Artist: Imogen Heap
Genre(s):
Pop: Pop-Rock
Alternative
Discography:
I Megaphone
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
As a pattern, radical efforts are something that issue forth earlier a solo career--not afterward a solo vocation is in full swing out. First, the artist makes a name for himself/herself as theatrical role of a grouping, then the creative person leaves the chemical group to become a full-time solo artist. That's usually how it deeds, just with Imogen Heap, it was the other way around; the British singer/songwriter (world Health Organization is as well a classically trained piano player) had been an naturalized solo artist for a few years when she became half of the London-based distich Frou Frou. Although Heap right away lives in London, she isn't a native of England's largest city. Born in the late ‘70s, Heap lived in Essex, England as a pre-teen--and it was in Essex that she kickoff studied European classical piano. Heap didn't genuinely get into rock until she went cancelled to boarding school day as a teen; finally, she decided against existence a full-time classical instrumentalist and realized that substitute pop-rock, Euro-pop and electronica would her main focus. In 1997--when Heap was in her late teens--she signed with Almo Sounds as a solo creative person. I Megaphone, Heap's debut record album, was released by Almo in 1998; the album's influences ranged from Kate Bush (a sponsor comparability) to Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics to former Sugarcubes vocalizer Björk. Some reviewers have compared Heap to PJ Harvey, although Heap has denied that Harvey is an influence. I Megaphone ground Heap functional with trio different producers: David Kahne, Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics celebrity) and Guy Sigsworth (world Health Organization has worked with major artists like Madonna, Björk and Seal). After I Megaphone, Heap and Sigsworth unbroken in touch--and in the early 2000s, they were reunited as the duet Frou Frou. Hearing the nominate Frou Frou, one might anticipate something bubble gum; one power expect some playfulness, frivolous Euro-pop along the lines of ABBA, Bananarama Fun Fun, Jemma & Elise or Aqua. But there is cypher gurgle glue around Frou Frou, whose alternative pop-rock tends to be atmospherical, woolgathering and gossamer. Frou Frou's work is very European-sounding, although not in a cutesy, eruct gum way. As Frou Frou, Heap and Sigsworth signed with MCA/Universal in 2001, which didn't beggarly that Heap was giving up her solo vocation -- Frou Frou was meant to be a part-time project. Details, the British duo's kickoff record album, was released in England and the United States in 2002. "Intimation In" was released as the album's kickoff single. In 2005, Heap resumed her solo career with the release of Speak for Yourself.
