Cherry Bikini
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Cherry Bikini is a Los Angeles, California
based electro-pop/electroclash duo made up of Sophie Boscallini (vocals) and Armand Abagliani (synths, guitars, programming).
After relocating to Los Angeles in 2003, they recorded and released their second full-length CD, Dream Days (2004). Towards the end of that year they released Remixed (2004), a collection of remixes of some of their better known songs by underground DJs and producers.
The signature Cherry Bikini sound is characterized by Sophie Boscallini's "somewhat detached". take on lust, set over strong electro-pop hooks and dance beats. Their songs often "deal with sexuality with a matter-of-fact explicitness". All of their CDs to date have been self-produced and independently released. In 2007 they released their fourth full length CD entitled 13. This was followed by a period of quiet until October 2010 when they announced that a fifth album should be released in October 2011.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
based electro-pop/electroclash duo made up of Sophie Boscallini (vocals) and Armand Abagliani (synths, guitars, programming).
Biography
The band started in 2002 in Paris, France, where they recorded their first album, Cherry Bikini (2002). In the next several years, Cherry Bikini achieved underground notoriety due to their hyper-explicit lyrics on songs such as "Just Fuck Me", "Fingers (Inside Me)", and "A Good Hard Lay".After relocating to Los Angeles in 2003, they recorded and released their second full-length CD, Dream Days (2004). Towards the end of that year they released Remixed (2004), a collection of remixes of some of their better known songs by underground DJs and producers.
The signature Cherry Bikini sound is characterized by Sophie Boscallini's "somewhat detached". take on lust, set over strong electro-pop hooks and dance beats. Their songs often "deal with sexuality with a matter-of-fact explicitness". All of their CDs to date have been self-produced and independently released. In 2007 they released their fourth full length CD entitled 13. This was followed by a period of quiet until October 2010 when they announced that a fifth album should be released in October 2011.