Miranda! vs. Scissor Sisters
versus
wed 6/13/2007
| name | Miranda!. | Scissor Sisters. |
| hometown | Buenos Aires, Argentina. | New York, NY. |
| born in | 2001. | 2001. |
| members | Alejandro Sergi, Lolo Fuentes, Monoto Grimaldi and Juliana Gatas. | Jake Shears, Ana Matronic, Paddy Boom, Del Marquis and Babydaddy. |
| behind the name | Named after Argentine actor Osvaldo Miranda. | Were once called Dead Lesbian and the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters. |
| style | Disco and Technopop. | Electroclash and '70s pop. |
| influenced by | Pimpinela and Alaska y Dinarama. | Elton John and The Bee Gees. |
| you know how I know you're "gay"? | You look like David Bowie and sound like Juan Gabriel. | All the members except drummer Paddy Boom are actually gay. |
| but wait | "Maybe we give teenagers some happiness and fun in a stage of life that is somehow confusing." - Sergi. | “We’re not this homo Village People group talking about having sex all the time.” - Babydaddy. |
| most recent release | El Disco De Tu Corazón. | Ta-dah!. |
| party time! | "Yo quiero ser tu negro del camión, yo quiero ser un cerdo picaron, yo quiero hacerte las cosas mas sucias de modo elegante, yo quiero que te toques para mí, quiero tocarme y acabar en tí." | "Gonna take your mama out all night, Yeah we'll show her what it's all about, we'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne, we'll let the good times all roll out." |
| collaborations | Julieta Venegas and Fangoria. | New Order and Kylie Minogue. |
| breakthrough single | Don. | A cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. |
| nadie es profeta en su tierra | Wildly popular in Mexico. | Wildly popular in the U.K. |
| the critics | Monsters and Critics says: “Catchy, bubble-gum techno-pop, the lyrics go deeper, with topics that include depressing holidays, tortured souls, magnetic romantic impulses and even sexual fantasies.” | Stylus Magazine says: “Lead singer Jake Shears proves once again that pop music is at its best when it lets nothing – not genre lines, not popular trends, not rules – stand in the way of a good song.” |
| webprops | 8,000 friends spread across their official and fan-made MySpace. | 116,322 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Real-life Ken and Barbie dolls. | Psychotropic disco movie mashup! |
Michoacan
as seen on myspace
mon 4/2/2007
Fernando Miranda Rios, aka Michoacan, is a hip hop head through and through – but it's his venture into disco music that has bodies moving on the dancefloor. Rios first started producing rap tracks in high school with brother Daniel, but it was a trip to a local record store that took him on a path to higher beats per minute. The East Palo Alto native was going through the dollar bin and hit upon Space’s 1977 album, Magic Fly. Hearing Space, the classic French disco duo, inspired Rios to take a stab in a new direction.
Eight EPs later, Michoacan has crept above ground and become an important player in the contemporary disco scene. Club bangers like "2 Bullets Disaster" and "Dancefloor Destruction" have found their way into the sets of international DJs like Lee Burridge and Dr. Lektroluv. His latest, a remix EP of the "2 Bullets" track with reworks from The Glimmers and DJ Harvey, is out on Grayhound Recordings.
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