WhoMadeWho - The Plot [2009]

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WhoMadeWho (or Who Made Who) are a Danish musical three-piece consisting of Tomas Hoefding (Bass/Vocal), Jeppe Kjellberg (Guitar/Vocal) and Tomas Barfod (Drums). WhoMadeWho's sound has been described as "lean, yet lush and moving crisply through continents of stylistic territory." Besides a number of 12" singles and remixes for other artists, the band's first full release was their self-titled debut, WhoMadeWho. The majority of the tracks from this album were later reworked into acoustic form on what would become their second record, Green Versions.

The band notably covered the popular Benny Benassi song "Satisfaction" on their first album and subsequent live performances. WhoMadeWho's track "Space For Rent" was performed live by Queens of the Stone Age member Josh Homme's side-project, the Fififf Teeners in their only live performance to date, a fact the band acknowledge on their MySpace. WhoMadeWho gained further popularity when they headlined the Benicàssim festival in 2007 after a delay caused former headliners, the Klaxons, to arrive too late to play their set.

Montee - Isle Of Now [2009]

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Montée is a new band including Anders Tjore, Maya Vik and Erlend Mokkelbost, people with musical backgrounds as diverse as orchestral pop and energetic punk. Together they set out to create something without roots in past projects, and their debut album ”Isle Of Now” displays a progressive take on both contemporary and timeless popmusic. The result is a steady beat and an fearless mission to move both musiclovers and dancefloors.

Boy In Static - Candy Cigarette [2009]

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Boy In Static is a band currently based in San Francisco, California, composed of Alexander Chen and Kenji Ross. The first Boy In Static album Newborn was released in 2004 on small label Alien Transistor (founded by The Notwist member Markus Acher). Mush Records released the second album Violet in 2007. Boy In Static has toured internationally with bands such as 13 & God, Freezepop, and Lymbyc Systym.

Chen's recording career began when he sent a demo to Markus Acher (of popular electronic-pop German band The Notwist), who had recently started his own record label Alien Transistor. A few months later, he received an email from Acher. They met at a The Notwist show in Boston. They decided to release his debut album. Chen mastered the album at Abbey Road studios and it was released in 2004.

In 2005, Boy In Static supported 13 & God (a collective group composed of The Notwist and Anticon group Themselves), opening for their European and US tours. For their Irving Plaza show, The New York Times described Boy In Static: "Boy in Static, the opening band, set up the night's introspective tone ... set up minimalistic patterns and sang about moments with "nothing left to say." Amid the echoes of 1980's bands like New Order, Mr. Chen revealed a strong sense of melody and his own blend of diffidence, longing and tenacity."

Boy In Static's second album Violet was released in May 2007 on Mush Records. It was described in press as "An impressive one-man symphony (The Boston Globe)"
and "[ballads] of electronic snaps and true dream-pop vocals (URB Magazine)." Many magazines noted its influences by 90's shoegaze bands such as Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, with its "Loveless fascination (Remix Magazine)."

In 2007 and 2008, Boy In Static toured with the band Freezepop. Both Chen and Ross also performed as members of Freezepop on this tour.

All Music Guide lists some contemporary comparisons as The Postal Service and Mobius Band.

The Invisible - The Invisible [2009]

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Towards the end of 2006, three friends – Dave Okumu (Jade Fox, Matthew Herbert), Tom Herbert (Jade Fox, Polar Bear) and Leo Taylor (Gramme, Zongamin, Matthew Herbert) – started work on what was initially intended as Dave’s solo project. An exciting, beautiful album gradually emerged and during the process of its creation the three Londoners fused into a fully-fledged trio; The Invisible was born.

Battant - No Head [2009]

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BATTANT are Chloé, Tim and Joel. They formed in East London in 2005, and have played alongside Primal Scream, Two Lone Swordsmen, Ladytron, ADULT. and Nitzer Ebb. The sound is guitar tinged tech-electro chopped up with staccato vocals over pop sensibilities.