Artist.......: The Ting Tings
Album........: Live au Printemps de Bourges
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2011-03-09
Str.date.....: 2009-04-25
Quality......: 135kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
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1. Live au Printemps de Bourges 44:14
Runtime 44:14
Size 42.88
Release Notes:
Named after a Chinese friend whose name sounds like the Mandarin pronunciation
of "bandstand," the Ting Tings -- a scrappy, dance-oriented indie pop 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, the pair
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. "Hands"
was officially released that October, and the album was expected in January
2011.