Wax Tailor

Wax Tailor
Birth name Jean-Christophe Le Saoût
Origin France
Genres Trip hop, turntablism, hip hop, downtempo, electronica, electro swing
Occupation(s) DJ, producer
Instruments live show features WT - turntables/keys-laptop/video, Marina Quaisse - cello, Charlotte Savary - vocals, Marine Thibault - flute, Mr Gib - sound engineer, Madwreck & Mattic (The Others) - MCs.
Years active 2001 - present
Labels Lab'Oratoire
Le Plan (US)
Atmospheriques (FR)
Mole Listening Pearls (GER)
blend corp. (AUST/NZ)
Associated acts Marina Quaisse, Charlotte Savary, Mr Gib, Madwreck & Mattic from The Others.
Website waxtailor.com

Jean-Christophe Le Saoût[1] (born 19 July 1975 in Vernon, Eure), better known by the stage name Wax Tailor, is a French trip hop/hip hop producer. He has released four studio albums collaborating with a great number of artists and has also released a number of EPs in France.

Background

After being a host on a French radio in the Paris suburb of Mantes-La-Jolie, Le Saoût started the French Rap band La Formule in the 1990s. 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 began work on the Wax Tailor project in 2001, first appearing on a remix of Looptroop & La Formule's "Deep Under Water".

Releases

Wax Tailor's first EP Lost the Way was released in 2004 and features contributions from Charlotte Savary, Marina Quaisse, and Big Dada rapper Infinite Livez. This was followed the same year by another EP titled Que Sera / Where My Heart's At).

Other musicians who have appeared alongside Wax Tailor include North Carolina hip-hop set The Others (Johnny Madwreck, Mr. Mattic, and DR), Ursula Rucker, Sharon Jones, Voice, and A State of Mind.

His first full-length album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies was released in March 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo, trip hop with samples extracted from movies. This album became one of the best selling electronic releases of the year.

This was followed by a second album Hope & Sorrow released in April 2007.

His third album In The Mood For Life was released on September 22, 2009.

His fourth album Dusty Rainbow From The Dark is a concept album, and was released in 2012.

Awards

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak
positions		 Certification
FR
[5]
2005 Tales of the Forgotten Melodies 150
2007 Hope & Sorrow 31
2009 In The Mood For Life 9
2012 Dusty Rainbow From The Dark 8
Live albums
Year Album Peak
positions		 Certification
FR
[5]
2010 Live 2010 à l'Olympia 62
2014 Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra

EPs and singles

Year Title Peak
positions		 Certification Album
FR
[5]
2004 Que Sera/Where my Heart's At
Lost the Way
2006 Our Dance/Walk the Line Tales of the Forgotten Melodies
2007 To Dry Up/The Games You Play 78 Hope and Sorrow
Positively Inclined / The Way We Lived 78
2008 We Be / There Is Danger 78
2009 "Say Yes" (feat. ASM) 30 In the Mood for Life
This Train" / "Leave It 25
2010 I Own You
2012 "Heart Stop 81 Dusty Rainbow From the Dark

Remixes

Videos

Covers, references, and sampling

References

  1. ↑ True, Chris. "Biography: Wax Tailor". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  2. ↑ fr:Victoires de la musique 2008#Artiste de musiques .C3.A9lectroniques ou dance de l.27ann.C3.A9e
  3. ↑ fr:Victoires de la musique 2010#L.E2.80.99enregistrement de musiques .C3.A9lectroniques ou dance de l.E2.80.99ann.C3.A9e
  4. ↑ http://www.francetv.fr/les-victoires-de-la-musique/varietes/artiste?s=dusty-rainbow
  5. 1 2 3 LesCharts.com: Wax Tailor discography

External links

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