Franz & Shape are Francesco Spazzoli and Chris Shape. Their sound is best described as slamming electro w/ synths and samples. Like an updated Italo, EBM, New Wave, Old School Electro for the modern dance floors.

In 2005 their first track Countach was included on the Italian EP released by
Relish Recordings. The track was featured on DJ mixes, such as 2 Many DJ’s – 50,000,000 Soulwax Fans Can’t Be Wrong – Mixmag Cover CD MIX – BBC Radio 1
Essential Mix and Misch Masch by Freeform Five.

The next releases were Destination/Location EP and Maximum Joy singles. The Album, Acceleration, followed shortly after w/ various collaborations amongst: Ian Clark (Perspects), Chelonis R. Jones, Gerhard Potuznik (GD Luxxe), Tomas Barfod (Who Made Who), Mount Sims, David Carretta and Dirk Da Davo (The Neon Judgement). Album follow up releases were Eyes like Knives/Forgotten Days featuring american band Kill Memory Crash and remixes by the likes of Memory Boy a.k.a. multi-instrumentalist, producer DJ John Selway and Motor.

One could say that these 2 italian producers anticipated the return of the
Italo, Dark Wave and Synth Wave revival by many years. Artists like Helena
Hauff, Trevor Jackson or The Hacker supported some of their remixes and
productions in their DJ sets.