Astromill (UK) - Isn't It A Pity

Astromill at present consists solely of singer /songwriter/ keyboardist Sheryl McMillan.
Like many of us, Sheryl recalls with fondness the years of the late 1970's and early
'80's as a time of great change and experimentation in pop music and much of her
work bears the lasting influence of artists like The Fixx, Thomas Dobly, Gary Numan etc.
Astromill HQ is located in sunny Kent England where a dimly lit room is often aglow
with the blinking lights and strange buzzings of musical machines built a long time
ago in a land far away.

Audiodoll (USA) - Son Of A Gun

Audiodoll was born in September 2003 out of Andrea Ashdown's inspiration to express her insightful, yet cynical, lyrics over a unique blend of upbeat electronic dance music with a dark edge. Andrea's previous musical endeavors include working as a vocalist and songwriter for the synthpop/ebm project, Glis. You will find Andrea's vocals and/or lyrics on many of the songs that make up the first Glis album, Extract (ADSR Musicwerks, Seattle). Two remixed tracks from Extract, featuring Andrea's vocals, appear on Glis’ follow-up album Balance (Alfa Matrix, Brussels) and have also appeared on various compilations (Triton, Cyberpolis, Latex Records).

Fr/action (USA) - My Heart Goes Bang

Fr/action is the brainchild of David Friede, otherwise known as the co-founder of Cohaagen Music and one half of the acclaimed analog electropop duo Ganymede. A graduate of USC's prestigious film school, Friede created Fr/action as a way of combining his love for exploitation cinema and electronic music. Fr/action's hard-hitting technopop serves as the perfect backdrop for Friede's futuristic tales of violence and revenge, resulting in an aural grindhouse experience quite unlike any other. Formerly a resident of Los Angeles, CA, Friede has recently relocated to the Iron City of Pittsburgh, PA.

Heaven Bent (USA) - Hooked On Love

Heaven Bent first formed in 1995 in York by Michael Ellinger and Linda Murdaugh. Heaven Bent is a culmination of great musical, personal, and spiritual change for both members of the band. Heaven Bent's music conveys a positive message that is refreshing in today's music scene. Introspective messages of love, loss, faith, and hope intertwined with lush, creative electronic compositions make for a compelling approach toward electronic music that can not be easily categorized. Michael's varied modern influences along with Linda's classically trained abilities has produced a very unique and appealing style of electronic bliss.

Ganymede (USA) - Lover Come Back To Me

Ganymede is the musical duo of Patrick Runkle and David Friede. Their innovative electronic pop music is a sophisticated hybrid of vintage analog synthesizers and the latest in modern production technology. Though their songs may be stylistically diverse, infectious hooks, powerful melodies, club-ready dance beats, and intelligent lyrics are the common elements. For exciting, original electropop that's just as comfortable on the radio as on the dancefloor.

Empire State Human (Ireland) - Special Star

Irish Electro-pop quartet, Empire State Human (Aidan Casserly, Lar Kiernan, Seán Barron & Warren Kiernan), formed in 1999 and since signing with the essential US electro-pop label Ninthwave Records in 2001, have already released 2 albums (‘Pop Robot’ & ‘Alpha & Omega’), an EP (‘Music For Humans’) and an 8-track single (‘Liquid Blue’). ESH recently won Best Single Of 2003 (for ‘Liquid Blue’) and Best Remixers Of 2003 at the Electro Culture Magazine Poll Awards. In 2005, ESH will have a brand new studio album called 'Cycles' out with Kiss My Asterix Records (North America)

Tristraum (USA) - Baby Don't Say Goodbye

Tristraum is Randall Erkelens, Krystyna Eller and Pierre Norman. Their genre-crossing sound has synthpop, darkwave, and trance influences. "Shiver", their debut 10-track MCD, was released in 2004. Shiver is topping club play charts and is getting rave reviews. Their full-length album 'Gray' is expected early 2005. Prior to Tristraum, Randall was one of the founders of the legendary Twitch Remix Service (San Francisco). Twitch released over 25 albums geared towards underground djs in the mid '90s.

