For my tenth pick, I'll go with
Fujiya and Miyagi - Transparent Things (2006) in the
Wildcard category
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- "Ankle Injuries"
- "Collarbone"
- "Photocopier"
- "Conductor 71"
- "Transparent Things"
- "Sucker Punch"
- "In One Ear & Out the Other"
- "Cassettesingle"
- "Cylinders"
I think some of these are fan-made videos, but the live footage on youtube is not that great, so here we go:
Ankle Injuries
Collarbone
Photocopier
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:0vfwxqwdldse
Quote:
Not in fact Japanese, and not in fact even a duo (besides "Fujiya" — keyboardist and beat-maker Steve Lewis — and "Miyagi" — guitarist and vocalist Dave Best — there's also "&," bassist Matt Hainsby), Fujiya & Miyagi draw from influences like Neu! and Talking Heads to create warm, looping guitar riff-driven organic dance music that fits nicely next to other mid-2000s alternative dance bands like the Teddybears, Hot Chip, and even LCD Soundsystem. Live guitars and keyboards layer over funky basslines and mechanized drums, while Best whisper-sings about, among other things, broken bones, feeling OK, star signs, and "just pretending to be Japanese."
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