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<title>Top Electroclash Artists on Rhapsody Online</title>
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<outline type="include" text="Crystal Castles" description="Crystal Castles are an electropop duo from Toronto. Members include multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass, who mix 8-bit electro with punk and new wave. Their first single, &quot;Alice Practice,&quot; was the result of an accidental recording made during a microphone test and then released on the band's MySpace page. The single was then picked up by Parisian tastemaker label Kitsune for its &lt;i&gt;Kitsune Maison Compilation 4&lt;/i&gt;. The Canadians have since become hot commodities on the international club circuit and toured with Australian electronic group the Presets. They have also done popular remixes for Bloc Party, Klaxons and Uffie. In 2008, they released a self-titled debut, a messy collision of electronic noise and dance-rock, which some have labeled as &quot;new rave&quot;.
- Dan Shumate" category="Electropop" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/crystal-castles/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Peaches" description="Canadian electro-punk star Peaches boomed onto the dance scene with her raucous rap style and vulgar brand of overtly-sexual pop tunes. With cutting-edge electronic drum beats and indulgent guitar riffs, Peaches' 2006 album, &lt;i&gt;Impeach My Bush&lt;/i&gt;, brought a hard-hitting, raw vibe to electronic rock. The former music teacher turned fowl-mouthed rocker sings about dirty sex, politics and the art of partying. Known for her over-the-top &quot;KISS-style&quot; live shows and extravagant stage fashion, Peaches' hard-hitting music is all about fun. She has even collaborated with artists like Joan Jett, Beth Ditto and Leslie Feist. Peaches' upfront, in-your-face songs aim to raise hell and take no prisoners.
- Jamie Sanchez" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/peaches/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Fischerspooner" description="Fischerspooner are one of those bands that cause critics to froth at the mouth. When the duo's debut, &lt;I&gt;#1&lt;/I&gt;, came out in the U.K. in 2002, &lt;I&gt;NME&lt;/I&gt; proclaimed the group, &quot;the best thing to happen to music since electricity.&quot; A grand statement, but Fischerspooner did indeed shake up electro pop, using their now-notorious live show to create a buzz as loud and deviant as the synthesizers that slither through their first single &quot;Emerge.&quot; Their performances are over-the-top, elaborately costumed and choreographed glam extravaganzas that mix the best and worst of pop culture, Vegas glitz and art house attitude. At the center of the spectacle stand Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner (hence &quot;Fischerspooner&quot;), who met in Chicago at art school. They reconnected later in New York City, and performed their first show at a Starbucks in the East Village. Fischerspooner have since left those latte days behind, and now associate with a crowd more likely to be sipping, say, grapefruit martinis. They've collaborated with Kylie Minogue, David Bowie, Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson and Stefane Sednaoui, and the 2003 opening of FS Studios, a performance and production space in Brooklyn, should inject some more blood (faux, of course) into Fischerspooner's short -- but so far very glittery -- legacy.
- Mia Quagliarello" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/fischerspooner/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Calvin Harris" description="Displaying the kind of hubris that only a 23-year-old can muster, Scotland's Calvin Harris launched his career with the cheekily titled 2007 album &lt;I&gt;I Created Disco&lt;/I&gt;. The title may have been slightly off-base (newsflash: Diddy didn't invent the remix, either), but Harris' LCD Soundsystem-inspired electro-funk was still punchy enough to catch the attention of Kylie Minogue, who enlisted him to co-write and produce two songs on her 2007 album, &lt;I&gt;X&lt;/I&gt;. In 2008, Harris officially broke out of the electro-pop underground with &quot;Dance Wiv Me,&quot; a collaboration with Dizzee Rascal that debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. pop charts. Harris' sophomore album, &lt;I&gt;Ready for the Weekend&lt;/I&gt;, appeared in 2009. Like his debut, it's carefree and eager to please, but it boasts polished-up production skills and a range that takes in '80s funk, French house, trance-infused Euro-pop and even a smidgen of rock 'n' roll.
- Philip Sherburne" category="Electropop" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/calvin-harris/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Freezepop" description="Deeply emersed in the sounds of the 1980s, freezepop fuse the mechanical Techo-Pop of late-Kraftwerk and sticky-sweet Synth Pop. Female vocals speak and sing with the cold charm of an android in an angular mix of Vocoder effects and dance beats.
- Marc Kate" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/freezepop/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Tiga" description="" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/tiga/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Electrocute" description="" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/electrocute/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Warren Suicide" description="" category="Alt Dance" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/warren-suicide/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Adult" description="" category="Electropop" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/adult-2/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Tiefschwarz" description="" category="House" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/tiefschwarz/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Detroit Grand Pubahs" description="Comprised of Paris The Black Fu and Andy Toth, this Detroit pair have hit it big in the U.K. because of the novelty song &quot;Sandwiches.&quot; The boys' sound is rooted in pure Detroit Techno, with pumping, pure Electro beats steeped in funkiness and Paris' humorous vocals run through a vocoder, giving them a sped-up, cartoonish sound. Essentially, the song is incredibly simple and straightforward about its overriding theme: sex (hence, a big reason for its popularity). While the song isn't necessarily groundbreaking, and while they've yet to produce anything other than this single, ''Sandwiches'' is one of those songs that will stay in your head long after you've grown tired of it.
- Tim Pratt" category="Detroit/U.S. Techno" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/detroit-grand-pubahs/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Goldenboy" description="" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/goldenboy-2/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Black Strobe" description="" category="Electronica/Dance" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/black-strobe/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="D.A.F." description="They invented EBM (Electronic Body Music), and then, bored by their invention, left it behind to produce embarrassingly vapid Disco. Their early albums revolutionized the sound of dance music by introducing authoritarian vocals that spit out every line like a direct order amidst a crossfire of explosive beats and flying shards of Industrial noise. Upon reemerging in the late '80s, D.A.F.'s martinet demeanor had given way to an effeminate prissiness. By that time, however, they had already assumed a central place in the history of dance music as the primary inspiration for Nitzer Ebb, Front 242 and Front Line Assembly.
- Chad Driscoll" category="Industrial Dance" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/daf/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Para One" description="" category="Funky House" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/para-one/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Chicks On Speed" description="Berlin-based all-girl electronic group Chicks On Speed comprises attention whores Alex Murray-Leslie, Kiki Moorse and Melissa Logan. They hail from Sydney, upstate New York and Munich, respectively. Claiming their chosen name contains no veiled drug reference, this art school-trained trio fashions a personal brand of aural dysfunction and tops it with lyrics that dictate a feminist political agenda. Influences from New Wave, Electro, Digital Hardcore and Punk acts shine through a mass of gritty electronics, severe beats and vaguely pop-identified rock effects. As seen on their debut album, &lt;I&gt;Will Save Us All&lt;/I&gt; (2000), Chicks On Speed's tracks are largely a series of collaborations with various producers.
- Melissa Piazza" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/chicks-on-speed/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Lesbians On Ecstasy" description="" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/lesbians-on-ecstasy/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Ror-Shak" description="" category="Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/ror-shak/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
<outline type="include" text="Tracy + The Plastics" description="" category="Electroclash" url="http://feeds.rhapsody.com/tracy-the-plastics/data.opml?rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Ftechno%2Felectroclash%2Fartist-chart.opml" />
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