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Hyphen Hyphen
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an electro rock band based in Nice, France composed of Samanta Cotta (lead voice, guitar, keys), Romain Adamo (guitar), Laura Christin (bass, chorus, percussions) and Zacharie Schutte (drums, machines). They started the band in 2009. Hyphen Hyphen, is Santa, Line, Puss and Zak, four students in art & music, magicians of a powerful & uncommon electro-rock sound somewhere between Klaxons, Late of the Pier, Talking Heads, Metronomy and Phoenix. On stage the band has a raw & sophisticated energy, a fresh & dancefloor groove that strikes & takes you, recently they outcome themselves selling 100 CD at the merch stand when the headliner was barely selling 15 copies. They shake your belly & booty with an amazing interactivity with the public through choregraphies, fluo paintings, costumes... They were officially selected as one of the 30 best new bands in France by le Printemps de Bourges. They have more than 40 gigs planned for 2012, nationwide with options in Portugal, Montreal and England. At the Cannes Film Festival they played at the villa of the famous culture mag Les Inrockuptibles (NME equivalent), & were acclaimed best concert of the two weeks in front of 2 many DJ's, Anna Calvi & many others. Not astonishing that they won the Jury prize of the «Les Inrocks lab» competition in june 2011. Hyphen Hyphen est LA révélation incontournable de la nouvelle scène electro-rock made in France. Leur énergie vampirisante et sensuelle envoûte les salles de concert de tout l'hexagone. Après avoir dynamité les scènes de Rock en Seine, Solidays, Calvi on the Rocks ou encore Marsatac, Hyphen Hyphen est nominé par le réseau des SMAC et la FERAROK au prix Best Live 2013. "Wild Union" leur second EP sorti en 2012 est soutenu par les Inrockuptibles, Tsugi, Modzik, Le Mouv', OUI FM... Après plus de 100 concerts en 1 an, le groupe se produira encore en 2013 notamment au MEG Montréal, Eurockéennes de Belfort, Sakifo Festival, Nuits Botaniques de Bruxelles, festival Terres de son, etc... Lauréat Détours ADAMI 2013 Lauréat FAIR 2013 Découvertes Printemps de Bourges 2012 "Dans ce rock cubiste, concassé, défoncé de breaks et riffs cosmiques, ils n'ont aujourd'hui de leçons à recevoir de personne : leur impatience, leur boulimie et leur frénésie sont désormais leurs seuls mentors." JD Beauvallet / Les Inrockuptibles (2012)
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