Marnie discography

Here is Helen Marnie' solo career discography. For Ladytron's discography go here.

Overview

1. Studio albums
Crystal World (2013)
Strange Words and Weird Wars (2017)

2. Singles
The Hunter (2013)
Wolves (2014)
Alphabet Block (2017)
Lost Maps (2017)
Electric Youth (2017)
G.I.R.L.S (2017)

3. Extended plays
The Hunter Remixed (2014)
Lost Maps Remixed (2017)

4. Collaborations
Bang Gang - Silent Bite (2015)
RM Hubbert - Sweet Dreams (2016)
Nightwave feat. Marnie - Transmute (2019)
Union of Knives feat. Marnie - A Tall Tale (2020)
Union of Knives feat. Marnie - A Little Life (2021)

1. Studio albums

Crystal World

Released: 11 June 2013
Labels: self-released through PledgeMusic, Cobraside, Les Disques du Crépuscule
Formats: 320kbps CBR MP3, FLAC, CD, 12" vinyl
Length: 47:08
Producers: Daniel Hunt, Barði Jóhannsson, Alessandro Cortini (co-produced track 2)
Photography: Lisa Devine
Cover design: Laura Hussey
Reviews and accolades

Track listing:
01. The Hunter - 4:13
02. We Are the Sea - 5:09
03. Hearts on Fire - 5:04
04. Violet Affair - 3:38
05. The Wind Breezes On - 3:58
06. Sugarland - 3:22
07. High Road - 3:43
08. Laura - 5:13
09. Submariner - 7:39
10. Gold - 5:09

More details on Wikipedia.
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Strange Words and Weird Wars

Released: 2 June 2017
Label: Disco Pinata
Formats: 320kbps CBR MP3, FLAC, CD, 12" vinyl
Producer: Jonny Scott
Recorded: Jamie Savage at Chem 19 Studios
Mixed: Lewis Gardiner
Mastered: John Davis at Metropolis
Additional drums: Peter Kelly
Photography: Aleksandra Modrzejewska
Additional in-studio photography: Helen Marnie & Jonny Scott
"Boys/girls", "Mind owl" & "Electric" drawings: Peter Kelly
Management: Sharon Stephen

Track listing:
01. Alphabet Block
02. Bloom
03. G.I.R.L.S
04. Electric Youth
05. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
06. Lost Maps
07. Summer Boys
08. Little Knives
09. Invisible Girl
10. Heartbreak Kid

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2. Singles

The Hunter

Released: 12 August 2013
Label: Soft Power Records
Format: 7" vinyl (limited edition: 200 clear vinyls and 300 black vinyls)
Producers: Daniel Hunt, Barði Jóhannsson

Track listing:
01. The Hunter - 4:13
02. The Wind Breezes On - 3:58
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Wolves

Released: 14 September 2014 (digital), 18 April 2015 (7" vinyl, 500 copies)
Label: Cobraside (digital), Les Disques du Crépuscule (7" vinyl)
Format: digital, 7" vinyl
Producer: Jonny Scott
Photography: Bone

Track listing:
01. Wolves - 3:14
02. Wolves (Marsheaux Remix) - 3:39
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Alphabet Block

Released: 24 January 2017
Format: digital

Track listing:
01. Alphabet Block - 3:14
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Lost Maps

Released: 30 March 2017
Format: digital

Track listing:
01. Lost Maps - 4:15
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Electric Youth

Released: 18 May 2017
Format: digital

Track listing:
01. Electric Youth - 3:25
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G.I.R.L.S

Released: 21 November 2017
Format: 7" vinyl

Track listing:
01. G.I.R.L.S - 3:57
02. Lost Maps (HQFU Remix) - 3:27
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3. Extended plays

The Hunter Remixed

Released: 19 April 2014
Label: Les Disques du Crépuscule
Format: 12" vinyl (500 copies on clear vinyl)
Producers: Daniel Hunt, Barði Jóhannsson
Photography: Lisa Devine
Artwork: Martin Lewsley and Laura Hussey

Track listing:
01. The Hunter (Album Version)
02. The Hunter (Roman Nose Remix)
03. The Hunter (Stephen Morris Remix)
04. Sugarland (Mark Reeder Remix)
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Lost Maps Remixes

