Felka Biography
Having spent more than a year making their debut album Stromlinienbaby, it was obvious that Switzerland's Felka was fond of the prolonged psychological tests of the studio. The band began experimenting with an improvisational fusion of post-techno dance music and vintage rock and jazz chic in...
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