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, and Chicago Trax Records. The individual members have had success as songwriters and producers, working with artists such as

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. The band has been active since 2008. In 2010, they released their eponymous debut album. Four singles were taken from this album: ''It's My Life'', ''Whizz Kid'', ''Somebody New'', and ''Blinded By The Moonlight''. Following this, the band toured extensively over Europe for two years. Early summer 2012 saw the first sign of post-debut activity, as their new song ''Where Is The Light'' was launched, together with an accompanying internet video game. The full follow-up album ''Where Is The Light'' was released in early 2013, with cover artwork supplied by Storm Thorgersen and the additional singles ''You/Me/Evolution'' and ''You Want It''. The Amplifetes and their music have appeared in ''

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live, ''Empreintes-digitales'', It´s Pop, ''Kulturnews'', ''Zeromagazine'', and Fred Perry Subculture. The Amplifetes music have been used in various soundtrack areas. The appearance of It´s My Life in an advertisement for the

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and "Somebody New" in a Garnier Fructis promotion and the TV-series 90210 are some examples.

Discography

Remixes

The Amplifetes remixed: * You/Me/Evolution - Michael Cassette Remix * Where Is The Light - Samuel Onervas Remix * Where Is The Light - MTheM Remix * It's my life - Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid Remix * It's my life - General MIDI Remix * It's my life - Dan F Remix * Whizz Kid - Blende Remix * Whizz Kid - The Subliminal Kid Remix * Somebody new - Claes Rosén Remix * Somebody new - POLP Remix * Somebody new - Chopstick Dub Remix * Somebody new - Adrian Bood Remix
Blinded by the moonlight - Little Majorette Remix
* Blinded by the moonlight - FUKKK OFFF Remix Remixed by The Amplifetes:
Little Majorette
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- Walking On A Line
Jennie Abrahamson

Hard To Come By

Computer Games

Where Is The Light
video game

Promotion Videos

It's my life
- Directed by Tommy Spaanheden
Whizz Kid
- Directed b
Anders Hellman

Somebody New
- Directed b
Anders Hellman
an
Emma Hanquist

Blinded by the moonlight
- Directed b
Mattias Johansson

Blinded by the moonlight (Fukkk Offf Remix Edit)
- Directed b
Mattias Johansson & Erik AndeThe Amplifetes EPK on Vimeo
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Where Is The Light
Trailer
You/Me/Evolution
- Directed By Mikel Cee Karlsson
You Want It
- Directed By Mikel Cee Karlsson

References

External links

The Amplifetes HomepageThe Amplifetes on Last.fmThe Amplifetes on FacebookThe Amplifetes on TwitterThe Amplifetes at MySpaceThe Amplifetes on Blip.fmThe Amplifetes on Hype machine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amplifetes Swedish musical groups Musical groups established in 2008