Lindstrom himself says that this project was his final relief from compromising his musical view in his previous bands. As an artist he is more interested in exploring sound and not in entertaining the crowd. One fan at a show is already enough for him. So maybe this independent attitude is the key to his spectacular music and it makes tracks like I Feel Space and Further Into The Future sound so awesome.

Their self-titled album released in 2009 literally explodes with spectacular, unusually yet very radio friendly music. After the short intro the first track Between Transparent And Sparkling kicks in with a great chorus and the next half hour rush in a vortex of disco parts, melodic singing, great choruses, emotional verses and a minor interlude. Every song is a hit, and the closing one – The Nuclear Me, is a dance floor crasher, that can spice up any party when it hits the winamp.

Today many bands (Enter Shikari, Attack! Attack!, etc.) mix modern rock with some dance elements still these Italian guys have the mix that is catchy and interesting, and most important they really fit both for a dance floor and a rock club.

While the opinions in the reviews vary, the myspace of the band speaks for itself. Their first single Don’t Trust Me has over 72 million plays on myspace with a total number of 177 million plays for the band. Their debut album Want released in summer 2008 gave them huge fame and good place in the billboard chart, making Don’t Trust Me a song of the summer 2008. It is filled with party crashers like Richman and Chokechain. The duo that started as a weekend project is no touring the U.S. as a part of the Vans Warped Tour, gathering new fans at every show. The band also uses all the possible online services for promotion from the already traditional myspace and youtube to twitter, just to present their music (released on their own label) to the people.

Their album Making A Scene released this year is starting with small electronic intro and then flows into the first song Fading, with great lyrics and pop emo styled vocals. The singer sometimes uses some effects to make the vocals more distorted (similar to some Postal Service songs), it really helps sometimes when the lyrics are a bit boring. Generally this album is filled with hits, nice dance parts, catchy choruses, incredible melodies, fine lyrics and great positive vibe. Really a great album made by five kids from the US, and by the way it is completely independent, no major labels, so it totally rocks.

They gained some attention after their song Uaaa…a! appeared in 2008 Russian movie hit Rozidgysh (Prank) and now Cheese People are smashing clubs all over the country. Their debut work Psycho Squirrel is varying from electronic pieces similar to The Prodigy to post-punk songs like Catch U. It’s a structural madness that needs a few spins before you get into it. A self-titled rerelease was also released in 2008, so basically if you are looking for some fresh and good Russian bands don’t miss this crazy team.

Music itself mixes ambient with unusual beats and remixed vocal samples. The first untitled track of the album is a king of into to first hit Archangel that will give a first impression about this spectacular album. So if the sound of this track is not your type you can press stop and throw away the CD. If you will decide to move on, you will drown in the ocean of samples ranging from Christina Aguilera to Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid games, not forgetting Beyonce and Aaliyah. Small interludes like In McDonalds are also there.

Actually Burial is good music for work and for relaxation, for early mornings and late evenings, for grey depression and huge love. It’s just genius.

RushJet1 is playing almost original chuptune with no modern sounds, good atmosphere and awesome melodies. While his first album “Sounds of the 2A03” has a bit more aggressive (even a bit breakcore) sound his second work – “Out There” has more dreamy and space approach. Reminiscent of the space era pop and soundtracks mixed with vintage computer games the album delivers exactly the best retro space vibe. The only bad thing that it is too short.

So if you are not afraid of PC speaker sounds you can check the music of these enthusiasts at www.8bitpeoples.com, by the way it is absolutely free.

For those who don’t know klezmer is traditional Jewish music. It is a whole universe of arrangements and variations of traditional melodies. The genre is mostly played by Klezmer Bands all over the world but some of the representatives like Oi Va Voi take more experimental approach. In this case trip-hop.

Their best album is 2003 – Laughter Through Tears. Kicking of with Refugee sung by Kate Tunstall, her first solo breakthrough song Suddenly I See was used in the opening scene of The Devil Wears Prada movie. On this plate she was still unknown but it has no effect on the beauty of the track. The whole album is not like filled with major radio hits, it is a good klezmer-balkan vibe record with good bass lines and small programming. Definitely one of the things that you must have.

In his first solo album he presented a fine cocktail of analog electronics, 8 bit and different non musical sounds. Matrix printers, real life electronic sounds are also a part of his sound archive. He mixes it a bit avant way but it is still listenable and you can definitely hear some old-school styled influences in his music.

Another thing is his live shows. That’s a WOW! A toy steering wheel that is reprogrammed and used as a DJ mixer. A joystick used in retro gaming themes based on old C64 sounds. Matrix printer with live keyboards, life of a house simulated with home electronics sounds. And finally a feature song with live girl singing opera vocals and sampling with a playstation joystick. I bet in few years he will be a number one guest on different GameCons. But now the world only has his debut album Ryba, which is also a great release on modern electronics scene.

Lots of strings and a piano build the carcass of this album. Professionally arranged and very dramatic, it is like Clint Mancell meeting School of Emotional Engineering with a twist of Danny Elfmans vision. The sound is very cinematic and even if you have no imagination the music is building for you great pictures. The whole mood is a dystopian noir movie street with some big steampunk machinery seen between the grey rooftops.

Each song is like a part of this movie. A chase, a mystery, a murder… the sound is a reflection of a lonely soul caught in blank mechanic society. Very similar to a recent noir movie La Antena. The track For Auschwitz is I think the best part of the album. Still the whole work is a very touching piece of music especially in modern music that has mostly lost its soul somewhere between labels and contracts.