Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo formed in Paris in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement; they also had success in the years following, combining elements of house music with funk, techno, disco, rock and synthpop. They have worn ornate helmets and gloves to assume robot personas in most public appearances since 1999 and rarely grant interviews or appear on television. The duo were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records.
Shane and Sia Barbi, popularly known as The Barbi Twins, are identical twins, cover models, co-authors, and spokespersons for animal rights advocacy.
Barbie is a fashion doll launched in 1959.
God Mazinger, also known as Majin Densetsu (魔神伝説) is an anime, manga and novel series created by manga artist Go Nagai. The anime aired on Japanese TV from April 15, 1984 to September 30, 1984 in the network Nippon Television with 23 episodes. It is given the international title Space Adventure The Deity on the official TMS website. The manga was originally published in tankōbon format by Shogakukan in 4 volumes in 1984. The novelization was published in 1984 and lasted 10 volumes. The three of them share the same basic premise but have a different story.
Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian Europop music group, best known for their 1997 multi-platinum crossover single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved crossover success around the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group released three albums: Aquarium in 1997, Aquarius in 2000 and Megalomania in 2011. The group sold an estimated 33 million albums and singles, making them the most profitable Danish band ever.
Pupil is a Filipino rock band composed of Ely Buendia on lead vocals and guitars and Jerome Velasco on lead guitar. Dok Sergio and Wendell Garcia still plays bass and drums, respectively, for Pupil.
Jahcoozi is a bass-heavy electronica trio made up of London-born, Sri Lankan-heritage songwriter and frontwoman Sasha Perera and two producers and instrumentalists, Robot Koch and Tel Aviv-born Oren Gerlitz. The band met and formed in Berlin in 2002 and have released three albums.
Shaw-Han Liem, better known by the alias I Am Robot and Proud, is a Canadian indie electronic musician and video game designer from Toronto, Ontario. He has released albums under the labels Catmobile, Darla and & Records. He co-created the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita game Sound Shapes.
Backwoods Barbie is the forty-second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on February 26, 2008, by Dolly Records. The album was Parton's first mainstream country album in nearly a decade and marked the first release on Parton's own label. To support the album Parton embarked on the Backwoods Barbie Tour with 64 dates across North America and Europe from March through November 2008.
Aira Yūki is a female Japanese singer signed to the record label Lantis. She began her career in 2007 and since then has primarily sung songs that were used for theme music in anime. She released her debut album Reflection on July 2, 2008. Her second album Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010.
"Barbie Girl" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua. It was released in May 1997 as the third single from the group's debut studio album, Aquarium (1997). The song was written by Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, and Lene Nystrøm, and was produced by Johnny Jam, Delgado, Rasted, and Norreen. It was written after Rasted saw an exhibit on kitsch culture in Denmark that featured Barbie dolls.
Aira Mitsuki (アイラミツキ) is a Japanese singer. She debuted on August 8, 2007 with "Colorful Tokyo Sounds No. 9" and released her debut album, Copy on September 3, 2008.
Plastic, stylized all caps, is the second studio album by Japanese singer Aira Mitsuki, released on July 22, 2009 by D-topia Entertainment and Victor Entertainment. The album contains features from artists Ayuse Kozue, Kuchiroro, Shigeo from Japanese bands SBK and The Samos, and the album producer Ōnishi Terukado.
Aira's Science CD, is a compilation album by the Japanese electronica artist Mitsuki Aira. It was released June 18, 2009.
China Discotica (チャイナ・ディスコティカ) is the second single overall, and first major single by the Japanese electronica artist Mitsuki Aira. It was released March 5, 2008.
Sayonara Technopolis is the fifth single by the Japanese electronica artist Mitsuki Aira. It was released January 21, 2009.
Robot Honey (ロボットハニー) is the fourth single by the Japanese electronica artist Mitsuki Aira. It was released October 29, 2008.
Valentine Step is the sixth single by the Japanese electronica artist Mitsuki Aira. It was released January 20, 2009, the same day as "Sayonara Technopolis".
Saori@destiny is a Japanese electronica artist, who was produced by Terukado Ōnishi during her time as a major-label artist, who also produces Aira Mitsuki. She made her independent debut on December 5, 2007, with the single "My Boy" and has released two studio albums and two mini-albums to date, named Japanese Chaos, Wow War Techno, World Wild 2010 and "Domestic Domain".
"Playmate to Jesus" is a song by Danish-Norwegian pop band Aqua from their third studio album, Megalomania. The song, which was released in 2011, is about universal love and "what goes around comes around". The song was published the same day as their other single, "Like a Robot", which was originally planned to be released in July 2011. Despite the song's positive critical reaction, it only charted in Denmark, becoming the group's second lowest-charting single. The music video, directed by Michael Sauer Christensen and filmed in Lyngby, Denmark, premiered on 22 September 2011.
