ToneZone Records; Music news feeds http://www.tonezone.com 2010-09-09T07:59:05+01:00 http://www.tonezone.com http://www.tonezone.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-06-25T14:48:29+01:00 http://www.tonezone.com index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1266&Itemid=2 Analog synth wizards Chromeo create '80s-inspired electro-funk that combines sleek, melodic rhythms with a dash of rock. Best friends since their childhood years, Montreal natives P-Thugg and Dave 1 write music that oozes with sex appeal. Their love for vintage synthesizers, mad guitar solos and skilled songwriting has gained them worldwide attention - Jamie SanchezFULL STORY (http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5150501rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss) text/html 2010-05-29T22:34:26+01:00 http://www.tonezone.com index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1265&Itemid=2 Miike Snow isn't an individual, but rather the name of a trio featuring Andrew Wyatt, an American singer, and Sweden's Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, better known as the pop production duo Bloodshy and Avant. The latter are known for producing hit singles for the likes of Madonna, Britney and Kylie, but the music they create as Miike Snow isn't first and foremost about chart domination. Wyatt's versatile, falsetto-prone voice has an earnest, boyish charm that's more familiar in the shambling indie-rock sector, and the group's electro-pop production sounds unusually intimate -- lo-fi in a hi-fi kind of way. The group's pop chops are undeniable, schooled in the likes of Elliott Smith and the Beatles, and with hooks that lodge in your brain with a subletter's tenacity. - PSHERBURNEFULL STORY (http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.26295364rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss) text/html 2010-07-07T20:03:17+01:00 http://www.tonezone.com index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1264&Itemid=2 Most aspiring musicians would do anything for just one shot at the big time. Robyn's had at least four. The Swedish singer got her first break in 1995 when she was still a teenager, landing a record contract and debut album that topped the charts in her native country when she was just 16. By 1996, she could add international smash single to her credits after the dance-pop tune "Do You Know (What It Takes)" made the Top 10 in the U.S. When the relationship with her American label turned sour, she regrouped with the Swedish-only release Don't Stop the Music in 2002. More label disputes ensued, so Robyn took yet another tack, collaborating with Swedish experimental synth-pop outfit the Knife. Guess what? Her label didn't like that either. Still, the cat-like Robyn bounced back with life number four, forming her own label (Konichiwa) in 2005 and releasing her self-titled fourth album. With Robyn, the dedicated pop star finally got her due, a decade after she started, in the form of multiple Swedish Grammies, several international hit singles and the respect of the U.S. music press (even before the album was released stateside in 2008). - Rachel DevittFULL STORY (http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68956rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss) text/html 2010-07-23T16:10:48+01:00 http://www.tonezone.com index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1263&Itemid=2 FULL STORY (http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.25208626rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss) text/html 2010-07-29T12:35:43+01:00 http://www.tonezone.com index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1262&Itemid=2 A favorite among Progressive Trance followers for his epic DJ sets and larger-than-life original tunes, Holland-born DJ Tiesto rose to the forefront of the genre in record time. Not unlike contemporaries BT, Ferry Corsten, Paul Van Dyk and Sasha & Digweed (to name but a few), Tiesto's take on Trance is anything but alienating. His own tracks are grandiose efforts featuring wispy female vocals embedded in a hypnotic atmosphere awash with dream-like synths. - Melissa PiazzaFULL STORY (http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12313694rws=%2Felectronica-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss)