16 September 2019
08 August 2019
Far From Home: Night Versions
A new EP with remixes of Ladytron's single "Far From Home" will be released on 30 August 2019. Titled Far From Home: Night Versions, this EP will include remixes from Dave the Hustler, Lucas Frota, Blakkat, Wetworks, and Hiroko Yamamura & Eric Elvambuena. You can listen to Dave the Hustler remix here.
04 June 2019
Ladytron - Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003
Setlist:
01. True Mathematics
02. Blue Jeans
03. Light & Magic
04. He Took Her to a Movie
05. Fire
06. Turn It On
07. Black Plastic
08. Evil
09. USA vs. White Noise
10. Seventeen
11. Commodore Rock
12. Discotraxx
13. Cease2xist
14. Oops Oh My
15. The Way That I Found You
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09 April 2019
New Ladytron tour dates
31 May 2019 - Kraken, Stockholm, Sweden
06 Jun 2019 - Investia Hall, Moscow, Russia
26 Jul 2019 - Low Festival, Benidorm, Spain
27 Jul 2019 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
28 Jul 2019 - La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
02 Oct 2019 - Brooklyn Steel, NYC, USA
03 Oct 2019 - Boston – Royale, Boston, USA
04 Oct 2019 - Le SAT, Montreal, Canada
05 Oct 2019 - Danforth Music Hall, Toronto
29 March 2019
mxdwn interview (2019)
What built up to the eight-year hiatus and how did it end?
We released five albums in 10 years from 2001 to 2011 with a lot of touring around the world in between. It was time for a break, but we did not expect it to last quite so long. Life took over as it does. We moved countries, continents, had families and so on. Finally, in 2016 we were all ready to begin working on a new album. The hardest part was keeping quiet about it for two years.
This album addresses a global social unrest. Why did it feel important to say something?
It's more simple than that; like anyone, we are influenced by our surroundings. The themes of the album are actually very personal, not about events or currents. But the disquiet of this moment is background noise that nobody is immune from and cannot help but be affected by.
What has it been like working all together again?
Enjoyable, we have spent so long apart. It is easier to get back on-board than we imagined.
How did you approach the creation of this album, this new chapter for Ladytron?
We planned to take a break after 2011's Gravity the Seducer, but we envisaged it would be maybe a few years. In the end, it was June 2016 before we came together to begin making a new album when all of us were ready in both our personal and professional lives to do it.
Have you found changes in the music scene after the years that you've had to contend with as a band?
As a group we have never paid much attention to what is happening outside. There have been changes for sure, but not ones that we feel particularly affected by. For example, technological changes—we're natives to the way music is made and consumed today as the seeds of this were planted right around when we began.
"The Animals" has some pretty intense opening lines — why was that the first song you decided to share?
It was the first song that was ready, but also we felt it was the correct one to release first. It sounds like Ladytron, it is also in many ways unlike anything we had done before, certainly lyrically.
The three songs released from the album express some nihilistic views. Does the album go on to provide any messages of hope or comfort?
We consider the album hopeful. We are not nihilists. The imagery is there because it reflects the moment we are in, a reckoning with the present. That is also an escape route.
Given the themes of the songs, would you say the album is a cathartic work, or a cautionary message to take action?
More a catharsis. We don't consider it a comment on the times we are in, more a snapshot. In a sense, those themes are the landscape inside which we experienced the personal experiences which inspired the songs.
How are you preparing to start the tour together again? Anywhere particular you're excited to stop at?
Right now, we are in Mexico. We then go to California. Two places that were always good to us, and important at the very beginning, and a fitting place to start.
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10 March 2019
99.3 County FM interview (2019)
Interview with Helen Marnie on 17 February 2019. Some highlights:
Helen said that her solo albums played a part in the delaying the sixth Ladytron album.
The interviewer asked if Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music had anything to say about the band's name. Helen replied that she doesn't know and added that she thinks that Daniel met Bryan Ferry and he definitely met his son.
The interviewer also wondered why Brian Eno didn't ask Ladytron to produce a track. Helen said that "well... we never know, maybe in the future". The interviewer then mentioned "at least remix something by Ladytron" and Helen said "it's something we should remedy".
Helen said that Mira has 2 kids now.
Get Some Magazine interview (2019)
Brenton Woodrow: How has your time apart influenced your most recent album?
Helen Marnie: A lot can happen in 7 years, and a lot has happened for us all. Some of us have moved continents, started families, began new work endeavors, and generally just dealt with the hand that has been dealt to us. All that can creep in and play a part in what you create.
BW: As your style has changed over the years what do you see as the defining elements of a Ladytron song?
HM: I think we're constantly trying to challenge ourselves musically, but we also know what is quintessentially Ladytron, and what makes us stand out from the crowd. That comes from the very recognizable vocals of myself and Mira, submerged in the warmth of synths.
BW: You've toured all over the world, what have been the most memorable tour moments or shows?
HM: I'm currently in Mexico City and we play our first show here in 8 years, so I'm really hoping it's going be amazing as the crowds have been so wild previously, but asides from what I'm looking forward to right now my favorite gigs from the past are probably Bogota, Columbia, and also having the opportunity to play the Sydney Opera House as part of Brian Eno's curated festival.
BW: Having done a few collaborations over the years with artists like Christina Aguilera and RM Hubbert, do you have a dream collaboration with any artist living or dead?
