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, formerly My Dear Disco. The band was active from 2007 to 2011 and released two definitive works, ''Dancethink LP'' and '' Love Child EP''. The band had two other EPs, ''My Dear Disco'' and ''Over the Noise'', whose tracks were re-recorded and released in final form on ''Dancethink'' and ''Love Child'' – with the exception of one track named "Over the Noise". The band also produced

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music and released a collection titled '' The Remixes EP''. Ella Riot specialized in writing and performing live dance music. The band referred to its musical style as "DanceThink Music", dance music written to stand on its own merit and be enjoyed apart from dance. Accordingly, their first album was named ''Dancethink''. Their music combines elements from several genres – rock, jazz, electronic, pop, soul and punk. An album review characterized the ''Dancethink LP'' as a combination of

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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music store. *

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– writer, performer, producer * Mark Saunders (Beat360 Studio) – co-producer * "All I Do" – writer

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References

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