BBC Sound of 2010: Joy Orbison

Fifteen of the best rising music stars have been announced as the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2010.

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Everything Everything Giggs Gold Panda Ellie Goulding

Hurts Joy Orbison Marina & the Diamonds Owl City

Rox Stornoway Two Door Cinema Club

Twenty-two-year-old Pete O'Grady from Croydon, who goes by the name Joy Orbison, is one of the hottest dance producers around. Yet he still works as a "dogsbody" in a mail room, saying he prefers music to be a relief from work, rather than work itself.

O'Grady has been DJing since the age of 12 and his sound is a lovingly-crafted late-night evolution of house and UK garage, with soft bass, hypnotic home-made percussion and distant chopped-up vocals.

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