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The Knife - Silent Shout
Anyone in the know would have heard about this Swedish duo sometime ago, a brother and sister combo (I think) who produce slightly off kilter techno pop, and strangely on one track a sort of weird techno waltz. They also have a refreshing attitude to completely screwing around with the vocals which I guess is why they get compared with Aphex Twin sometimes. They make really cool videos and are also responsible for the tune behind the Sony Bravio advert with the bouncy balls (you really need to hunt down the One World Session version of Heartbeats... seriously, it's brilliant). Here's the wonderfully melancholic title tune.

MP3: Silent Shout

Spillsbury - Raus!
I was first made aware of this band through a post on the blog of Moebius Rex (which sadly seems to be inactive, shame really). They are a German pop-punk band, nice fast friendly beats and cheesy keyboards with punk rock bass and shouty vocals. You have to be in the right mood I guess, but when you are I think they are up there with someone like Bis (damn shame they called it a day). Bit eighties maybe, but who cares? It's fun!

MP3: Schlagzeile