French Artists @ SXSW

Antipop Consortium is an alternative hip hop group that released several singles and two albums before being signed by Warp Records in 2000. The group formed in 1997 when Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize met at a poetry slam in New York City. The group disbanded due to creative differences in August 2002, and  they have recently reformed and are now signed by Big Dada.

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Big Dada
Zoobook-agency
Contact: florian@zoobook-agency.com

BINARY AUDIO MISFITS is the fruit of a musical meeting on MySpace between  two highly original genres from different worlds. In Fall 2007, after discovering them on myspace, the French rock group Expérience invited the Texan rap collective The Word Association to sing on one of their tracks. The result was so exciting that they decided to continue the collaboration with the recording of  Expérience's fourth album at Steve Albini's Electrical Studio, Chicago in 2007.  Over the year, they continue to write songs over the internet and were invited for a residency and a gig in 2009 at the french venue La Cartonnerie, in Reims (France).

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Platinum rds
Les disques Alienor
Contact: cloupmichel@gmail.com

Brisa Roché, born in California, made a name for herself as a sultry indie songstress while she lived in France in the early 2000s to follow a career as a jazz vocalist. The music industry took notice of Roché (she gained quite a following at her Paris gigs), and she was signed to Blue Note in 2005. Her debut full-length, a retro-loungey indie pop affair called The Chase, was released the following year. She released a second album in 2007 called Takes.

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Contact: Thomas Jamois

Whether remixing for the Klaxons, Peaches, or Ebony Bones, the tech-house DJ/producer Brodinski represents the new wave of French electro; altogether bawdy, brutal and sensual. With his bass-heavy house and glitchy techno, he brings on the new French electronic dynamism.

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Turbo Recordings
Savoir Faire
Contact: antoine.kraft@gmail.com

Two sublime voices that seem made to blend together, an acoustic guitar bursting forth with powerful arpeggios, poignant keyboards, and even a catchy ukulele from time to time. Since late 2006, Mark and Morgan have been on tour with over 200 concerts to their credit. Cocoon have gained a stellar reputation with their wonderful debut album "My friends all died in a plane crash", but also as a live band whose chops have been built on the roads of France and Europe, from smaller clubs to the most prestigious venues. With a gold record, the group has won in the recent months recognition and undeniable maturity which  make them a reference in the French musical landscape. In September 2009, the band released a live album "Back to Panda Mountains". The group has performed in the United States for a tour which included dates in New York, Chicago, Washington and Ooh La La Festival in Los Angeles by echoing the release of their album in the U.S. by Minty Fresh in April 2009.
© Christophe McPherson

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Minty Fresh
Sober & Gentle
Contact: anne@seduceanddestroy.biz

Former member of alternative rock band The Servants, Dan Black is now a British electronic solo artist who is currently signed to Universal, releasing his first two singles Alone and Yours in 2008. He gained a lot of notoriety with HYPNTZ, a mashup of notorious B.I.G.'s Hypnotize and Rihanna's Umbrella. He gained further popularity in 2009 when album track "U + Me=" was chosen as the UK iTunes Store's Free Single of the Week.

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The Hours
AZ
Contact: ferdy@septembermanagement.com

Well-known for their hardcore hybrid of glam rock and electro propelled by a driving punk sound,  Dead Sexy Inc. started in Hollywood in 2003, where the French three piece got picked up by Cleopatra Records, Larry Tee and few others key techno rock icons. After releasing "Break Me" in the US, Germany, France, the band went on intense touring in more than 20 countries such as in the US, Europe and Asia Their last album, Kamikaze (2007) was recorded between L.A., New York and Paris and the band played in several international festivals such as CMJ NY, SXSW Austin,. Their remixes of such artists as Marylin Manson, Indochine and Nun have garnered much attention in both the U.S and Europe. In 2010, the band will appear at CMW (Toronto), SXSW Austin, Antofagasta Festival in Chili, and new shows with Indochine in the spring. Relocated between Berlin and Paris, Dead Sexy Inc. will aim for a new album in winter 2010.