Released: 27 October 2017
Format: digital

Track listing:
01. Lost Maps (HQFU Remix) - 03:27
02. Lost Maps (-La Roc- Remix) - 03:57
03. Lost Maps (John Baillie Jnr Baby Diego Remix) - 05:23
04. Lost Maps (John Baillie Jnr Baby Diego Remix Dub) - 05:23
05. Lost Maps (John Baillie Jnr Baby Diego Remix Radio Edit) - 02:58
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4. Collaborations

Bang Gang - Silent Bite

Released: 11 May 2015
Album: The Woves Are Whispering
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RM Hubbert - Sweet Dreams

Released: 29 April 2016
Album: Telling the Trees
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Nightwave - Transmute

Released: 19 June 2019
Album: Rainbow Body

Union of Knives feat. Marnie - A Tall Tale

Released: 23 October 2020
Album: Endless From the Start
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Union of Knives feat. Marnie - A Little Life

Released: 12 November 2021
Album: Endless From the Start
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Destroy Everything You Touch (covered by The Faint)

Ladytron and The Faint co-headlined a North American tour in 2009. The Faint also covered "Destroy Everything You Touch". The result? It can't compare with the original but it's still pretty enjoyable.

City Weekend Shanghai interview (2013)

At the close of the '90s, the chasm between electronica and indie was vast. Integrating lush '70s analogue synths with indie sensibilities, a new quartet called Ladytron helped bridge the two communities, and neither indie rock nor electronica has been the same since.

Founding member Reuben Wu continues to navigate disparate worlds—whether as member of Ladytron, DJ, artist or photographer. Ahead of his DJ set at 390 bar tonight, Wu shared a few insights into how he connects the dots, both personally and artistically.

His photography depicts some of the planet's oddest cultural and natural landscapes with meticulous minimalist composition and selection of colors. His series on the Atacama Desert, for instance, juxtaposes the sparse rocky palate of the landscape with colossal futuristic telescopes of local observatories. The photography is as stunning as Wu's music, with which it shares more than a few parallels.

Fortunately, in the role that brings him to Shanghai—as a traveling DJ, Reuben can embrace lighter digital technology, performing with an arsenal of CDs that spans several eras and styles.

We're excited to have you playing Shanghai again.

I can't wait to come back. It's always exciting when I'm China. There's lots to explore.

We've loved your music for years, but only recently discovered your stellar photography. When you're touring, are you also working on your photography or are the visual and sonic missions separate?

Creatively, I see them as separate entities, but practically, they've always been intertwined. Essentially, it was traveling with the band that encouraged me to do more photography. That's where it was inspired from: all these places that I was traveling to. I'd be on tour or DJing and I'd make time to explore these amazing places around the world. In this case, though, I won't be doing as much more exploring because I'm also busy writing new material for the next Ladytron album.

Is your art photography strictly film or do you do digital work as well?

98% of it is shot on film. However, I do own a digital camera and use it occasionally. I like film. I like the look of it. I enjoy the process of having a negative in front of me. It's not entirely analog. I'm not a purist. I have my negatives processed then I scan them digitally. It's like the music in that we use a lot of analog equipment. But the way we sequence and produce on top of that is via digital means. So, it's a combination of the two worlds.

In terms of the analog element with your synthesizer work and photography, are there other aesthetic parallels?

There always has to be an element of balance. That's as far as it goes really. I don't like images that are too complicated. I like simple images that show composition and lines, and simple subject matters. And I suppose in the music that's what I attempt to do as well. I go for rich compositions that sound simple but there's a lot of texture embedded in that. The other parallel is of course that you're always carrying huge amounts of equipment with you. My camera is big, and so are the keyboards.

What's your setup for your DJ tours?

Very simple. I just use CDJs. I enjoy DJing and having a drink while I DJ, and if I drop a beer on the laptop, that's the end. But CDs, they're kind of disposable.

What do you like to see in a crowd?

I just want people to dance. I can see that while we're performing with the band and Helen and Mira are at the front, they have to have their on stage characters. But DJing is just a bloke playing music and it's nice to see people dance and not worry about who's playing the music. I like to be down in a corner, where I can be as close to the crowd as possible.

What are you playing on this tour?

