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Formed in 2006, Distel is a musical outlet of Æter, one of the monikers of Dutch composer Peter Johan Nÿland - and Scramasax, a percussionist who has been involved in several other Dutch bands. They play 'angst pop', which is sometimes reminiscent of the output of German label Galakthorrö, that was the first to actually coin the term as a genre. Other references that often pop up are British avant-gardists Coil, owing to a seemingly similar experimental approach in their work; the Dutch ULTRA art movement; and genre-wise: minimal electronics, cold wave and industrial. Due to their extensive use of...

Sacha Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004), nephew of band leader Ray Ventura, was a French singer who had hits such as a cover version of the Academy Award winning "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (originally recorded by B.J. Thomas) Frank & Nancy Sinatra's Something Stupid and "Scoubidou". He was born in Paris to At age 16, Distel became a professional jazz guitarist. Over his career he worked alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Tony Bennett and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in the late 1950s after establishing himself as a French crooner. Sacha Distel had a much...

Jochen Distelmeyer was the frontman of Blumfeld, an influential "Hamburger Schule" band which unfortunately broke up in 2007. He released his first solo album, Heavy, in 2009 .