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Enrage Prod
Contact: emhb43@club-internet.fr

Xavier Thomas, known by his production moniker of Débruit, is a producer, DJ, instrumentalist and vocalist from Paris, France. He has been playing saxophone since the age of 9. Debruit's sound  is a melting pot of Hiphop, Dubstep, African rhythms, and Middle Eastern vibes.  His energetic and impressive live show has been throughout the UK, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Russia and he's been tearing up the festival circuit alongside Afrika Bambaataa, Anti Pop Consortium, Rusko, Untold, and Kid Cudi.  In 2008, he released a LP called "Coupé Décalé" on the label Musique Large.  Mixing twisting flamenco guitars, field recordings, and just about any sound he can get his hands on, into his electro hip-hop noise, it is truly unique.  His last EP "Clé De Bras" was released in March 2009 and he also recorded as part of his hip-house project called Kéèclac.

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Musique large
Civil music
Contact: mark@civilmusic.com

Electric Electric, Formed in 2004, Electric Electric is a hyper-energetic three-piece band who lures us into a spastic frenzy with their entirely new strain of instrumental music, based on a minimalistic, mechanical and apocalyptic rock.  Heavily infuenced by the sounds of the Skingraft label and bands that combine noise-rock and explosive performances on stage, Electric Electric has refined an aesthetic sense of repetition, minimalism, and most of all, dance music.  Some would say their music fits right between Donna Summer and Sunn-O.

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Herzfeld
Summery agency
Contact: paul@summery-agency.com

General Elektriks is the brainchild of Hervé 'RV' Salters. A French national, and a keen vintage keyboard player, Salters was playing keys for his bands and for various artists in Paris (Femi Kuti, DJ Mehdi…) before he moved to the US in 1999. After "Cliquety Kliqk", Salters returned with a second opus "Good city for dreamers" (2008)  which  breaks genre barriers by mixing psychedelia, soul, old-school pop,  sampling, indie rock, hip hop and free jazz.

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Quannum
Discograph
3ctour
Contact: guillaume.bourreau@3ctour.com

Ghinzu is a pop/rock band founded in 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. The band released its first album, Electronic Jacuzzi in late 2000 on their own label Dragoon. Their sound is a based on noise rock, supported by a big and groovy rhythmic and some electronic touches, their second LP, Blow, was released in February 2004 and was especially a success in Belgium and France with sold-out concerts. In 2006, the band wrote and recorded the soundtrack for the movie Irina Palm (directed by Sam Garbarski and starring Marianne Faithfull). The third album, entitled Mirror Mirror, was released on March 30th 2009 in Europe. The record takes a more operatic rock approach. Ghinzu has played with well-known bands such as Iggy & The Stooges and with Placebo for their 2009 European tour.

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Barclay
Contact: david.weiszfeld@umusic.com

From "workaholic Grammy-nominated arranger/producer" (for the Feist albums) to, "melancholic piano virtuoso", Gonzales has been embraced by Europe, partly for the ability to cross musical boundaries from hip hop to classical. Last but not least, in 2009, Gonzales became the "Guinness World Record" holder for the longest solo concert, after playing 300 songs over 27 hours.

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Arts And Crafts
Contact: chris@arts-crafts.ca

27 year old Regis Israel, aka Green Shape has been recently signed to the label Sober & Gentle (Hey Hey My My, Cocoon, Kid Bombardos). With Mark Daumail, singer-songwriter of Cocoon, as creative director, he just released an eponymous album in 2010. With his soft voice and ghostly folk pop songs, he sings of lost love, heartbreak, and dark family sagas.

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Sober & Gentle
Contact: anne@seduceanddestroy.biz

Hifiklub is a self-described "open trio": three individuals who share their music with the artists who inspire them; from James Chance to R Stevie Moore, via Alain Johannes or Steven Bernstein. A very "open" trio therefore, and who practice a kind of "DIY." Yes, DIY, like those New York trailblazers who, one fine evening in 1974, stole a stage reserved for Country, Bluegrass, Blues and OMFUG. Now you are starting to catch on.
& Olivier Amsellem

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Le son du maquis
Contact: ppa@maquismusic.com
Summery agency
Contact: paul@summery-agency.com

Formed in the suburbs of Paris in 2006, King of Conspiracy is an alternative/ post Punk trio. With their first album "Noisy sounds and heartbeats" (2007) and their EP "We'll see if the arrogant last" (2009), the band has been touring extensively for 3 years in Japanese, French and British venues and Festivals (City Festival, the Foxfest, the Underworld, The Great Escape Festival). With concerts at SXSW and in New York, a support of Blood Red Shoes in April in France, a European tour in May and the release of their new album in the summer 2010, it will be a busy year for the band. They have already released an album called" Noisy sounds and heartbeats", 2 EPs.

