String Theory (band)

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String Theory was an electronic music band from Chicago that existed from 1997 until 2005. The members were Joshua R. Davison and Nathan T. Tucker. Contemporaries included Casino vs Japan, Pulseprogramming, and Telefon Tel Aviv.

Pulseprogramming is an electronic musical group and multimedia art project founded by Marc Hellner and Joel Kriske in Portland, Oregon in 1998. Pulseprogramming is currently centered on Marc Hellner and new member Chanel Pease, and has included art directors John Schacter and Hans Seeger as art directors, video artist Eric David Johnson, and poet Joel Craig. The collective began releasing intelligent dance music on Chicago label Aesthetics in 1999 and followed with releases on the same label in 2001 and 2003. The 2003 release Tulsa for One Second was described by Pitchfork Media as "Lap-pop".

Telefon Tel Aviv band

Telefon Tel Aviv is a New Orleans–derived, Chicago-based American electronic music act, formerly comprising Charles Cooper and Joshua Eustis. Since Cooper's accidental death in 2009, Telefon Tel Aviv has continued with Eustis as the sole official member. Eustis is also known for being a member of the most recent lineup of Puscifer and Nine Inch Nails' live performances.

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The two now work as the Thorny Tigers production team and are 2/3 of the band Parks & Gardens with Andy Duncan formerly of Ok Go.

Andy Scott Duncan is an American musician, best known for being a founding member of the Chicago band OK Go, playing lead guitar and keyboards. He appears on their first two albums, the eponymous OK Go and its follow-up album Oh No. Since leaving the group, he has worked on the band Seahorse Liberation Army as co-producer with Erik Seidenglanz and numerous films and commercials as a sound designer and composer with directors Eric Lynne of Partizan Films, Grzegorz Jonkajtys of Industrial Light and Magic, and Bastiaan Koch of Marauder Films.

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Skam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.

Made was a lo-fi pop band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, active during the 1990s. Its members were Jason Taylor, Simon Bedford-James (guitar), Alison McLean (drums), and three different successive bass guitarists: John Bowker, later replaced by Scott Fairbrother, who was in turn replaced by Frank Guidoccio.

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