Audio Drums

If you took Empire of the Sun and smashed them with Passion Pit, you have a track like “Goth Star”.  PicturePlane (aka Travis Egedy) samples  Fleetwood Mac’s (“Seven Wonders“) and makes a delightful moving piece of electronic pop candy.

Bio:

Pictureplane is the stage name of electronic musician Travis Egedy. He first appeared in the music scene of Denver, Colorado, making a name for himself at the warehouse Rhinoceropolis. His recent album, Dark Rift, attracted attention when it was well-received by Pitchfork and other critics.

PicturePlane – Goth Star

Reminds me of the electronic party tracks of yesteryear  with a fog machine and a dj playing tracks in the backyard — this is a good thing!

Bio:

Sneaky Sound System is a Sydney-based dance/pop outfit featuring Black Angus, MC Double D and Miss Connie. The band has enjoyed considerable success on the Australian charts with hits “I Love It”, “Pictures”, “UFO” and “Kansas City”, and have toured with the likes of Robbie Williams, Jamiroquai,Sam Sparro, and the Scissor Sisters. Their second album “2” is out in Australia and “Pictures” has been released in the UK.

Their offical site is www.sneakysoundsystem.com

Sneaky Sound System – Love It

This is more on the minimal tech house side of things with minimal percussion and sine wave bassline.

From last.fm wiki:

He’s fun and French. Not much more to ask for, eh?

The mysterious electro-pop master has an undeniably catchy personal musical style, as can be noticed from his short repertoire of singles- Darling, I Can’t Forget You, and Clone Age.

2009 update bio:

“Sylvain Dalido began composing as Popular Computer™ in 2002, at first he created straight pop music but electronic elements fell into place, giving his music a technological fantasy angle, of life on the edge, running too fast.

In 2004, Popular Computer’s track “I Can’t Forget You” caught the attention of Tiefschwarz who included the song in their Misch Masch mix compilation.

In 2005 it was released by Kitsuné Music as a 12” and was featured in the Kitsuné Music/ Fearless Records compilation Kitsuné Fur.
Popular Computer’s “Darling” was then featured on the Kitsuné X compilation, “Darling” was considered by many to be the standout track on the compilation this would lead to his next track, “Clone Age” to be featured on the first of the now prestigious Kitsuné Maison series. Once again the track was considered by the press to be a shining example of the Maison series and would lead to his next track “Next Level Pope” featuring on the second Maison compilation the following year.

Following this, Popular Computer gained more exposure through his wide range of unique remix work. Sylvain has already remixed the likes of “New Young Pony Club”, “Mylo”, “Hot Chip”, “Pacific!”, “The Whip” & “Shinichi Osawa”. His remix work is unparalleled in quality when you hear a Popular Computer remix there is no mistaking his unique production style.

Popular Computer – Darling

This track can be found on their 2004 release, “Morning Star”.  This particular track is part shoegaze, part Telepopmusik and part Bent.

from last.fm:

Flunk is a Norwegian electronic band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, drummer Erik Ruud, and vocalist Anja Oyen Vister.

The band began as a project between Ulf and Jo in Oslo, Norway in the winter of 2000-01. Starting out as an instrumental and sampled vocal project, they were signed for a track on a compilation by Beatservice Records in Winter 2001. On hearing the finished track, label manager Vidar Hanssen signed the unnamed band for a full album.

During early Summer 2001, Ulf and Jo recorded most of the album and Anja improvised the vocals. After their vocals, Jo layered the guitars, but it would be a year before the album would be completed and released.

In Spring 2002, the band was known as Flunk and they released their first single, a cover of New Order’s Blue Monday in April. The track was well received in the UK and was included on numerous compilations in North America and Europe. Later in April, their debut album For Sleepyheads Only was released which garnered great reviews in Norway. With the success of their album, BBC invited them to do a recording session for the Radio 1 show The Blue Room in London. Shortly after Notting Hill Art’s Club would become the location to their live debut. In the United States, they became signed to Guidance Recordings.

By Summer 2002, raving reviews were being returned by British electronica magazines and in July they played Norway’s finest rock festival. In October For Sleepyheads Only was released in the US through Guidance Recordings. By November they played the London Jazz Festival.

Flunk – Play

Groove Aramada are set to release a new full length, “Black Light”, from which this track is taken from.  It features the lovely and soulful voice of SaintSaviour.  This track has that 80’s Eurythmics cool factor messed with rocking beats and a delicious bass synth.

Groove Armada (ft SaintSaviour) – I Wont Kneel

SaintSaviour was the former lead singer of The RGB’s but has now struck out on her own.  She also teamed up with Joe and Will Ask for a track called, “Fabric of Win (ft. SaintSaviour):

Joe and Will Ask? –  Fabric Of Win (ft. SaintSaviour) (RadioEdit)

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Lo-Fi-Fnk (aka Low-Fi-Funk) produce slightly askew electronic pop.  Currently they are touring and working on a full length follow up to their freshmen release, Boylife.   Not sure if this particular tune will be on the new album or just released as a single.

Lo-Fi-Fnk – Want You

So Roisin Murphy has posted a streaming version of her track Orally Fixated which you can listen to on her Facebook page or Myspace.

Roisin Murphy – Orally Fixated