La Roux as a 1 piece
I've just read that La Roux has sacked the producer, and is now just Elly Jackson.
Does anyone know why this is?
It reminds me of Nena Daconte, a duo from Spain (Female singer and male musician/producer). He was kicked out just after 2 huge singles a few years, and she kept on going a solo artist with the name. Never achieved the same success again.... History repeating itself?
Does anyone know why this is?
It reminds me of Nena Daconte, a duo from Spain (Female singer and male musician/producer). He was kicked out just after 2 huge singles a few years, and she kept on going a solo artist with the name. Never achieved the same success again.... History repeating itself?
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Do you mean Ben Langmaid?, if so I haven't read anything to support this.
To me, it did kind of sound like they've been having disputes for quite some time (which probably explains the 5 year gap). I'm not sure.
Good interview here which covers the split from Ben.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/25/-sp-elly-jackson-i-dont-understand-fame
Ladyhawke made the same mistakes - Elly would`ve been well advised to learn from those.
I'll reserve judgement for now till I hear it in full as I've learnt to not always trust the critical establishment these days. But yeah, it certainly makes it sound like a promising comeback.
The cause of delay was due to a problem Elly faced with her falsetto and apart of her throat was paralysed because of anxiety.
The album has rave reviews and it's currently 2 in the midweeks.. not bad for 5 years away and not a single television performance.
Emperor`s New Clothes. Clear to me that Langmaid was the wizard behind the curtain.
"Performance anxiety" responsible for the five year delay. Hmmmmm.......
Horses for corses, for me, Silent Partner is the best track on the album and that's without Ben. I like what Ben contributed but we'll have to wait for album 3 to judge if he really was the brains or not.
It didn't take 5 years to make the album, production started in early 2012, so it's hardly a "delay", she finished promoting & touring the first album in 2011.
Meetcha back here in 2019!
She needed five years away to come back with a second album? As someone said on The Guardian site, The Beatles went from Please Please Me to The White Album in the same amount of time.
She's quite prolific compared to the Blue Nile.
And look at the early work rate of one of her idols, Gary Numan:
Tubeway Army (1978)
Replicas (1979)
The Pleasure Principle (1979)
Telekon (1980)
Classic albums, every single one and all released over a two year period. She`s entirely skipped the early stages of a career with a wealth of material to get out and gone straight to the bloated self-important stage where releasing an album is like Waiting for Godot.
Me too! its a great album, in fact I'd give it 5 stars fro giving us a new word in "sexotheque". Wierd thing is I'm not gay but find myself with a huge girl crush on Elly Jackson for some reason.
Most acts simply aren't that prolific these days with ever longer touring schedules, three or four year cycles are now the norm.
Entered this week at No 6.
I think that's why I like La Roux too. I keep getting waves of the The Human League etc.