| GROUP | GENRE | DATES | COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION | BEST RELEASE |
| Fantastic Plastic Machine | Club | 1998- | Japan | Indietronica beats and happy tuneage from Kyoto's Tomo Tanaka. | Fantastic Plastic Machine. |
| Hi-Posi | Club | 2000- | Japan | Wild, fast electro songs by boy/girl duo. Sped up, almost techno beats and shockingly twee girlie vocals. | 4n5. |
| Kittycraft | Club | 1994- | USA | Minneapolis girl makes catchy loops and sings sweet catchy lyrics. | Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch. |
| Land of the Loops | Club | 1995- | USA | Cute synth loops with Heather from Beat Happening on vocals. | Puttering About a Small Land. |
| Looper | Club | 1998- | Scotland | Stuart David from Belle & Sebastian sets out on his own space/electro/pop direction. | The Geometrid. |
| Mansfield | Club | Japan | Very cool Big Beat dance numbers from Japanese duo (vocals by Yukari Fresh). Great synths and samples. | 6 Complexions of Mansfield. | |
| Merricks | Club | 1997- | Germany | Munich sextet makes kooky techno pop from synths. On Bungalow comps too. | The Sound of Munich. |
| Pizzicato Five | Club | 1984- | Japan | 60s disco meets 90s electro. | |
| Stereo De Luxe | Club | 1999- | Germany | Sampled Big Beaty numbers, some straighter pop songs including a great swipe at US culture. | Glam-O-Rama. |
| Stereo Total | Club | 1995- | Germany | The absolute best! -Dan. No one here cared about them when they first started in the mid-90s, but suddenly this boy-girl group with synthesizers has a following! Infectious pop.-Nommi. | Stereo Total |
| Volume All-Star | Club | 1998- | USA | Lo-fi sampletronic pop with a few girl vocals. On Slabco. | Self-connected Twice-elected |
| Yukari Fresh | Club | Japan | Electro/synth with playful samples and high, girlie vocals. | New Year's Fresh. |