http://www.valeriecollective.com/
Valerie is an online music blog and collective of French artists, including but not limited to Maethelvin, College, Minitel Rose, and Anoraak. Their sound and aesthetic–and album artwork–is mainly reliant on, and highly evocative of, the 1980s, similar to so-called "dreamwave" music: syncopated synths, bass (frequently bass guitar), and electro-inspired rhythms are recurring elements. Some artists, like Minitel Rose and Anoraak, have vocalists, while College is entirely instrumental. "Valerie" on last.fm can also refer to artists with a similar sound, outside the collective–like SymbolOne from Scotland, or Electric Youth from the United States–frequently overlapping with dreamwave.