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Modernaire - EP now back on sale

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About Me


Modernaire are a pop trio.
They've played around the country with bands such as The Ting Tings, The Hot Puppies, Dragonette, The Holloways, The Whip, Friendly Fires, Ratatat, Clarky Cat, The KBC, Daggers, Alec Empire, Yelle, Disco Drive, Metal on Metal, Trash Fashion and many more.
Modernaire have been played on the radio by people such as Bethan Elfyn (Radio 1), Dave Haslam (Xfm Manchester), John Kennedy (Xfm) and Jon Hillcock (Xfm), amongst others.
They've appeared on several compilations, such as Full Charge (High Voltage), We're Stupid But We're Happy (PopCult) and Across The Pennines Vol. 2 (Across The Pennines)
Modernaire's first EP got unanimously good reviews from local music press such as High Voltage (5/5), Sandman Magazine and Manchester Music. It has now sold out.
You can buy their second EP, "Velvet Never Dries", for a measly £5 below.
You can buy some mp3's here .
Modernaire have remixed Daggers, The Hot Puppies, The Holloways, The KBC and several others.
FOR BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES:
[email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/24/2006
Band Website: jackdawrecordings.com
Band Members: Cruella de Mill and the 101 Damnations (the voice).
Chesty La Rue (the other voice)
Oscar Wildstyle (the music).
Influences:

PRESS:

The Guardian
"Heavy-edged electro popsters"

The Independent
"Refreshingly original...maybe 2008 won't be so atrocious after all"

John Hillcock (Xfm London)
"Manchester's naughty little secret…this band annoy me, because as soon as I heard Faites Tes Jeux on last year's ace High Voltage compilation I knew it had to go on my podcast, yet John Kennedy has just played another song of theirs on Xfm X-posure which I possibly love even more. I'm just being a moany sod. This band make great pop music."

Time Out
"Glacial Gameboy pop"

Dave Haslam (Xfm Manchester)
"One of my top tips"

Drowned in Sound
"Fun boy/girl electronic rock…an interesting departure from the archetypal Mancunian fare"

Kruger Magazine
"Crazy, quirky, quality."

High Voltage
"Superhumanly perfect…only fair that they release records and take over the world…we could quite possibly be hearing the sounds of the most beautiful pop band of the past two decades." 5/5

Loud and Quiet Magazine
"Nobody is safe from Modernaire…pop music with a decadent underbelly of experimentation."

Amelia’s Magazine
“Unbelievably catchy…choir-like slashy vocals belied dark lyrics.”

Manchester Evening News Online
"The most endearing music I’ve heard this year. Mixing samples upon samples and blending in wispy, enchanting vocals, it combines to form music for robots"

Subba-Cultcha
"A busier Goldfrapp, a new romantic Kate Bush…so many references to make, but they shouldn't diminish the might that is Modernaire; sexy, melancholic and worthy of creating a new dance sensation for it to soundtrack."

Sandman Magazine
"If only The Knife were this glamourous…beats of the Richard X variety work coolly to the end of Soft Cell electro-pop and some cheekily knowing gothic Rachel Stevens twists…somebody give them a studio and an arena."

Sounds Like:

BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES: [email protected]
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Modernaire galavant around the country

Hello,Lots of news. Some thrilling, some mysterious, some tedious.Firstly, we are going on a UK tour supporting the brilliant Ting Tings.  Dates are as follows:17th May - Newcastle (Northumbria U...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Fri, 09 May 2008 05:33:00 PST

Modernaire get distracted in Heatherspoons

Hello,In case you haven't already noticed there's a demo of our new song, Distraction, up on our player. Greek Mythology, Dulcimers, Ace of Base, the usual stuff really.I've also put up our remix of H...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:11:00 PST

Modernaires Flamboyant New Adventures

Hello,We're playing our first Manchester gig in ages on February 11th. It's supporting Flamboyant Bella on the Manchester leg of their tour at Academy 3. New Adventures are also playing. It's a 14+ gi...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:39:00 PST

Modernaire on Radio 1

Bethan Elfyn played the new Hemme Fatale remix of our song Faites Vos Jeux* on her Radio 1 show the other night. The remix is really rather good, and will be available for free soon...x* We're renamin...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:49:00 PST

Modernaire declare their Independence

Hello,There was a review by Simon Price of one of our gigs in The Independent yesterday:"Reviving the sound of 1940s female vocal groups has proven highly lucrative of late. Pink Martini can headline ...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:24:00 PST

Modernaire give a science lesson

Hello, Happy new year to all of you. A demo of our new song, "Science", is up on our player now. It's the first Modernaire song featuring Chesty La Rue on lead vocals, if you don't count our super rar...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:24:00 PST

Modernaire shake their hips

Hello,It's been a mighty long time since I've updated this blog, largely as we've been pretty damn busy. Since the launch of our EP a month ago we've done 12 gigs in a month. We've marauded accross En...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:04:00 PST

Modernaire’s new CD is available now!

Hello, Our new 7 track CD is now available to buy here for only £5 (free UK postage). Please buy a copy, and one for any of your friends that you think might like it, ie all of them. Even that weird ...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:39:00 PST

Modernaire announce their EP launch party

Hello,We're going to be hosting a launch party for our new "Velvet Never Dries" EP on the 18th October in conjunction with Bring On The Dancing Horses. We were the first band to ever play their night,...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:21:00 PST

Modernaire announce some exciting news

Hello, I'm pleased to say that our second EP is nearly ready. It's going to be called "Velvet Never Dries", it'll be released on Jackdaw Recordings, and the tracklisting will (probably) be as followin...
Posted by Modernaire - EP now back on sale on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:17:00 PST