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Aquilo – I Gave It All

Aquilo is a young (18 and 19 years old) duo from the Lake District. After their first eponym EP released 6 months ago, they just unveiled “I Gave It All”, a beautiful ballad which has already been highly praised by the blogosphere since its release. Our turn to introduce this promising duo, and tell you …

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Cliché – Cliché EP

Cliché is a 5-piece band from Bordeaux, France. Unlike some famous French bands we’re talking about, they are singing in French, and are influenced by artists such as Air, Serge Gainsbourg and Alain Bashung. It seems like more and more bands are deciding to sing in French and pay tribute to these artists…(for example, Paradis …

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Interview #23: Moullinex

 ENGLISH VERSION BELOW Salut Luis, comment vas-tu? D’où-nous parles-tu? Salut à tous! Je vais très bien, je sur le point de quitter Barcelone. Moi et le groupe avons joué ici hier soir, au Razzmatazz!   Quand et comment est né le projet Moullinex? Il a commencé vers 2007, déjà. Après avoir eu quelques projets électroniques expérimentaux, …

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Sauvage – Vendredi

Sauvage is an upcoming French band, already featured on the famous compilations Kitsuné, Seriously Eric, Novorama… They’re now ready to release their debut EP, “Jadis”. It was produced by Pierrick Devin, who worked with the likes of Lilly Wood & The Prick, Cassius, Alex Gopher… Sauvage is a duo: Pierre-Alain, influenced by electro and artists …

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DBFC – Leave My Room

DBFC is not a band, its a club. This is how the mysterious band DBFC are introducing themselves. It’s actually the new project of Dombrance (who previously released “The Witch” on Kitsuné) and David Shaw. They’re joined by Guillaume Rossel and Antoine Reininger. After posting teasers of their songs, they finally unveiled the full version of …

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Hugh – One Of These Days

London based band Hugh announced earlier this month their 2nd EP, “One Of These Days”, and revealed the title track. I didn’t know them before, but I instantly loved that song – and you probably will, too. Hugh is Andy Highmore on production/keys, Tino Kolarides on guitars and Joshua Idehen/Izzy Brooks on vocals. It’s hard …

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Pink Gloves – Fading stars

You may discovered the label Opening Light this summer with their first compilation, featuring Employee of the Year, Besnine, Portland… They’re now releasing a new single from Pink Gloves, aka Petr Pliska from Prague. His debut song is called “Fading Stars”: it’s clearly under 80s electro pop influences. There’s a bit of melancolia in the lyrics, …

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