Avenue D

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Avenue D
Avenue D on her last appearance.
Avenue D on her last appearance.
General information
Genre (s) Electroclash
founding 2000
resolution 2007
Website www.avenued.com
Last occupation
Debbie D. (Debbie Attias)
Daphne D. (Daphne Gomez-Mena)

Avenue D were an American electroclash duo from New York City . They started their careers in 2001 and announced their breakup in 2007 after several albums and many international appearances .

history

The duo began at the time of the electroclash wave, in which artists such as Fischerspooner and Felix da Housecat also became known. In 2005, her piece Do I Look Like a Slut? # 8 on Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales . In the same year they contributed Orgasmatron, a track to the soundtrack of the old porn film New Wave Hookers by Eon McKai . In the course of their careers they played in Japan, Brazil, England and also in Germany.

Based on the texts (e.g. "[...] I wish that he would just ... Shut up and stick, just stick it in!", Freely translated: "[...] I wish he would just ... shut up and stick it!" ) Avenue D struggled to get a record deal and released most of their music on their own label, Avenue Dreams .

reception

Overall, Avenue D's music is described as creative and entertaining. The reviewers particularly notice the sexually explicit texts.

  • The Miami New Times writes: "[...] Avenue D have consisted of just that: finding new ways to expound on one topic - namely, raunchy sex." ( "Avenue D consisted of exactly that: finding new ways to get around a topic." to leave out - namely slippery sex " )
  • The The Sydney Morning New writes the lyrics of Avenue D would "[...] sufficient to leave a blush phone sex workers"
  • The Herald (Glasgow) describes the music in 2005 as "[...] a unique dynamic mix of punk, bootyclash, hip-hop and 80s new wave [...]"

Discography

Albums

  • 2002: Grade D Beef (self-published)
  • 2005: As Free As We Wanna Be (Avenue Dreams)
  • 2005: Eurawesome! (Avenue Dreams)
  • 2008: Totally Magic / Graded D Beef / D Sides (Avenue Dreams)

EPs

  • 2005: 2D2F EP (Avenue Dreams, Jet Set Records)

Singles

  • 2003: Sex That I Need / Dancin ' (For Us)
  • 2004: Do I Look Like a Slut? (including Electric Blue Records)
  • 2005: You Love This Ass (Phela Recordings)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Do I Look Like a Slut? at allmusic.com (accessed April 21, 2010)
  2. ↑ Film review on sex-kitten.net (accessed on April 21, 2010)
  3. ↑ Biography on avenued.com (accessed April 21, 2010)
  4. ↑ Real Women Know When to Pull Out on miaminewtimes.com (accessed April 21, 2010)
  5. ^ "Don't cry for me, daddy" (accessed April 21, 2010)
  6. ↑ Concert announcement from September 29, 2005 (accessed April 21, 2010)

Web links

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