Artist.......: The Ting Tings
Album........: Live de la Semaine
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-03-12
Str.date.....: 2012-03-00
Quality......: 227kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.thetingtings.com
track title time
1. Live de la Semaine 29:43
* Give It Back
* Hang It Up
* Hit Me Down Sonny
* Guggenheim
* Hands
* Shut Up And Let Me Go
Runtime 29:43
Size 48.40
Release Notes:
Named after a Chinese friend whose name sounds like the Mandarin pronunciation
of "bandstand," the Ting Tings -- a scrappy, dance-oriented duo consisting of
singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules De Martino -- formed in the
Salford district of Manchester, England in 2006. Prior to forming the group, the
pair worked together in 2001 when White was in the all-female punk-pop group TKO
and De Martino wrote some songs for them. Later, the pair reunited and with
another friend formed the trio Eskimo Kiss, which signed to Mercury Records but
disbanded due in part to changing personnel at the label. De Martino and White
regrouped, working on their own music and others' at Salford's music commune,
the Islington Mill. Quickly signed to the local indie label Switchflicker
Records, the Ting Tings released their debut single, "That's Not My Name," in
the spring of 2007. Following the limited-edition, tour-only single "Fruit
Machine," the Ting Tings signed to major label Columbia Records later that year.
The flip side of the Switchflicker single, "Great DJ," was released as the duo's
debut Columbia single in March 2008, followed by the reissue of "That's Not My
Name" with a new exclusive B-side remix.
"That's Not My Name" rose to the top of the U.K. charts in May 2008, the same
month that the duo's debut album, We Started Nothing, appeared. The Ting Tings
spent the rest of 2008 and a large part of 2009 touring in support of the album,
which eventually sold over two million copies worldwide, won the 2009 Ivor
Novello Award for Best Album, and earned the group a Best New Artist Grammy
nomination that December. Early in 2010, De Martino and White moved to Berlin to
work on songs for their second album. Inspired by the city's atmosphere and the
cold weather, they went in a darker, more electronic direction with their new
songs. In August 2010, the Ting Tings offered a taste of their new material,
premiering the single "Hands" -- which was mixed by Calvin Harris -- on BBC
Radio 1 and officially releasing it that October. After extensive touring and
over eight months recording in Germany and Spain, in March 2012 the Ting Tings
offered their sophomore album, Sounds from Nowheresville, a collection of songs
inspired by the exuberant freedom of the Beastie Boys' classic Paul's Boutique.