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Mary Louise Platt and Nicole Lombardi, aka ML and Nikki, comprise the stylish electronic funk of Spalding Rockwell. Lombardi grew up in Washington, D.C., and religiously followed <a href="spotify:artist:62sC6lUEWRjbFqXpMmOk4G">Fugazi</a>. When she wasn't immersed in the city's local punk scene, Lombardi and her older sister were seeing national acts play shows at the 9:30 Club and Tracks. Platt, a New Yorker by birth, was into hip-hop throughout her teens, listening to <a href="spotify:artist:0NnCgUxhtWt1yBtpDyvFQf">Black Sheep</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4P0dddbxPil35MNN9G2MEX">Cypress Hill</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:34EP7KEpOjXcM2TCat1ISk">Wu-Tang Clan</a> during the early '90s. By 1994, Lombardi and Platt were best friends, and within five years' time, Spalding Rockwell was born. They perfected a red-hot formula of new wave, hip-hop, and electro while distinguishing themselves from the trendy electroclash crowd taking over the boroughs of the Big Apple. They lent their song "White Cotton Panties" to <a href="spotify:artist:1snOzyP7WYWmbY8xjuWFeQ">Larry Tee</a>'s Badd Inc. compilation in 2003. "Vicious" appeared on <a href="spotify:artist:1snOzyP7WYWmbY8xjuWFeQ">Tee</a>'s Electroclash, Vol. 2 collection a year later. Their popularity was on the up and up by mid-2004 with <a href="spotify:artist:3cQA9WH8liZfeja1DxcDYE">Armand Van Helden</a>'s club hit "Hear My Name?" Platt and Lombardi contributed lead vocals to this U.K. Top 30 smash, which is featured on <a href="spotify:artist:3cQA9WH8liZfeja1DxcDYE">Van Helden</a>'s New York: A Mix Odyssey album. Spalding Rockwell's proper full-length debut, Kate, followed in September. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi
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