Tanlines is an American experimental pop

Pop music

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 / indie rock

Indie rock

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 duo from Brooklyn, New York. The band is composed of Jesse Cohen (drums, music); Eric Emm

Eric Emm

Eric Emm is a rock bassist and guitarist.He has played bass in math rock pioneers Don Caballero, the avant garde band Storm & Stress, and Good Morning...

 (guitar, vocals). Their influence is drawn from various genres including pop, indie, dance plus world music. Currently the band are working on their debut full length album, to be released in early 2011. In December 2010 a CD compilation of all the EPs to date, plus various alternate versions and remixes will be released in Europe where the songs had not been previously available.

History

The band was formed in 2008 after Cohen and Emm had worked together producing a song for Cohen's band, Professor Murder

Professor Murder

Professor Murder is a dance punk quartet from New York City that mixes synthesizers and percussion-based compositions in a method that has drawn comparison to post-punk and new-wave bands of the early 1980s and late '70s. They released their critically hailed debut EP, Professor Murder Rides the...

. Previously Emm had also produced other bands with his brother Josh, as well as performed in the bands Don Caballero

Don Caballero

Don Caballero are an American rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group took their name from the character Guy Caballero, portrayed by Joe Flaherty, on the sketch comedy show Second City Television...

 and Storm & Stress

Storm & Stress

Storm & Stress is an American experimental/noise rock band. The band's name is derived from the German literary movement Sturm und Drang.-Discography:*Storm and Stress - Touch & Go Records...

. Since forming the band have been celebrated for their various remixes listed below, and have also toured extensively in Eastern USA, plus twice in Europe now. Notably Julian Casablancas

Julian Casablancas

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 had them open on several dates in 2009, and they have also played with Yeasayer

Yeasayer

-History:The band's three core members, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Anand Wilder, first came to attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Their first single consisted of a double A-side of the tracks "Sunrise" and "2080"...

, Health

HEALTH (band)

Health is an American noise rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band's 2007 release with Crystal Castles charted at position nine in the UK indie singles chart.- History :...

, Delorean

DeLorean

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 & many others. Their song "Real Life" was used in the BBC TV coverage of the Football World Cup 2010.

Singles

• "New Flowers" (12", 2008, Young Turks)
• "Real Life" (12", 2010, True Panther Sounds)

Remixes

• "Chrome's On It (Tanlines remix)" originally by Telepathe
  Telepathe
  Telepathe is an electronic pop duo from Brooklyn consisting of core members Busy Gangnes and Melissa Livaudis. The band also includes other occasional musicians, such as Ryan Lucero....
  
   (2008)
• "Apply (Tanlines Remix)" originally by Glasser
  Glasser
  Glasser may refer to:* Albert Glasser , American composer of film scores* Arthur Glasser* Dick Glasser , American singer and songwriter* Harold Glasser, New Deal economist and Soviet spy...
  
  on Apply EP (2009, True Panther Sounds)
• "Kalise (Tanlines Remix)" originally by El Guincho
  El Guincho
  El Guincho is the recording alias of Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa. Also a member of Coconot, Díaz-Reixa rose to prominence with his 2008 album, Alegranza!. His musical style relies heavily on the use of sampling and incorporates elements of Afrobeat, dub, Tropicália and rock and roll...
  
   on Kalise EP (2009, Young Turks)
• "A New Chance (Tanlines remix)" originally by The Tough Alliance
  The Tough Alliance
  The Tough Alliance, or TTA, was an electronic pop music duo from Gothenburg, Sweden. The duo first came together in 2003 and consists of childhood friends Henning Fürst and Eric Berglund...
  
   (Sincerely Yours, 2009)
• "Shadows (Tanlines remix)" originally by Au Revoir Simone
  Au Revoir Simone
  Au Revoir Simone is an electronic dream pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in late 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster , Annie Hart , and Heather D'Angelo...
  
   (Rallye Label, 2009)
• "Bicycle (Tanlines remix)" originally by Memory Tapes
  Memory Tapes
  Memory Tapes is a recording alias of New Jersey-based Dayve Hawk, former frontman of Philadelphia-based Hail Social.After initially releasing material under the names Memory Cassette and Weird Tapes., and on signing to Something In Construction to release a Memory Cassette EP , Memory Tapes' first...
  
   (2010)
• "High Road (Tanlines remix)" originally by Deradoorian (Lovepump United, forthcoming)

External links

• Official website
• Interview with Jesse Cohen
• http://newmedia.kcrw.com/musicnews/2010/01/artist-you-should-know-tanlines/ KCRW feature on Tanlines
• http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14031-settings-ep/ Settings reviewed on Pitchfork
• http://twitter.com/tanlines Tanlines on Twitter