HM: There are loads of artists I'd love to collaborate with because I think that's when you produce your most interesting work. I recently hung out with Jake Shears and I reckon it'd be cool to make something with him. I'd also love to make a dance track with my friend Reggie Watts. He's an all-around super talent.
BW: The Harmonium Sessions were an interesting foray into an acoustic sound, has the band ever considered a fully acoustic album?
HM: I doubt that will happen because we're too concentrated on exploring our sound and developing what we can do with technology. It's nice to create things like the Harmonium Sessions, but that would be more of a sister record to the real deal.
BW: Why is this album your self titled album?
HM: For us, there really was no other option than to come back. It suggests a fresh, new start. It embodies everything that Ladytron is, wrapped up in an eponymous title.
BW: What emotions or experience do you hope the listener takes away from "Ladytron"? How is that different from previous albums?
HM: I think all we can ever hope for is that people come away after listening to the album and feel some sort of connection. For me that is key. I don't want to alienate people, I want them to read into my lyrics what they will, and really make them relevant to their own lives. So whether that is sadness, joy, anger, fear, or hope, it doesn't matter.
BW: What's the tour environment like off stage? Do you all hang out together and experience the cities you visit?
HM: We do try to fit in some downtime and experience the culture of the places we visit, but it's not always possible due to tight schedules. Also, jet lag can be a killer and sometimes scuppers plans. But, we do all hang out together, go for food, have some drinks, and generally just try to enjoy the time we have in a city.
BW: What was more fun, having music featured in the Sims or being in Yo Gabba Gabba?
HM: Both were pretty fun experiences. I remember writing the lyrics for The Sims, then having them sent back to me in Simlish and having to record the vocals. I loved not singing in my own tongue and having this secret language. Yo Gabba Gabba was a different kettle of fish because we were actually there in studio filming and being silly. Because it was a kids tv programme we felt like we could let loose a little, and I think you can see that in Reuben's spectacular synth antics.
BW: Do you listen to your own music? If so what format and venue do you prefer? MP3 + headphones? Car stereo and CD? Record player?
HM: I do actually. In fact, I've been listening to the Ladytron record for about a year normally in the car. It says a lot that I'm still not sick of it.
Thank you to Helen Marnie for this insightful Q&A.
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Helen Marnie: A lot can happen in 7 years, and a lot has happened for us all. Some of us have moved continents, started families, began new work endeavors, and generally just dealt with the hand that has been dealt to us. All that can creep in and play a part in what you create.
HM: I think we're constantly trying to challenge ourselves musically, but we also know what is quintessentially Ladytron, and what makes us stand out from the crowd. That comes from the very recognizable vocals of myself and Mira, submerged in the warmth of synths.
BW: You've toured all over the world, what have been the most memorable tour moments or shows?
HM: I'm currently in Mexico City and we play our first show here in 8 years, so I'm really hoping it's going be amazing as the crowds have been so wild previously, but asides from what I'm looking forward to right now my favorite gigs from the past are probably Bogota, Columbia, and also having the opportunity to play the Sydney Opera House as part of Brian Eno's curated festival.
BW: Having done a few collaborations over the years with artists like Christina Aguilera and RM Hubbert, do you have a dream collaboration with any artist living or dead?
HM: There are loads of artists I'd love to collaborate with because I think that's when you produce your most interesting work. I recently hung out with Jake Shears and I reckon it'd be cool to make something with him. I'd also love to make a dance track with my friend Reggie Watts. He's an all-around super talent.
BW: The Harmonium Sessions were an interesting foray into an acoustic sound, has the band ever considered a fully acoustic album?
HM: I doubt that will happen because we're too concentrated on exploring our sound and developing what we can do with technology. It's nice to create things like the Harmonium Sessions, but that would be more of a sister record to the real deal.
BW: Why is this album your self titled album?
HM: For us, there really was no other option than to come back. It suggests a fresh, new start. It embodies everything that Ladytron is, wrapped up in an eponymous title.
BW: What emotions or experience do you hope the listener takes away from "Ladytron"? How is that different from previous albums?
HM: I think all we can ever hope for is that people come away after listening to the album and feel some sort of connection. For me that is key. I don't want to alienate people, I want them to read into my lyrics what they will, and really make them relevant to their own lives. So whether that is sadness, joy, anger, fear, or hope, it doesn't matter.
HM: We do try to fit in some downtime and experience the culture of the places we visit, but it's not always possible due to tight schedules. Also, jet lag can be a killer and sometimes scuppers plans. But, we do all hang out together, go for food, have some drinks, and generally just try to enjoy the time we have in a city.
BW: What was more fun, having music featured in the Sims or being in Yo Gabba Gabba?
HM: Both were pretty fun experiences. I remember writing the lyrics for The Sims, then having them sent back to me in Simlish and having to record the vocals. I loved not singing in my own tongue and having this secret language. Yo Gabba Gabba was a different kettle of fish because we were actually there in studio filming and being silly. Because it was a kids tv programme we felt like we could let loose a little, and I think you can see that in Reuben's spectacular synth antics.
BW: Do you listen to your own music? If so what format and venue do you prefer? MP3 + headphones? Car stereo and CD? Record player?
HM: I do actually. In fact, I've been listening to the Ladytron record for about a year normally in the car. It says a lot that I'm still not sick of it.
Thank you to Helen Marnie for this insightful Q&A.
Source
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