Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. History Vampire Weekend's name is derived from lead singer Ezra Koenig's amateur film of the same name.[1] The band gained attention via a variety of blogs, such as Stereogum.[2] The band c

Bright, Playful, Pop, Quirky

Lauded by Details Magazine as "the metal machine music of Lou Reed's nightmares," Future Sound of London bridges the gap between the driving beats of techno and the pleasant waves of orchestral ambient music. Out from the trashbin of mid-'90s techno, the group's sound has emerged without a smudge.

Ambient, Citational, Dreamy, Hi-tech, Hypnotic, Layered, Techno/house/big beat

Kraftwerk's reclusiveness is notorious. They've turned down all offers to work with big names-- not David Bowie, not Elton John, nor Michael Jackson neither. They've never re-mixed the work of another artist. They hold the reins over production tightly, to the point of self-management. They haven't e

Hypnotic, Industrial, Kinetic, Machinistic, Pioneering

Choichun Leung left Wales to pursue a degree in metal-smithing at Loughborough college of Art and Design in the UK, after which she studied Buddhist iconography in both Beijing and the Yangkung caves in China's Shanxi province. In 1988 she moved to London where she studied under the Ray Man Chinese

Abstract, Complex, Urban