Wax Tailor

Infobox musical artist
Name = Wax Tailor


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Jean-Christophe Le Saoût
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Origin = France
Instrument = live show features WT - turntables/keys-laptop/video, Marina Quaisse - cello, Charlotte Savary - flute, Ludivine Issambourg - vocals, Mr Gib - sound engineer, Madwreck & Mattic (The Others) - MCs.
Genre = Turntablism / Hip Hop
Downtempo
Electronica
Occupation = DJ, Producer
Years_active = 2001 onwards
Label = Decon Records (US)
Atmospheriques (FR)
blend corp. (AUST/NZ)
Associated_acts = Marina Quaisse, Charlotte Savary, Mr Gib , Madwreck & Mattic from The Others.
URL = [http://www.waxtailor.com waxtailor.com]
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Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/hip hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Saoût. After 2 ep's, he releases his first album Tales of the forgotten melodies in march 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo and trip-hop, and a second, Hope & Sorrow in april 2007.

Background

After being a host on a French radio in the Paris suburb of Mantes-La-Jolie, JC Le Saout started the French Rap band La Formule in the 1990's. He created his label Lab'Oratoire in 1998 and produced records from La Formule as well as Break Beat compilations and a collaboration with the Swedish band Looptroop. He begins work on the Wax Tailor project in 2001, first appearing on a remix of Looptroop & La Formule's "Breathing Under Water". Wax Tailor's first ep 'Lost The Way" is released in 2004, which features contributions from Charlotte Savary, Marina Quaisse, and Big Dada rapper Infinite Livez. Other musicians who have appeared alongside Wax Tailor include North Carolina Hip-Hop duo The Others, Ursula Rucker, Sharon Jones, Voice and A State Of Mind.

His second album Hope & Sorrow was nominated for "Best Electronic Album" at the 2008 Victoires de la Musique, a French music award ceremony.

Discography

Albums

* Hope & Sorrow 2007
* Tales of the forgotten melodies 2005

EP's

* We Be / There is Danger 2008
* Positively Inclined / The Way We Lived 2007
* To Dry Up/The Games You Play 2007
* Our Dance / Walk the Line 2006
* Que Sera/Where my Heart’s at 2004
* Lost the Way 2004

Remixes

* Nina Simone "I Am Blessed" 2008
* Clover "Death of the Lonely Superhero (Wax Tailor remix)" 2005
* Looptroop & La Formule "Deep Under Water (Wax Tailor remix)" 2001
* Olaf Hund "Kitch Kitch Myrtille Sauvage" 2001

Videos

* The Games You Play (feat. Voice)
* Positively Inclined (feat. Marina Quaisse & A.S.M.)
* To Dry Up (feat. Charlotte Savary)
* Walk THe Line (feat. The Others)
* Our Dance (feat. Charlotte Savary)
* Hypnosis Theme (feat. Marina Quaisse)
* Lost The Way

References

External links

*MySpace|waxtailor
* [http://www.waxtailor.com Official Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/thewaxtailor Wax Tailor on Youtube]