La Roux is a British electropop 'synth duo' The band consists of singer and synth player Elly Jackson and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid from London, England, UK
their music is largely influenced by 1980s pop music including The Eurythmics Depeche Mode Human League Yazoo and the Prince
"The name La Roux" is reported to be selected as follows: Jackson found a book of baby names in a dustbin and the book was called 'La Roux' La Roux 'comes from French for "red-haired a' ( "Le Roux (masculine) or la rousse (feminine)") refers to Jackson's distinctive hairstyle
released their first single Quicksand by Kitsuné Music label in November 2008 Polydor are set to release La Roux 's debut album, June 29 2009 Polydor released the LaRoux's second single In For The Kill March 16, 2009, and prominent dubstep producer Skream has made two remixes of the song "In For The Kill" debuted at number 11 on the UK singles chart March 22, 2009 and has so far peaked at number 2 (19 April 2009)
La Roux got fifth place in the BBC's "Sound of 2009 poll The Guardian's website featured La Roux on his new band today column The Guardian also featured La Roux as one of" Best New Acts Of 2009 "in January that year album has been nominated for the Mercury Prize
La Roux plans to wait until they finish touring will be well into 2010 before they do extensive work for a second album they do not want to rush and not tänkerom to include a substantial Name of producer
