Modernaire

Modernaire are Chesty La Rue (vocals), Cruella de Mill (vocals), Oscar Wildstyle (music) and Ollie Austin (drums), a four piece from Manchester. Their sleek electro sound has been described by BBC Introducing as “a twisting beast capable of tempting and tormenting in equal measure...put simply, it’s intoxicatingly addictive stuff." New single ‘Faites Vos Jeux’ will be released in the UK on Roxour Recordings on the 29th June.

Shortly after forming in 2008, Modernaire’s reputation grew rapidly from local heroes to hot new things. Oscar Wildstyle describes the early days, "When we came to university in Manchester we just started making songs for fun in our bedrooms. I played a track I’d done on my laptop and we finished the song for it in about half an hour. We recorded it right there in the bedroom. As soon as we put some tracks up on our MySpace page, we started getting offered local gigs and then from around the country.”

Modernaire were personally invited by fellow Mancunians The Ting Tings to join them on their UK tour just as ‘That’s Not My Name’ hit No. 1. A run of profile shows supporting Friendly Fires, Metronomy, Who Made Who, The Whip and The Hot Puppies followed, leading to a spilt 7” release, supported by BBC Radio 1 and XFM, on the hip Brainlove Records label.

As accomplished producers, Modernaire have remixed Metronomy, Empire of the Sun (which went to no.03 in the Hype Machine chart), Daggers, The Hot Puppies and The Holloways, with remixes for WhoMadeWho and Love Grenades in the pipeline.

"Heavy-edged electro popsters" The Guardian
"Refreshingly original" The Independent
“Very good stuff...love the music” Rob Da Bank (Radio 1)
"Great pop music." John Hillcock (XFM London)
"Glacial Gameboy pop" Time Out

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