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With an unusual lineup of two cellos, an upright bass and a drummer, Matson Jones plays quirky, dark indie rock that the band has described as “orchestral art pop.” The stylish, arty Fort Collins quartet is appropriately named after an obscure reference to 20th century painters Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.

Band Members: Anna Mascorella - cello, vocals, Martina Grbac - cello, vocals, Matt Regan - upright bass, Ross Harada - drums

Los Angeles’s Mount Sims, AKA Matt Sims,
wraps together the quite disparate aspects of his life to create his
offerings to the glamour, sex, and drum machine-obsessed electro scene.

Preaching “technosexuality,” Mount Sims claims Giorgio Moroder, Depeche Mode,
and Curtis Mayfield as influences, but the artist’s penchant for public
nudity and fondness for the teachings of Eros indicate inspirations drawn
from less musical roots. Like New York’s Fischerspooner, Mount Sims plays gigs that are as much performance art as they are music shows. Mount Sims

is equally at
home droning lyrics over layers of loops and dense synth washes as he
is providing the soundtrack to a modern dance piece or avant-now
fashion show.

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With Becoming X, Sneaker Pimps changed the course of American pop music. Five years later, Sneaker Pimps founder Chris Corner aka I AM X embarks on a solo journey to showcase his exceptional production and songwriting talent. Kiss + Swallow is really all about songs: dark, futuristic ones expressed in an electronic environment. From “Kiss and Swallow”, an upbeat radio anthem, to the 80’s influenced “Heatwave” or the end of days “White Suburb Impressionism”, the album swings moods flawlessly and captures the listener. This is an electro-pop masterpiece, owing as much to the contemporary electronic productions of Berlin and Detroit as to the pop of Prince or Cabaret Voltaire. Chris Corner’s voice is the unifying thread, at times similar to the howlings of Cabaret Voltaire, always with the emotional clarity of Curtis Mayfield.

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