There's a lot of tracks I'm playing at the moment. One of the artists I've been following is Daniel Avery, who's on Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound label. I enjoy playing his stuff. It's kind of house-y, electro-y. Goose is another band I've been playing. What else? A lot of old stuff. A lot of acid. "Voodoo Ray" by a Guy Called Gerald. "Acid Thunder" by Fast Eddie … It depends on what the crowd is like. With me being in the band, sometimes they'll want me to play something more indie, a little more post-punk, a bit more raw. I'm anticipating that Shanghai will be more electronic.

With Ladytron, what's the process after you decide that you're going to create a new album?

We start writing individually. We've never really lived in the same city before. We've always been geographically apart. Now more than ever. I'm in Chicago. Daniel's in Sao Paulo. Helen's in Scotland. Mira's in London. It would be hard for us to get into a room and write together. And that's never been how we've worked together.

It's always been first as individuals, and then reviewing everything together, and then working on each other's songs. That's how we've always worked. And it goes well with how we make music. We do get together down the line and in the studio when we start fleshing out the tracks.

It sounds very organic in process. Or, do you plan ahead to have a certain feeling?

It comes from the first demos we create. Each of us has different tastes musically, but we have a lot in common. That allows us a diversity ideas, and I also think that's how each album sounds different from the others and at the same time maintaining identity, which we've always had. Working as a group, we get so many more ideas than if it was just one person coming up with the songs.

You said you're writing some of the new album while you're traveling. Is the laptop how you approach songwriting or do you have other equipment when you travel?

I'm living in Chicago, and while I'm away, I do have a laptop and MIDI controllers with me. I do try to take out analogue synthesizers with me too. But in terms of writing demos and coming up with basic ideas, soft synths are useful tools. What we end up doing is layering a lot of analogue synths on top as well. When we get into the studio with all the dusty old gear, that's when we stop swapping sounds out.

What do you think of the analogue revival with Korg's MS-20? Exciting, or do you still prefer the old analogue synths?

We've used a lot of MS-10s and MS-20s and they're fantastic. But they are old and weren't really designed to be taken out on tour. And many times on tour, we've had MS-20s go down just like that. One's broken, then another one's broken. So, we've often found ourselves on eBay on the road, winning these MS-20s and have them delivered to us to cities downstream. And we pick these up and they replace the old MS-20s.

It's a costly and stressful process. We've had missed deliveries. We had one missed MS-20 that we kept missing and it kind of followed us around. So, we've thought for more than 10 years, wouldn't it be amazing if Korg came out with a new MS-20 that didn't break down? And finally, the new MS-20 mini has come out and it looks like everything we've wanted. I just wish it was full size.

Anything else you should tell our readers that we forgot to ask about?

I think it will be exciting year. I hope we will be playing shows. And we'll have a remix album out of remixes by other people of our last album in the next few months. And I hope the new album will be out in the autumn.

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Mira Aroyo's new DJ mixes

Ladytron shared new DJ mixes of Mira Aroyo. These mixes include excerpts from Ladytron's upcoming remix album.

Helen Marnie interviewed by Lauren Mayberry from Chvrches for Subcity Radio (2013)

Listen here (duration: 8 min 41 sec).

Both Helen Marnie and Lauren Mayberry are from Glasgow, Scotland. Helen is also a fan of Chvrches. She even attended their show at Arches, Glasgow on 2 March 2013.

Later edit: I asked Chvrches on public Q&A session on Facebook if they like Ladytron and the band member Martin Doherty said "Absolutely!".

New Ladytron remix

Reuben Wu remixed the song "Lust and Lies" by the UK group The Ramona Flowers. This remix will be featured on the The Ramona Flowers' upcoming EP which will be released on 19 April 2013.

Sara Quin from Tegan and Sara likes Ladytron

Sara Quin from Tegan and Sara mentioned Ladytron on My Fantasy Band, a special feature from The Independent:

[...]

Keyboard/piano: Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo

I want the two girls from Ladytron. I absolutely love them. In terms of aesthetic, Tegan and I don't have lots in common with Ladytron but I always thought they were the coolest band".

[...]

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"International Dateline" music video

"International Dateline" music video (shot in 2006) was finally released! Daniel Hunt found the unfinished video and finished it. Here's the result: