Van She are an
electropop
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...
band formed in 2002 in
Sydney
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, Australia, with Matt Van Schie (pronounced Van Ski) on
bass guitar
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vocals, Tomek Archer on
drums
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sequencer,
Michael Di Francesco
Touch Sensitive is the solo project of Michael Di Francesco, an Australian producer and musician from Sydney, also known as a member of Van She.
His debut single "Body Stop" was released in 2004. Touch Sensitive's 2013 single "Pizza Guy" attai ...
on
synth/
guitar
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and Nicholas Routledge on vocals/guitar. The band's debut album, ''
V'' was released on the Australian label
Modular Recordings in August 2008, and peaked at number 10 on the
ARIA Charts
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Van She
remix
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