi"). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers' 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV.

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Sébastien Tellier

Sébastien Tellier is an exceptional, highly personal & intimate artist echoing such other one-offs as Robert Wyatt, Syd Barrett or Serge Gainsbourg. His first LP, L'incroyable vérité (The Incredible Truth) (2001), was a fantastical pop album, which careered from lo-fi electronica to bizarre cabaret tunes. Its sleeve featured Tellier in full evening dress on the front, while the back of jacket had a shot of him cavorting in some playboy’s pool. He instructed listeners to only listen to the album by candle light and won a tight band of adherents, who fell for his lush, humorous compositions.

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Exhaustion

A crust influenced punk-hardcore band from Caen (France) with members of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Amanda+Woodward" class="bbcode_artist">Amanda Woodward</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Karysun" class="bbcode_artist">Karysun</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Zombies+Are+Pissed!" class="bbcode_artist">Zombies Are Pissed!</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Soar" class="bbcode_artist">Soar</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fuaim+Catha" class="bbcode_artist">Fuaim Catha</a>. <a href="http://www.stateofexhaustion.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stateofexhaustion.org/</a>

Jamaica

Jamaica, formerly known as Poney Poney is Antoine Hilaire and Flo Lyonnet. These guys are dropping new tracks with Justice's Xavier de Rosnay and Daft Punk sound Engineer Peter Franco on the production. Their first single was "I Think I Like U 2". The second song they released was "Short and Entertaining", which was featured on the 9th installment of the Kitsuné Maison Compilation series. Their debut "No Problem" is out due August 23. http://www.myspace.com/ithinkilikejamaica

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