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electric valentine

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States
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"Some Recent Quotes"

"Songwriting savvy and memorable melodic hooks collide with electronica on Automatic, the 12-song debut from keyboardist/ producer Chris Qualls and singer Lauren Baird, known to their ever-growing fan base as Electric Valentine. In less skilled hands, the floor-stomping beats, sliced-up stutter vocals, and huge stacks of slightly-detuned sawtooth waves might have added up to merely throwing the major sonic food groups of dance music onto one plate. In Qualls’ hands, it adds up to a lot more: a sweaty, sexy romp that’s as actively listenable as it is danceable."
-Keyboard Magazine

"In a perfect world this would be number one in every country forever"
-Popjustice

"This band is a force to be reckoned with in the electronic/indie scene"
-Racket Magazine

"Members Chris Qualls and Lauren Baird have taken everything positive out of an era full of pop princesses, break-dancing and big hair and finetuned it to a modern perfection"
-Substream Magazine

"Lauren engages attention from the first note and it is clear she possesses raging star power. You can barely take your eyes off her long enough to watch Chris, but his show is just as impressive. Even more amazing than the live performance is the stereo quality sound that comes from this outfit"
-Hits Magazine

"a catchy slice of electro-pop that brims with confidence and melody. Hear it once and you'll be singing along to it the next time you play it. That's guaranteed."
-Arjan Writes

"Combining a dancefloor-rerady beat, 80's glossy production and Lauren's powerful vocals, the duo makes catchy electro-pop with big hooks and sexy vocals"
-Indie Disco Blog - Keyboard Magazine, Substream Magazine, Popjustice, Hits Magazine, Arjan Writes, Indie Disco Blog


Discography

"The Fuse" - full length released Nov7 2011.
25,000+ free downloads through the band website
Body To Body (2011 version) featured on hit xbox game Dance Central 2 and the upcoming movie "stuck in love"
Moonlight to Sunrise featured on Jersey Shore

"Automatic" - debut full length released Aug 18 2009. Singles "Body To Body" and "Beat Drop" have been receiving both commercial and college radio airplay. The album went to #7 on the iTunes Dance Album charts. Has received numerous placements including The Hills, The City, The Real World, Paris Hilton:My New BFF and a Hot Topic commercial

"Friends With Benefits ep" released Dec 14 2008. Features all collaborations with well known electro artists and bands. "The First And Last Time w Breathe Carolina" and "Electric Ghosts w Watchout! There's Ghosts" have both cracked the top 20 on the iTunes singles chart and have been featured on tv shows, blogs and radio

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Recent Accomplishments:
-Single “Body To Body” featured in the hit Xbox 360 video game “Dance
Central 2”
-Winner "Best Electronic" 2011 Orange County Music Awards
-Nominated “Best Electronic” 2010 & 2012 Orange County Music Awards
-MTV Buzzworthy feature
-Debut Album "Automatic" reached #7 on the iTunes Dance Album charts
-Over 90,000 digital downloads on iTunes
-Featured on popular blogs including billboard.com, perezhilton.com,
popjustice.com, arjanwrites.com
-31 TV placements in 2012 including The Hills, The Real World, Keepin Up
With The Kardashians, Basketball Wives, The City, The L Word
-Single “Chasing The Sun” reached #23 on the iTunes Dance Singles charts
-Featured in top publications including Substream Magazine,
Keyboard Magazine, Hits and Magnetic Magazine
-Received Radio airplay for "Body To Body" and "Beat Drop" (#14 K.N.B.B.
Specialty Charts, #76 on MediaBase Hot AC charts)
-Front page features on high traffic music social media sites
inlcuding Pure Volume and Myspace
-Youtube comedy video “Girl, You Got Skrillex Hair” received over
250,000 plays in 6 months
-Featured on Ultimix, Electro Riot, Silverlake Underground and other
popular mixtapes
-3 week Chinese tour sponsored by Hennessey VSOP included a strong
media push composed of heavy TV/Radio/Print promo for every show
-Voted "Best Of 2011" - Press Enterprise Newspaper
-Single “Body To Body” featured in upcoming major motion picture
“Stuck In Love” starring Greg Kinnear and Kristen Bell
-Finalist in the 2011 International Songwriting Competition
-Performed live during the Emerald City Trapeze 2 day Halloween
spectacular “Carnevolar” in Seattle, WA for 1000+ people per night
-Album featured on Playnetwork, resulting in in over 200,000 in store
plays in nationwide retail chains
-Unsigned artist of the month on Goom Radio
-Official MGM Grand Casino (Las Vegas, NV) record release party at
Studio 54 dance club
-Wrote and produced the single “Dancing In Flames” for world famous
artist Street Drum Corps
-Chris co-wrote the Kill The Noise dubstep smash “Dying” released on
OWSLA Records

Website: www.electricvalentine.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/EVBand
Facebook: www.facebook.com/electricvalentine
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/electricvalentine
Merch: www.electricvalentine.bigcartel.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/electricvalentine
Mailing List: http://electricvalentine.fanbridge.com/
Email: EVDanceparty@gmail.com