Sarah Nixey

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Sarah Nixey
Background information
Origin	Dorset, England
Genre(s)	Pop/Electronica/Alternative
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	ServiceAV
Website	SarahNixey.com

Sarah Nixey (born December 21, 1973 in Dorset, England) is a British singer songwriter, best known as the vocalist in Black Box Recorder. Her debut solo album, Sing, Memory, is due for release on February 19, 2007.

[edit] Biography

Whilst working as a backing vocalist for the folk band Balloon, Sarah Nixey was discovered by John Moore (who had been the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain) and Luke Haines (frontman of The Auteurs), who had formed a duo and were looking for a vocalist. The duo convinced Nixey to join them by promising her that she would become famous, and in 1998, Black Box Recorder released their first album, England Made Me to critical acclaim, with single, "Child Psychology" attracting criticism for the lyric, "life is unfair; kill yourself or get over it."

Their second album, The Facts Of Life, followed in 2000, and spawned a top 20 single of the same name, which saw the group perform on BBC's "Top Of The Pops". A further single followed, and in 2001, Nixey married John Moore, and they had a daughter together (Nixey and Moore divorced in 2006). In 2003, Black Box Recorder released their third album, Passionoia; their first and only album for One Little Indian records, following the demise of Nude Records.

In 2004, Black Box Recorder went on hiatus; not officially splitting, but with all 3 members deciding to pursue solo projects. In late 2005, Nixey announced she was working on a solo album, to be produced and co-written by James Banbury (a producer, programmer, writer and string arranger, as well as former member of The Auteurs). In mid-2006, two songs were made available on legal download services, entitled "The Collector" and "Love & Exile." A third song was made available in September, entitled "Strangelove," backed by remixes of "The Collector." Nixey's debut full-length solo album, entitled Sing, Memory, was released on February 19, 2007, following the release of her third single, "When I’m Here With You," which was released on January 29, 2007, backed with non-album track, "Watching Over You."