Where is la roux from

While Jackson is hardly a closed book, she has been keen to keep her personal life out of interviews, typically employing the less-is-more edict previously adopted by her heroes Prince and David Bowie. We thought you were doing a lot of drugs in your room.

Besides, sex is not hugely important to her. Male, female or otherwise. Jackson is acutely aware that, as in , she is still a glorious anomaly. But that is a worry for another time; for now Jackson is just happy her strongest relationship remains intact. Elly Jackson. By that time, however, Jackson had moved on to the disco- and reggae-informed grooves of 's Trouble in Paradise , which became La Roux 's second Top Ten album in the U.

With 's warm, confident Supervision , Jackson reasserted herself as an independent-minded, restless artist who borrows the sounds of the past in continually fresh ways.

As she got into the rave scene, she took her sound in a sleeker direction informed by Prince , David Bowie , and the Knife. Initially, Jackson and Langmaid called their project Automan and wrote largely acoustic music. However, they soon adopted a synth pop sound and rechristened themselves La Roux , a moniker meaning "red-haired one" in French that Jackson found in a book of baby names.

That March, the duo supported Lily Allen on her U. Singles Chart. That June, "Bulletproof" debuted at number one a week before the release of La Roux 's self-titled album.

La Roux met with similar success, reaching number two on the U. Albums Chart and earning platinum certification. These are are seven most eagerly anticipated albums coming up in February - though we have a feeling these are just the tip of the icerberg La Roux - Supervision February 7.

It feels like a lifetime since her last album Trouble In Paradise was released, but six years on La Roux is finally here with album three Supervision. Now the solo project of Elly Jackson, we don't know entirely what to expect, though her latest single Automatic Driver gives us positive vibes. It's a new year and a new decade, so we're hoping it gets off to a good start in the world of music.

There are some pretty exciting upcoming releases for , from some of music's biggest legends, so we're confident we won't be left disappointed. They also have a new label, Mmm Records, and if the title single and lead single 'Eat, Sleep, Wake Nothing But You ' are anything to go by, it will be another stellar hit. Fox Business had used La Roux's song 'Bulletproof' to introduce a segment on a back-to-school range of bulletproof kids' clothes.

During a broadcast on Monday August 20th , Fox Business used the track when introducing an item concerning bullet-proof backpacks and clothing. The products have been released in the context of emotional campaigns against the legality of gun ownership in America, and of several recent high-profile shootings in schools across the country.

I have never and would never approve my music to be used in this way. As well as announcing a short UK tour this autumn, the returning indie veterans New Order have revealed that their upcoming album will feature a number of guest stars from musical past and present.

Music Complete , their ninth studio album, will be coming out on September 25th, the band confirmed last month. Nobody likes him. Hey, it's La Roux. Since the departure of producer Ben Langmaid, synth-pop duo La Roux is now the solo project of Elly Jackson, who is finally back five years after their well-acclaimed self-titled debut. So how does Jackson sound on her own? She found her feet and her confidence, avoiding calling people for help when she hit a snag and finishing the job.

Supervision is a play on words. Where La Roux barreled headfirst into 80s power pop meets nu-rave, and Trouble in Paradise leans into the funk of Chic-style production and elegant, Grace Jones-ish vocal shapes, Supervision avoids consciously referencing other eras. La Roux. It feels lighter, more at home in its own skin. With her new way of writing songs in weeks rather than months, it made sense for her to work alongside a producer who also works on instinct.

I feel like that. Totally free in my mind, free in myself. Dazed media sites. Music Profile. Text Kate Solomon.