La Roux
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La Roux (pronounced Laruh ) is the pseudonym of the British singer-songwriter and music producer Eleanor "Elly" Jackson (born March 12, 1988 ).
history
La Roux was originally an electro-pop duo consisting of Eleanor Jackson, daughter of English actress Trudie Goodwin, and producer Ben Langmaid. He had previously worked with bands like Faithless . Langmaid brought his relationships and musical experience to the work on the album La Roux (2009) and its production. Jackson wrote the compositions and wrote all the lyrics. As a duo, they became Grammy Award winners. With the single In for the Kill they achieved their first successes, with Bulletproof the international breakthrough came. The single even reached number 1 in the UK .
The band name, which contradicts French grammar (“the redhead” actually means la rousse in French ), relates, as Jackson explained, to their red hair and their rather androgynous , boyish appearance. On the French-Canadian TV show "Tout le monde en parle" Elly explains that she found La Roux in a book about baby names. She explained the grammatical error nonchalantly : "It was an English book!"
Elly Jackson did not cope with the great commercial success mentally, she suffered from loss of voice and panic attacks at times . Langmaid, who had already been her duo partner in the folky predecessor project Automan , no longer wanted to be her companion. The record company wanted to continue earning on the successful La Roux project and bridged the drought with secondary material for sidetracked and a new edition as La Roux (Gold Edition) .
The album Trouble in Paradise (2014) is Eleanor Jackson's second solo album as La Roux , on which she also worked as a music producer - five years after the first album, which sold two million times. According to Rolling Stone, the nine songs bring back memories of The Human League and Yazoo , of Tom Tom Club and Tears for Fears . The 1980s retromania is looser this time and also enriched with "some funky elements". Jackson and her co-producer Ian Sherwin have succeeded in creating a "neo-romantic" album that is all about sex and love.
Musical style
The sound of La Roux is primarily shaped by the British synth-pop bands of the early to mid- 1980s such as Depeche Mode , Erasure , The Human League , Yazoo and the Eurythmics . Jackson's androgynous appearance can also be associated with the latter . However, the album La Roux is also musically close to current electronic music such as that of Zoot Woman and Robyn .
Discography
Albums
- 2009 - La Roux
- 2010 - Sidetracked
- 2011 - La Roux (Gold Edition)
- 2014 - Trouble in Paradise
- 2020 - supervision
Singles
- 2008 - Quicksand
- 2009 - In for the Kill
- 2009 - Bulletproof
- 2009 - I'm Not Your Toy
- 2009 - Quicksand (re-release)
- 2008 - Tigerlily
- 2010 - Under My Thumb
- 2010 - Armor Love
- 2014 - Uptight Downtown
- 2019 - International Woman of Leisure
Awards
- Grammy 2011: Best Dance Album "La Roux"
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- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: DE UK , US
- ↑ http://www.stars-celebrites.com/LA-ROUX/printable-la-roux.htm
- ↑ a b Oh, how beautiful were the eighties! , Review by Michael Pilz in Die Welt on July 4, 2014, accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ "Tout le monde en parle"
- ↑ a b Trouble In Paradise Elly Jackson also makes seductive dance-pop alone , review by Alexander Müller in Rolling Stone Germany of July 3, 2014, accessed July 11, 2014
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Roux, La |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laruh; Jackson, Eleanor (real name); Jackson, Elly |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer-songwriter and music producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1988 |