Shadow Valley (UK) - Something In My House

Right there. North by Northwest. Rich, 1 of Alpinestars 2, has a new project on the go. Its called Shadow Valley. Scan the edges of the bandwidth, ignore the mass market that only serves to bleach the human rainbow.

Electroluvs (Scotland) - What I Want

Electroluvs are Billy (voice/guitar/programming) and Kaye (voice/Keyboard/violin), a duo from coastal Scotland known for their love of soaring choruses, bleepy beats and chiming guitars. Since forming in 1999, they have  released the "Mk 1" album and several singles and EPs despite a line up change or two. Electroluvs are currently working on their second album.

The Dignity of Labour (USA) - In Too Deep

The Dignity of Labour owes a great deal of gratitude to eighties artists who sparked a
deep appreciation of synth-driven pop. Covering a DOA classic seemed only natural for this artist emerging from the ashes of synthpop yesterdays. TDOL has already broken
new ground with its debut single 'XRV' on label A Different Drum, and a new album is planned for 2005.

Giallo (USA) - Sex Drive

Giallo is a wash of lush, ambient electro pop from John Giacobello, formerly of Count To Infinity.  John is living in New York City, attending Mannes College of Music for theory. With C2I he released two full length CD's, many singles and remixes over a span of two years, while Giallo is a more gradually evolving and experimental project.

Spray (UK) - You Spin Me Round ( Like A Record)

Spray are an English synthesiser duo. They rose from the ashes of sampling terrorists the Cuban Boys, an underground band who scored a million-selling Christmas hit single in the UK and were consequently never heard of again. As Spray they are famous for their mega goth floorfiller 'I Am Gothic' and for their reworking of the theme from 'Battle Of The Planets', but have also been partly responsible for the party favourite 'Rhinestone Cowboy (Giddy Up Giddy Up)' and a number of psuedonymous trance records. Spray's full length
CD 'Living In Neon' is available on Ninthwave, and they are currently recording and writing the follow up

Andromeda Rising (UK) - Black Leather

UK dance/nu-NRG artist, Andromeda Rising, was born of the need to put some grrrowl back into pop. “There are few artists making commercial dance music with BITE” rings true with many, and this new UK project aims to bite hard and recreate a certain definitive sub-culture within pop music. Alongside his own solo projects, Andromeda Rising has been working re-interpreting and remixing the work of other established and up and coming British and European artists. A new Andromeda Rising information website and demo album will be available soon.

Baxendale (UK) - Come Home With Me Baby

Baxendale. A name like a flaming sword. Guided by a holdy leader on speed, inflamed by rage. Rage against the fucking rich or whoever else is in the way. Isn't this exactly how that name sounds like? But if you don't know the band yet, then the name just sounds like an english word that doesn't exist at all. What a waste! What a waste of tear pushing hedonism to not yet know this band!

Qubiq (USA) - Black Leather

QUBIQ is producer/remixerDJ Jim Saccoman out of Phoenix, Arizona USA. He is currently working on a CD with house music pioneer Mickey "Mixin" Oliver of Chicago's legendary DJ/remix team Hot Mix 5. Guest vocals are by frequent collaborators Jackoff Bastards (Dez and a heavily-vocoded Franki Ambrose of Everybody In The House.)

Royal Visionaries (Sweden/USA) - Stop Kicking My Heart Around

Royal Visionaries is a modern synthpop band consisting of Patrik Sjöström (Sweden) and Steven Cochran (USA). Their first CD release, Back to Yazoo, is a maxi-single featuring original tracks plus remixes by eleven prominent electronic artists from all over the world. Their cover versions of "The Day Before You Came" by ABBA and "At Last" by Boytronic are included on tribute albums from Flying Saucer Records and Intrapop Records. They are currently in the studio, hard at work on their debut full-length CD.