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POP WHAT? Popof is a French D.J/composer/arranger hailing from the Rave Party scene; A previous member of the underground collective Heretik System, he has participated to numerous events throughout France, Europe, the Middle-East, Asia, Japan, Central & Latin America . Today, he stresses his preference towards minimal techno and electro. His EP, « Alcoolic », released on the label AFU LTp in 2007 was a huge;success. He has produced high-profile remixes such as 'Bells of Brighton on CR2 records, 'No Trace on Renaissance, "Emotional distortion" on Audio Therapy. Popof has also tackled major artists such as Moby with a remix of ''I like to move it in here'' on Turbo and Mute records, and Tiga whose hit ''Sunglasses at night''s remix became the number one record according to Beatport for two weeks. Tocadisco's "Superstar" was also ranked second on Beatport.

Popof is also a versatile artist and tries to explore the various genres in music. The French artist's list of remixes includes records issued by Rock artists such as ''Half in love with Elizabeth'' on 679 records by Mystery Jets, a band managed by Erol Alkan, '' Road rage'' by John Starlight from Zombie Nation on cocoon recordings, '' All that jazz'' by Lutzenkirchen on Greatstuff records and finally "1000 lords" by Butch on Craft music, "One 23 four" by Martin Solveig , ''Weak '' by Skunk anansie and has very recently prepared us a surpise featured in Depeche Mode's soon-to-be released album. Popof is also featured on various labels such as Turbo, Skryptom, Afu Ltd ,Cr2 ' and is playlisted by many reknowned artists with whom Popof has collaborated: Ricardo Villalobos Luciano, Tiesto, John Digweed, Dave Seaman, Tiga, Sasha, Sven Vath , Erol Alkan and many more. Popof's forthcoming projects are mainly centered around the creation of his own label, which will feature major artists, original creations and daring approaches to music. Lock up your genres - Linus Eklow, aka Style Of Eye, is ripping up the rule book with his debut artist album, difficult to describe as anything other than the sort of music that makes you want to call your boss and tell them you're not coming back to work on Monday.

The Stockholm born and based DJ/producer is making a name for himself in techno, but his productions are essentially a journey through everything from techno to house via raw percussion and minimal, floaty melodies and downright weird noises. Both intelligent but jaw-wobblingly satisfying at the same time, Style Of Eye's productions are testament to the hotbed of talent springing forth from the underground scene. After growing up in a jazz and soul oriented family, graduating from banging pots and pans to a drumkit aged 10, he realised electronic music was his calling after getting his first computer aged 15 and making 'weird downtempo dubbeat and trip hop.' DJing upbeat drum and bass followed at 16, and Linus was a firm fixture in the studio before long, developing his unique style of music with releases and remixes on such labels as Classic Recordings, Tiny Sticks and Rabid Records. His most recent productions on Dirtybird and John Dahlbäck's Pickadoll label have been immense - 'The Big Kazoo E.P (Dirtybird) (#1 on the Heavy Rotation in IDJ ´s February Issue), was followed up by 'The Prophet (Pickadoll), and the album, out in September 2008 on Pickadoll, will be preceded by new single 'Girls in May. As you'd expect from someone who cites influences as diverse as Stevie Wonder, nineteenth century classical composer Edvard Grieg, and Yello, Style of Eye isn't keen to be pigeonholed. His moniker comes from a desire to put everything out under one name, regardless of what it sounds like... Says Linus: 'Since I take in so much different music inspires me into one project.

This album is a huge step from my first release but you can still hear that it's me.' The album, which features vocals from the likes of Stephen Simmonds and Emmma, comprises Style of Eye's productions mixed together: 'it was a way to I guess my gigs are a bit like artist sets in a way, but it's just me and my vinyl and CDs on stage. The album was almost a year in the making, and felt like the perfect time to try and put things in a bigger perspective rather than concentrate on two tracks. So I wanted to make a dancefloor album but one that could also be heard as one CD, that could travel through different styles, but you could still connect the dots between the first and last tracks,' says Linus.With a remix for Moby under his belt and a tour in the pipeline, Style of Eye is proof that cutting edge house isn't Sweden's only hottest export...

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