2001 ARTIST GLOSSARY
Abandoned Pools: Tommy Walters, Los Angeles rock guitarist and singer formerly with eels
Aria: Operatically-trained trip-hop vocalist and composer from Reykjavik, Iceland
Autour de Lucie: Electronic/pop trio from Paris featuring vocalist Valérie Leulliot
Basement Jaxx: Simon Ratcliffe & Felix Buxton, techno-house duo from London
Better Than Ezra: Rock trio from New Orleans led by vocalist Kevin Griffin
Björk: Singer/songwriter from Iceland, formerly with the Sugarcubes
Blake Babies: Re-formed alternative rock trio from Boston featuring vocalist Juliana Hatfield
Shawn Colvin: Veteran folk-influenced singer and songwriter from Vermillion, South Dakota
The Crytstal Method: Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan, techno duo from Las Vegas
Curve: Veteran electro-noise-rock duo from London featuring vocalist Toni Halliday
Daft Punk: Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter: techno-house duo from Paris
Darwa: Electronic/trip-hop duo from Slovenia
Craig David: Electronic R&B singer/songwriter from Southampton, England
Alana Davis: Acoustic pop/soul singer/songwriter from New York
Depeche Mode: Veteran electronic rock trio from Basildon, England led by writer Martin L. Gore
Faithless: London-based techno-house trio led by rapper Maxi Jazz and vocalist Sister Bliss
Neil Finn: Veteran singer-songwriter from New Zealand, founder of Split Enz & Crowded House
Garbage: Electro-rock quartet from Madison, WI featuring Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson
Rebecca Gates: Chicago-based singer/songwriter from Oregon, co-founder of the Spinanes
Groove Armada: Multi-genre electronica duo from London
Hana: American electronica/pop duo formed by vocalist Anisa Romero & musician Jeff Greinke
Herbie Hancock: Seminal jazz keyboardist and composer from Chicago
Kristin Hersh: Singer/songwriter from Newport, Rhode Island; founder/former leader of Throwing Muses
Ivy: New York-based alt-pop trio featuring French vocalist Dominique Durand
Janet Jackson: Pop/R&B singer/actress from Los Angeles
Joydrop: Modern rock quartet from Toronto featuring classically-trained vocalist Tara Slone
Lamb: Andrew Barlow & Louise Rhodes, trip-hop/drum’n’bass duo from Manchester, England
Live: Rock quartet from Hershey, Pennsylvania led by vocalist Ed Kowalczyk
Marumari: Ambient techno artist from New York state
Tom McRae: Folk-influenced singer/songwriter from Chelmsford, England
John Mellencamp: Veteran roots rocker from Seymour, Indiana
Robert Miles: Swiss-born electronica artist from Italy
Mira: Noir dream-pop quintet from Tallahassee, Fla., featuring vocalist Regina Sosinski
Mirwais: Swiss-born electronica artist and producer from France
Misstress Barbara: Techno-house artist and producer from Italy
Orbital: Phil & Paul Hartnoll, pioneering techno-electronica duo from London
Roland Orzabal: Electronic pop singer/songwriter from Bath, UK, co-founder of Tears For Fears
Our Lady Peace: Rock quartet from Toronto led by vocalist Raine Maida
Grant-Lee Phillips: Singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, former leader of Grant Lee Buffalo
Placebo: Multinational punk-influenced glam-rock trio led by English vocalist Brian Molko
Plaid: Ed Handley and Andy Turner, electronica duo from London
Powderfinger: Rock quartet from Brisbane, Australia led by guitarist/vocalist Bernard Fanning
Radiohead: Rock quintet from Oxford, UK led by vocalist Thom Yorke
R.E.M.: Seminal rock group from Athens, Georgia
Saint Etienne: Alternative pop trio from Croydon, England fronted by vocalist Sarah Cracknell
Semisonic: Rock trio from Minneapolis led by vocalist Dan Wilson
Sense Field: Rock quintet from California featuring vocalist Jon Bunch
Duncan Sheik: Brown-educated alt-pop singer-songwriter from South Carolina
Sloan: Veteran alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Staind: Aggressive rock quartet from Springfield, MA led by vocalist Aaron Lewis
Stereolab: Multinational Chicago-based experimental/retro-pop sextet featuring French vocalist Laetitia Sadier
The Strokes: Rock quintet from New York City led by vocalist Julian Casablancas
The Tender Idols: Rock quintet from Atlanta, Georgia, featuring English vocalist Ian Webber
Tool: Progressive heavy-rock quartet from Los Angeles led by vocalist Maynard James Keenan
Travis: Folk-inspired rock quartet from Glasgow led by vocalist/songwriter Fran Healy
Tricky: Pioneering trip-hop composer and vocalist from Bristol, England
Troublemakers: French trio of electronica collagists
Turin Brakes: Folk-influenced alt-pop duo from London
Überzone: Nom-de-plume of electronica artist Timothy Wiles of Anaheim, California
Suzanne Vega: Veteran folk-rock singer/songwriter from New York
Charles Webster: Deep-house electronica artist from Nottingham, England
Whistler: UK alt-pop trio formed by Ian Dench (formerly of EMF) & featuring vocalist Kerry Shaw
Zero 7: Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns, London soul/electronica/remix duo
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