La Roux
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Artist Biography
La Roux are an English electropop "synth duo" band made up of singer and synth player Elly Jackson and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Elly found a book of baby names in a bin. Within the book was the name "La Roux". 'La Roux' comes from the French for 'red-haired one' ('la rouge') referring to Jackson's distinctive hairstyle. Their music is largely influenced by 1980s pop music including Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Yazoo and Prince.
Their first single Quicksand was released by the Kitsuné Music record label in November, 2008. Polydor are set to release La Roux's debut album on 29 June 2009. Polydor released La Roux's second single In For The Kill on 16 March 2009 and prominent dubstep producer Skream has made two remixes of the track. 'In For The Kill' debuted at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart on 22 March 2009 and has so far peaked at number 2 (as of 19 April 2009).
Artist Discography
Albums
La Roux (29 June 2009)
EPs
Quicksand EP (14 April 2009)
Singles
Bulletproof (21 June 2009)
In for the Kill (16 March 2009)
Quicksand (November 2008)