I would best describe this as indie-tronica. Has a fun plucked banjo-sounding lead, which is my kind of twisted, and a mellotron organ that holds it all together. Vocals run along the line of CocoRosie. Mock & Toof built their rep on remixing the likes of Hot Chip, Groove Armada, Zero 7, and Sia to name a few.

This track is taken off they thier latest release entitled, “Tuning Echoes”

Mock & Toof – Farewell to Wendo (ft. Pollyester)

From wiki:
Mock & Toof are two London based producers, Duncan Stump (Mock) and Nick Woolfson (Toof), who record for Tiny Sticks (UK), Mule Musiq (Japan) & DFA Records. They were initially noticed with their remix for The Juan Maclean, which was quickly followed up by their re-edit of Madonna’s Lycra Virgin. Following more remixes for the likes of Hot Chip, The Scissor Sisters & Maps, Mock & Toof strengthened their position with widely acclaimed singles for Tiny Sticks (Black Jub), Mule Musiq (Zomby) & Rvng Intl (Digits).

Video for “Farewell to Wendo”:

Mock And Toof- Farewell To Wendo from Darling Department on Vimeo.

Crackling vinyl always gets me, and this track has a wonderful sample with that old friendly sound.

last.fm bio:

The Russian Futurists are a Canadian indie-pop band based in Toronto. Their music has been defined as lo-fi and indie-electronica. Although The Russian Futurists initially had only one member, Matthew Adam Hart, the band was later enlarged. The band debuted in 2000 with The Method of Modern Love, which was praised by music stars such as Graham Coxon and Peter Buck. In 2004 the band toured in the U.S., Canada and Spain.

Russian Futurists – Still Life

Great mellow track with minimal elecrtronic elements off set by a great vocal performance.

taken from www.thesixtyone.com:

“Merz aka Conrad Lambert has a life as unorthodox as his music. He began his travels at 18, after his schooling in West Yorkshire, and has made friends in 48 countries. His parents live in Mongolia, his grandmother was born in Babylon (Long Island that is). He’s currently settled in Bristol, where, distanced from the industry, he writes his curious music.” NME

“A maverick with three decades of cultural exploring behind him, Conrad Lambert is a post-pop auteur with a distinctive croaky voice and oodles of left-field ideas.” UNCUT

“In the airbrushed teen market, he might be deemed no oil painting, but to the trained eye he resembles Vincint Van Gogh. Lend him your ears.” EVENING STANDARD.

1 “merz makes unique, untainted music that’s a hurricane of fresh air” cd of the week, The Independent.

2 “a master of modern folk” i-D magazine.

3 “merz sounds like nobody else in the world and the world would be alright if it listened to nobody else. We absolutely love him.” Coldplay

4 “merz is passionate music with heart for a musically sophisticated audience” Pure Magazine

5 “what makes merz great are his songs – earnest, poetic pleas that impact a sense of hope and well being” Flipside

6 “merz’s debut should be cherished….it will leave you bewitched” cd of the week, The Guardian.

7 “Already critically acclaimed as Britains answer to Beck, Merz is actually more tortured and less ironic… a breathless, confident vocal. Extraordinary and original…” (5/5) Heat

8 “he’s living in cloud cuckoo land” The Sun

Myspace dossing about can be found here: www.myspace.com/merzuk

Merz – Postcard From a Dark Star

I have recently been working on a self release EP with Jef Vandertogt of “The Moon and Monday” fame. Together we are called, “The Long Division” We have just released our 6 track EP titled, “Multiply“.

Our sound is somewhat like Hot Chip meets The Postal Service meets The Knife and Royksopp. But speaking in a general sense you can classify our sound as indietronica.

Check it out for yourself here:

The Long Division – Neighbors

or here: http://www.myspace.com/thelongdivisionband

Video for our single: Magic Muffin:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNkEtr7oPE

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