The Valerie Collective was founded as a musical cooperation in Nantes,

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, in 2007 by

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and his friends and colleagues. Various acts in Valerie include The Outrunners,

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Anoraak Anoraak is the musical project of French musician Frédéric Rivière, multi instrumentalist, singer, producer and DJ, former drummer of Pony Pony Run Run. and member of the Valerie Collective along with artists such as College, Maethelvin, The ...

Maethelvin Maethelvin (a.k.a. Nicolas Bataille) is an Electronic / Synthwave musician from Nantes, France, and member of the Valerie Collective. With inspiration from artists as Jan Hammer and Giorgio Moroder, Maethelvin has made electronic music since 200 ...

, all from Nantes as well as

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from London and DVAS from

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, Canada. Other artists included Keenhouse and Electric Youth. The hymn of the collective is "West Coast Valerie", a remix of the TV series ''Côte Ouest''. The Valerie Collective is described as "responsible for some of the very best original electronic music now coming out of France", was created as a way to foster musical talent, by providing opportunities for collaboration among artists, also connecting them through blogs and other internet channels. The collective is characterised by a "retro-futurist", "romantic blend of 1980s inspired electro" or

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. Some of the works are released under the Valerie own record label, whereas others are released under various labels like FVTVR, Endless Summer Recordings, Believe Digital, Flexx, Free Danger. The label Endless Summer Recordings also prepared a compilation album in 2009 entitled ''Valerie and Friends'' joining a great number of artists in the project."Valerie Collective - Official Site"
Valerie Collective. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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