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Contact: kingofconspiracy@hotmail.com

As a juke box, possessed by the soul of rock'n roll, l'Orchidée d'Hawaï evokes a crazy road trip to the corners of the world. A furious soundwave whips the coasts of Mexico, Japan, Italy, and Greece, through clouds of reverb and smashes of vibrato. L'Orchidée d'Hawaï sings in Polish, Spanish, English and Italian. The second LP, "Nobody Beats Me" (2008) continues the adventure initiated by the album "Gold" (2007). Added to this discography, 5 EP's have been released on labels such as "K Records" (USA), "Larsen records" and "Wiped Out" (France). Since 2006, l'Orchidée d'Hawaï have played more than 200 shows including two US tours in 2008 (with Kimya Dawson and Karl Blau).

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Larsen records
Contact: hawaiorchid@hotmail.com

Alhough the video from their smashing first single "Baby Baby Baby" is just topping a breathtaking 10 million worldwide internet viewings (Daily Motion, YouTube), the sizzling hot electro duo Make The Girl Dance is about to launch into orbit their second lethal weapon "Kill Me". A fresh and catchy electro-pop tune, euphoric and heady side effects guaranteed with an already ecstatic response from clubs and radio. With their very own versions of "KILL ME", the crème de la crème of the trendy new electro scene (Toxic Avenger, Vektorkat, We Are Enfant Terrible, Audrey Katz) set the fashion. Make The Girl Dance has also made some music video history. The main idea was quite simple: what would you do if you only have 8 days to live? Because their "Baby" grossed a worthy $30.000, they went to the USA and blew this amount of money in a top notch 8 days. With "KILL ME", Make The Girl Dance promises a next exciting second world tour of the best international scenes.

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Press release  and video
Roy Music
Contact: tastet.christophe@gmail.com

Tucson, Arizona chanteuse Marianne Dissard released her first album, "L'Entredeux", in 2008. Between Chanson and Americana, "L'Entredeux" was produced and co-written by Calexico's Joey Burns. The French-language album won a prestigious 2009 "Coup de Coeur" prize from Académie Charles Cros (France) and was voted in the Top 10 French albums of the decade by a jury of Francophile bloggers. Following the album release, Marianne toured Europe, North America and New Zealand for 15 months, with her Tucson bandmates, including Sergio Mendoza (Y La Orkesta, Calexico), Brian Lopez (Mostly Bears), Olivier Samouillan, Rob Hecht, Naïm Amor and Andrew Collberg. Named one of "50 French People That Matter" in magazine France-Amérique, Marianne is recording her second album, "L'Abandon", in the spring 2010, with Sergio Mendoza (Y La Orkesta, Calexico), Thøger Lund (Giant Sand), Brian Lopez (Mostly Bears) and special guests at the studio of producer Jim Waters (Jon Spencer, Little Rabbits).

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Discograph
Contact: mariannedissard@gmail.com (label Trop Exprés)

"An inventive, melodic guitarist with a warm and expressive singing voice; flashes of Jansch, Perrett, and Dylan; conjuring long languid afternoons and melancholy drawn-out nights in distant cities." Rock'n'Reel, UK. For many years, Scottish singer-songwriter Mark Mulholland has been constantly playing and touring throughout Europe and North America, both solo and with various bands including Two Dollar Bash, with whom he has recorded 3 albums, and who showcased the last 3 years at SXSW. Mark's solo CD "The Devil on the Stairs" has been released by UK label Troubadour to critical acclaim, and he is now putting the finishing touches to the follow-up album. He is also active as a session player, who has recorded with Nikki Sudden, Captain Sensible, Phil Shoenfelt and many others. A versatile and accomplished musician and singer, his songs have been covered by numerous artists in Europe and America. Currently based in Berlin and Paris, where he is a very active member of the vibrant music scenes in both cities, Mark is a partner in Berlin label Cannery Row Records, and associated publishing company Palace Flophouse Music, and is representing the firm at SXSW as part of the Berlin Music Commission delegation. (Stand Nr. 509 / 511 / 513)

Sexy pop collides with urban swagger & electronic dance sensibilities in Onili's contagious music offerings. Performing live alongside the killer Barak Kram on drums, she leads her show through microphones, samplers & effects. Splitting her life between Paris and Tel-Aviv, she has developed a unique identity via a wide range of experiences gathered across the map. Be it rocking bands, sweaty clubs or festival stages sharing her explosive talent through the years with diverse studio partners (Superman Lovers, Soulico, Kutiman, Borgore), her true time to shine is yet ahead. In the past 6 months she has released her "First Kiss" EP in France & a 4th radio single in Israel, preparing the final touches for the breakthrough – the release of her debut album and in Israel and EP of dance floor remixes on Botanika records (UK).

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Roy Music
Contact: iwantyou@onili.com

Papier Tigre is an inventive 3 piece rock band comprising of Eric Pasquereau (guitar/vocals), Arthur de la Grandiere (guitar), and Pierre-Antoine Parois (drums). The band have already released two albums, 2006's Papier Tigre and 2008's 'The Beginning And End Of Now'. But above all, PAPIER TIGRE is an impressive live act and a somehow tireless touring band: in less than 4 years they have already played more than 300 shows (and counting) in 15 different countries including in Europe, China and Japan.
© Xavier Mora

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Collectif Effervescence
Contact: papiertigreband@gmail.com

Since the band started in 2002, Praktisch and Slush have ceaselessly honed their sound between production and live sets. These two sidekicks, who have also been involved in BEE Records for ten years, draw their inspiration from various influences in order to create their own world of break-beat, techno and electro. The sensational duo has already created four critically acclaimed EPs and an LP. Now they are back at last with a stunning new EP as a prelude to their second LP in autumn 2010. Now in North America for the third time, they will be performing at the Canadian Music Week in Toronto and the SXSW in Austin.

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Bee Records
Contact: Elisa - promo2@beerecords.com / aimezvousben@free.fr

Sébastien Schuller is a classically trained percussionist who has become an accomplished and eclectic multi-instrumentalist over the years, composing and interpreting his own work. Enhancing sounds of acoustic and natural resonance with touches of electronic music, his first album "Happiness" (2005) balances tantric instrumentals with tinges of pop and shows above all a love for pure sound and melodies. His last album "Evenfall" was released in 2009 with the same impressive touch of melodic purity, pictured with a new diversity of landscapes.He is currently living Philadelphia.

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Unsigned
Contact: juan.tamayo@chrysalis.fr

She's A Boy was created in 2008 in a night club when the four musicians failed to impress the girl they were chasing. Except the girl was a he : she's a boy was born from their misadventure. The manager of Cage The Elephant decided to take them under his wing - they were then contacted by sound engineer and producer Steve Fitzmaurice, who has worked with U2, Depeche Mode, Kate Nash, and Tears for Fears. Yet, the four men/vagabonds who travel between London, Paris, New York and Irkoutsk, keep their feet on the ground. They know the dream might end at once. Meanwhile they sleep on their guitars, leaving no room in their bed. Do you wanna try?

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Emergence Music
Contact: camille@emergence-music.com

French trio SHINE formed in 2003 when songwriter Guillaume Simon, rock and jazz instrumentalist Laurent Houdard, and guitarist/sound engineer Antoine Delecroix brought together their different styles of music including electronic, rock, jazz, and pop. After their first album "One day" received airplay in both the U.S. and Europe, their second album "The Common Station" resonated with audiences and critics worldwide. SHINE's commanding live presence in undeniable. In 2008, the band toured with Morcheeba in Europe and have recently released a unique EP with the legendary Terry Reid. The band will perform in the USA for the very first time this year. The American audience has been able to discover their music on many indie radios all over the country and on TV shows like Ugly Betty. Members from the live configuration, Julie Gomel (vocals) and Bendja (drums) are working together on the new album, due in early 2010.

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Artist website
Tubes ‡ Essais
Contact: guillaume@shine-music.net

The career of pop singer Sliimy started in 2005 when he won a singing contest performing Otis Redding's "Sittin' On" and began to collaborate with the producer Feed. They began posting tracks on Sliimy's MySpace page in 2007. These tracks included a radically reworked cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer," which became an Internet hit. Blogger Perez Hilton distinguished them as the first artists to sign with his label, Perezicious Music. Sliimy's debut album, Paint Your Face, appeared in fall 2009.

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Warner Music
Contact: antoine.gouiffes-yan@warnermusic.com

Soko (born Stéphanie Sokolinski) is a pop French singer. She got her start in music in 2007 and 2008 with her single "I'll kill her" which became a hit song in several countries including Denmark, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Australia. Despite having recorded a double album in Seattle, she is not yet ready to release a full album. Nevertheless, she had sold out concerts in Denmark and performed in famous Australian festivals (Falls Festival, Southbound Festival, and Sunset Sounds Festival). In 2010, she will play for the second time at SXSW.

