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== Current Wave of Female Electropop Acts==
As 2009 began female electro pop artists were becoming popular in the [[United Kingdom]]. In the ‘’Sound of 2009’’ poll of 130 music experts conducted for the BBC 10 of the top 15 artists named were of the electro pop genre. A video by [[Little Boots]], aka Victoria Hesketh who topped the BBC poll showed her using a [[Tenori-on]] , a Japanese computerized sequencer that layers sounds on top of each other.<ref>[http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NzM1NzEwNTk5 UK gaga for electro-pop, guitar bands fight back The Kuwait Times January 28, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.nypress.com/blog-3038-lily-allen-brings-the-fear.html Lily Allen Brings The Fear New York Press]</ref><ref>[http://www.nme.com/news/lily-allen/42466 Lily Allen scores second UK Number One single NME 1 February, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUKLR32115020090127?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true UK goes gaga for electro-pop in 2009 Reuters January, 27, 2009]</ref>.[[Electrovamp]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Ladyhawke (musician)|Ladyhawke]] and [[La Roux]] are other new female electropop artists of note. <ref name=NewGeneration/>
Record companies are pushing the rise of female electropop artists in their early twenties with the intent of replacing male guitar bands and male electropop acts with a "geeky" image.<ref name=NewGeneration/> The labels are hoping that a return of 1980's style credible, idiosyncratic pop music will prove to be a form of escapism in tough economic times.<ref name=NewGeneration>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/gaga-for-girl-power/2009/02/27/1235237908240.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Gaga for girl power Sydney Morning Herald 28 February, 2009]</ref>
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