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Cherry Bikini

Cherry Bikini - The Kings of Kinky Electro Pop

About Me

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Cherry Bikini are an underground electronica/electro-pop duo comprised of international bad-asses Sophie Boscallini and Armand Abagliani. Both Armand and Sophie moved around a lot in life. Armand lived most of his life in the United States, Sophie - in Europe. Somehow, both ended up in Paris at the turn of the millenium, where they met through some mutual friends who wanted to start a band. The band didn't pan out, but the musical chemistry between Armand and Sophie was so strong, they decided to pursue their own thing, giving birth to Cherry Bikini.
Their first CD, Cherry Bikini, recorded in Armand's apartment in Paris with little more than an 8-track, some sample software, and a budget of about $50, has since become a classic in the sextronica (electronica about sex) music sub-genre (a sub-genre which the duo helped to pioneer back in 2002) with such infamous songs as "Just Fuck Me", and "Come So Hard". A whole lot of downloads and some college radio play helped fuel CB's notoriety, as did their appearance on several compilation albums.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Cherry Bikini recorded and released their second CD, Dream Days. Although lyrically not as explicit, Dream Days still deals with sex, sexuality, and a free and easy attitude towards life. The Bikinis' third release, Remixed, is a varied collection of remixes of their songs by underground DJs and producers.
Cherry Bikini's music is catchy and fun, sometimes raw, with crazy hot electro hooks, nice beats, and beautiful vocals. Lyrically the songs deal with confidence, with desperation, and all points in between.The "kings of kinky electro-pop" hope to continue to kick ass well into the future. They are currently back in Europe (indefinitely), and are working on their fourth CD.

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Member Since: 5/17/2005
Band Website: clearbluerecords.com/bikini
Band Members: Sophie Boscallini - vocals
Armand Abagliani - keyboards, guitars, etc.
Influences: sophie and armand are inspired by: sex, good beats, strobelights, 80's goth music, rebels, kraftwerk, hayao miyazaki and all the badasses at studio ghibli, new order, boba drinks, john waters, johnny cash, beaches with big waves, wong kar wai, taiwanese shaved ice, the velvet underground, korean food, eccentricity, flannery o'connor, memphis tn bbq joints, blondie, the smiths, orbital, depeche mode, ingmar bergman, zoe valdes, x, gin+tonic, tequila, daft punk, and especially by our fans - it's true dammit.
Sounds Like: WE THINK WE SOUND LIKE SOME OF THESE... OTHERS ARE JUST FOR SEARCH PURPOSES: electroclash, felix da housecat, lords of acid, depeche mode, abba, adult, berlin, cherry bikini, chicks on speed, cobra killer, dead or alive, vitalic, dirty sanchez, duran duran, echo and the bunnymen, electro, electrocute, erasure, soft pink truth, fischerspooner, freezepop, gary numan, golden boy, heaven 17, joy division, japan, kraftwerk, kylie minogue, ladytron, a flock of seagulls, le tigre, love and rockets, the magnetic fields, miss kittin, miss kitten, mount sims, new order, new wave, dark wave, house, omd, peaches, gorillaz, pet shop boys, the postal service, royksopp, st etienne, scissor sisters, soft cell, technopop, the faint, the hacker, stereo total, the human league, the psychedelic furs, the sounds, the yeah yeah yeahs, tiga, trans x, visage, ween, amon tobin, lcd soundsystem, can, brian eno, daft punk, the human league, moloko, duran duran, ministry, cabaret voltaire, the orb, orbital, underworld, cocteau twins, portishead, darude, afb, atb, martini bros, telepopmusik, telepopmusic, leftfield, tricky, the cure, brazilian girls, the smiths, armand van helden, massive attack, dj shadow, velvet underground, nico, bauhaus, clan of xymox, sex rock, crossover, sexy dance music, siouxsie and the banshees, b movie, front 242, nitzer ebb, m83, ganymede, the rapture, kcrw, venus hum, vive la fete, EBM, stereolab, sex in dallas, belle and sebastian, tosca, los piratas, sneakerpimps, the the, sneaker pimps, international pony, rinocerose, babamars, mirwais, vengaboys, cassius, soviet, miyazaki, wong kar wai, ingmar bergman, prince, les rhytmes digitales, nightmares on wax, xiu xiu, weezer, nouvelle vague, nena, blondie, wire, everything but the girl, alice deejay, cooler kids, sebadoh, flecton bigsky, sonic youth, x, devo, dannii minogue, lali puna, the notwist, ace of base goldfrapp, milky, moby, the streets, moenia, kinky, julieta venegas, ely guerra, no doubt, weekend players, deep dish, moony, the killers, gwen stefani, dj sammy, bt, death cab for cutie, buzzcocks, nin, jessica eve, frou frou, gus gus, northern lite, technova, joy electric, dj tiesto, travelogue, interpol, ping pong bitches, a-ha, ltno, neon music, solvent, capri, future wives, thievery corporation, somnabulants, dead sexy, inc., stardust, indochine, fangoria, bjork, air, radiohead, fc kahuna, coheed and cambria, alphaville, timo maas, styrofoam, missing persons, the stills, fannypack, a.r.e. weapons, this mortal coil, japanese telecom
Record Label: Clear Blue Records (Independent)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new cherry bikini cd release date oct. 23

hey everyone so we're finally finished mixing our new cd. it's going to be called "13" and will come out on october 23rd. you'll be able to sample a couple of songs from the new cd here on our ...
Posted by Cherry Bikini on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:49:00 PST

my post was deleted - why?

probably because it was an a blatant promo for something - our policy: no ads, no commercials. if the bikinis found you, they probably thought you might like their music. this site is for friends...
Posted by Cherry Bikini on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:29:00 PST

Cherry Bikini's version of Teenage Kicks

we've got a new song on our player. sophie and i were in our friend's studio playing around and we decided to record a cover of the undertones "teenage kicks" yeah yeah we know nouvelle vague already...
Posted by Cherry Bikini on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:28:00 PST