While the masses are intent on picking the next big thing for 2007, four scamps from Leeds have sauntered, nay lurched, into view at the end of 2006 with two clenched fistfuls of must-see live shows and a MySpace page that remains the talk of A&R meetings and continues to elude the hungry chequebooks.

Hadouken! take their name from the signature attack move of Street Fighter character Ryu, but infuse their music with as much wit as there is tongue-in-cheek aggro and viral choruses.

Referencing such diverse genius as The Prodigy, N*E*R*D, Elle Milano and Wiley, the band have already sold out 700-capacity London venues and gigged alongside the likes of James Murphy, Klaxons and Metric, and their remixes have blessed singles by Plan B and Klaxons.