Artist.......: La Roux
Album........: Au Bataclan (Paris)
Label........: Polydor
Genre........: Alternative
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2015-02-28
Str.date.....: 2014-11-29
Quality......: 245kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://laroux.co.uk/
track title time
1. Au Bataclan (Paris) 67:13
* Let Me Down Gently
* Fascination
* Kiss and Not Tell
* In for the Kill
* Quicksand
* Sexotheque
* Cruel Sexuality
* I'm Not Your Toy
* Tropical Chancer
* Uptight Downtown
* Colourless Colour
* Silent Partner
* Tigerlily
* Bulletproof
Runtime 67:13
Size 118.21
Release Notes:
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Meaning "red-haired one" in French, La Roux is the synth pop project of
flame-haired singer/songwriter Elly Jackson and keyboardist/producer Ben
Langmaid. Before they collaborated, Jackson, the daughter of actress Trudie
Goodwin, grew up listening to folk artists and singer/songwriters like Nick
Drake and Joni Mitchell, and drew inspiration from their sounds for her early
music. However, Jackson's style changed as she got into the rave scene, taking
her music in a more electronic direction. Meanwhile, Langmaid had gone to school
with Rollo from Faithless, and the two recorded as house duo Huff & Puff in the
mid-'90s; Langmaid also recorded as Atomic and as one half of Huff & Herb for
Rollo's label, and was a songwriter for the group Kubb.
Jackson and Langmaid began working together in 2006, when they were introduced
by a mutual acquaintance. Initially, they called their project Automan and wrote
largely acoustic music before scrapping that name and sound for the sleek
Prince, David Bowie, and the Knife-inspired style they pursued as La Roux, a
moniker Jackson found in a book of baby names. Their debut single, "Quicksand,"
was released by Kitsune in fall 2008, and earned the band acclaim from the BBC
and The Guardian. La Roux supported Lily Allen on her 2009 U.K. tour around the
time their second single, "In for the Kill," was released that spring and
debuted at 11 on the U.K. charts, reaching a peak position of two; that summer,
the single "Bulletproof" debuted at number one a week before La Roux's
self-titled album was released. La Roux arrived in the States that fall. Late
that year, the duo began working on new material that steered away from the
heavy '80s influence of the debut. In early 2010, Skream's remix of "In for the
Kill" won Best Dancefloor Filler at the NME Shockwave Awards. That summer,
"Bulletproof" entered the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, and La
Roux released the mix album Sidetracked.
In 2011, Jackson and Langmaid took a hiatus from touring to concentrate on
making their second album. Seeking a more organic sound for their new material,
Jackson confirmed that she would be playing instruments on this album. However,
during the recording process, Langmaid departed, citing artistic differences,
leaving Jackson to continue La Roux as a solo project. Working with several
other songwriters as well as engineer Ian Sherwin to complete the record, she
released the disco and reggae-inflected Trouble in Paradise in July 2014.
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