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9:42 am
Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010
by PopMatters Staff

Alaska in Winter, known in his non-musical life as Brandon Bethancourt, just won the Best Dance/Electronica Album of the Year from the Independent Music Awards for his recent album Holiday. The American-born, Berlin-resident Bethancourt put together a recent DJ set for Iceland Airways, which you can sample below.


FM Belfast also remixed his tune “Underwear”...


“Underwear” (FM Belfast remix) [MP3]
     



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