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The Agency
Contact: gregoire@rightback.fr

StereoHeroes, formed in 2008 in France, is the meeting of all "hands up" electronic musics. While finishing their second world tour they already been picked up by several labels (Citizen in France, Dim Mak and OM records in the USA...) and TV shows like "So You Think You Can Dance" on Fox TV. With more than 40 tracks and hundreds of gigs in 2 years there are no longer France's best kept secret- but definitely fighting with the best to save the dance floors of the world.

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Boxon Records
Contact: stereoheroes@gmail.com / ziggy@boxonrecords.com

Five men and one woman that makes twelve bewitched hands putting a spell on you, pop lovers! With incendiary choruses, psychotropic beats and catchy melodies, The Bewitched Hands compose the kind of tunes that may go straight into your Top 5 of rainbow coloured popsongs. Showcased at many of the largest festivals in France (Transmusicales, Printemps de Bourges, Eurockéennes...), they are about to tour in the US around SXSW, in the UK in May, and in Europe for summer festivals this year.

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Savoir Faire
Contact: alexandra.pilz.hayot@savoirfairecie.com

The trio consists of Morpheus, iconic singer of Minimal Compact, Axel Basquiat, and Vincent Tremel. "Priceless Echoes" is the latest release of The Penelopes; it is a singular album, a slow harmonic ingestion, sensual and modern rock with a powerful foundation. Epic pop, punk-funk and vengeful rhythms cloak each song: from the hypnotic encephalogram of The Heat Goes On through the psychedelic Long Black Fly, and the infamous cover of Sabotage, from the Beastie Boys, we are dealing with a musically assured album.

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Le Plan
Citizen Records
Contact: elise@citizen-records.com

Defining his style as " Emotronic / Christian Rap / Thrash", Simon DeLacroix, the mastermind behind Toxic Avenger, developed a noisy, scratchy and heavily saturated sound, but keeping a melodic line that sometimes recalls Ed Banger and other French house groups. The Toxic Avenger gained popularity thanks to the two dancefloor killers Saloperie De Minimale and Superheroes. His debut EP was released in September 2007 on the Iheartcomix label. The Toxic Avenger has also made his mark throughout numerous remixes notably for The Secret Handshake and Dragonette.

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Iheartcomix
Contact: Trevor@iheartcomix.com

The Experimental Tropic Blues Band is a wild, powerful and crazy rock and roll trio coming from Belgium. Since the inception of the band in 2001, they have played hundreds of shows in every corner of Europe and recently released their second LP (through JauneOrange/Dixiefrog), the wild and uncompromising Captain Boogie! They already shared the stage with acts like The cramps, Bob Log III, Heavy trash, André Williams, The Soledad Brothers, Jay Reatard & many more !

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Jaune Orange
Dixiefrog
Contact: jf@collectifjauneorange.net // dixiefrog.david@orange.fr

Jazzy Chilean hip hop with sophisticated lyrics and hypnotic beats.  Ana Tijoux is often regarded as one of the leading female MCs in Latin America. She was born in France to a French mother and a Chilean father in political exile during Pinochet's dictatorship. After the return to democracy in Chile, Tijoux moved to her father's land. She found a home in the emerging hip-hop scene of Santiago and first started rhyming in French then later in Spanish. In recent years, Tijoux has been featured on hits by Mexican rock star Julieta Venegas, Mexican hip hop icons Control Machete and Chilean beat master DJ Bitman. She has also been nominated by the MTV Latin America Music Video Awards for "Best  New Artist" and "Best Urban Artist."

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U.S. debut album out April 2010
Watch "1977"
Watch "A Veces"
Nacional Records
Cookman
Contact : jennifer.sarkissian@cookman.com

Anna-Catherine Hartley, better known by her stage name Uffie, is an American-born, Hong Kong-raised, Paris-based rapper, vocalist, entertainer and lyricist. She incorporates the genres of synthpop, electronica, hip hop, and rap and into her music, and often works with well-known artists such as DJ Feadz and Mr. Oizo. She gained popularity with her singles "Pop the Glock", "First Love" and "Hot Chick" and for her collaboration with her fellow label-mates Justice on the single "Tthhee Ppaarrttyy". While she just released the EP MC's Can Kiss in February 2010, her debut album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans will be released this spring.

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Ed Banger Records
Contact: gregoire@rightback.fr