What duo is principally known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" that was influencing to  a Swedish synthpop band founded in January 2002 by vocalist Christer Lundberg and producer Paul Lachenardière?
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Universal Poplab Universal Poplab is a Swedish synthpop band founded in January 2002 by vocalist Christer Lundberg and producer Paul Lachenardière. The band's two members have very different backgrounds: Christer is an old-school synthpop fan, influenced by acts like Soft Cell and Yazoo, Paul is a classically trained musician with roots in jazz, electronica, trance and techno.
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Soft Cell Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s, consisting of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo are principally known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" (#8 US) and 1981 debut album titled "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret".
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Ansiktet (band) Ansiktet (lit. "The Face") is a Swedish singing R&B duo. They are most known for their singles "X" in 2011 and "Äckligt" ("Disgusting") in 2012.
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Horsepower Productions Horsepower Productions are an electronic music duo, initially a larger musical collective who released experimental garage recordings, and helped pioneer the dubstep genre.
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Icona Pop (album) Icona Pop is the debut studio album by Swedish duo Icona Pop, released on 14 November 2012 by TEN Music Group and includes the multi-country top 10 hit single "I Love It". The album peaked at number 55 on the Swedish Albums Chart.
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Wan Light Wan Light are a Swedish indie-pop/electronica duo, formed in 2003, and consisting of Krister Svensson and Magnus Karnock. Their style could be described as singer/songwriter with an electronic component. They have been compared to Mercury Rev, Neil Young, The Flaming Lips and Pet Shop Boys. They are signed to Labrador Records in Sweden. Their name comes from an Orange Juice song of the same name.
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The Merrymakers The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr, former members are Thomas Nyström, Kenneth Berg, Patrik Bergman and Peter Arffman. They have been making music together since the 1990s. Their major releases include "Andrew's store", "No Sleep 'til famous" and "Bubblegun." They have also written and produced songs for Puffy AmiYumi, Dorian Gray, Yuko Yamaguchi and Fujifabric. In March 2008 Anders Hellgren announced that work had begun on a new Merrymakers album, although that seems to have been put aside in favor of David Myhr's solo album, "Soundshine", due to be released in 2011.
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Triple &amp; Touch Triple & Touch is a song and entertainment duo from Gothenburg, Sweden, consisting of Ken Wennerholm (born 1959 in Tranås, Småland) and Göran Rudbo (born 1959 in Stöde, Medelpad). Earlier, Lasse Kronér (born 1962 in Gothenburg) was also a member until 1999, when he succeeded Leif Olsson for the leadership for the TV show "Bingolotto".
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Strange Talk Strange Talk is an Australian synthpop duo from Melbourne, Victoria, consisting of Gerard Sidhu and Stephen Docker. Formed in 2010, their sound has been likened to that of Cut Copy, Passion Pit, Phoenix and Yeasayer. Strange Talk's most recent EP, "E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N", was released on 16 October 2015 via Wind-up Records.
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Kraftwerk Kraftwerk (] , "power station") are a German electronic music band formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1969 in Düsseldorf. In the 1970s, they were among the first successful pop acts to popularize electronic music and are widely considered to be innovators and pioneers of the genre. The band was fronted by both Hütter and Schneider until Schneider's departure in 2008.
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Me and I "Me and I" is a song from ABBA's 1980 album "Super Trouper". As with much of ABBA's 1980s output, the song features use of a synthesizer, and some have classified the song as synthpop. Anni-Frid Lyngstad handles the lead vocals.
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Trancesetters Trancesetters is a Dutch electronic music duo of Gaston Steenkist and Alex Dijksterhuis. They are best known for their singles "Roaches" and "Synergy", released on Hooj Choons, both of which reached the UK Singles Chart. Their work has featured on numerous remix albums by DJs such as Carl Cox, Sasha & Digweed, and the Global Underground series.
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album by English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in the United Kingdom on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the worldwide success of its single "Tainted Love", a cover version of a soul song by Gloria Jones, which topped charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981 in the United States—as a result of the single's success the album had reported advance orders of more than 200,000 copies. The album produced two more top five singles in the UK with "Bedsitter" and "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye".
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Jack &amp; Coke Jack & Coke (formerly known as SeventyEight) is a Swedish producer- and songwriting team consisting of Svante Halldin and Jakob Hazell. They have co-produced the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest winner Loreen's song "Euphoria" and "Crying Out Your Name". They have also produced songs for the Estonian artist Kerli, including the single "Zero Gravity" and "The Lucky Ones".
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SDP (band) SDP, an abbreviation of Stonedeafproduction is a German pop/hip hop duo made up of singer and producer Vincent Stein and singer and guitarist Dag-Alexis Kopplin. The duo are signed to Berliner Plattenbau label.
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Galantis discography Galantis is a Swedish electronic music production and songwriting duo consisting of Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson from Miike Snow, and Linus Eklöw aka Style of Eye. They are best known for their 2014 single "Runaway (U & I)".
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Dayeene DaYeene was a Swedish soul/house music group, active in early 1990s. The group consisted of the sisters Jeanette and Diane Söderholm. Diane had previously been vocalist in the Swedish synthpop band, Freestyle.
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Modjo Modjo (] ) was a French house musical duo made up of producer Romain Tranchart (born 9 June 1976) and vocalist Yann Destagnol (a.k.a. , born 14 July 1978). They had major success with their hit single "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)".
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Rotersand Rotersand is a German electronic music act, formed in September 2002 by musician/producer Gun and singer Rascal with dance music producer/DJ Krischan J.E. Wesenberg joining them shortly after. Rotersand's music can generally be described as futurepop; the band themselves refer to it as "industrial pop".
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Your Crown "Your Crown" is a song by the Danish dance-pop duo Infernal. It features the Danish singer and actress Xenia Lach-Nielsen, and was released as the fifth single from Infernal's debut album, "Infernal Affairs", in 1999. The song is written by the German songwriter Nosie Katzmann, and it is the only Infernal single ever to feature a different female lead vocalist than Lina Rafn. It peaked at #2 on the Danish Airplay Chart, making it the most successful single from the album in terms of airplay.
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Modern Talking Modern Talking was a German duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top five in many countries. Some of their most popular and widely known singles are "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "You Can Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" and "Geronimo's Cadillac".
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So Much Love to Give "So Much Love to Give" is a 2002 single released by French house duo Together, consisting of Thomas Bangalter and DJ Falcon.