Ladytron is tagged as: electronic, electroclash, electropop, synthpop, electronica
Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu—formed in 1999 and released their critically lauded debut, 604, in 2001. The album, which included their first single “Playgirl,” sparked an entire movement in music pop culture powered by vintage synths and electro-rock engines. Their darker, late 2002 release Light & Magic featured the worldwide cult hit “Seventeen;” the band spent 12 months on tour, selling out coast to coast in the US.
A year’s worth of touring and experimentation led to the creation of Witching Hour, Ladytron’s most sonically complex production to date. It retained the unmistakable, mechanized warmth of their Korg MS20s, but Wu’s dynamic programming coupled with Hunt’s shoegazey guitar layers in tracks like the intoxicating single “Destroy Everything You Touch,” “International Dateline” and “High Rise” flexed a more indie rock tenacity. While the album showed distinct creative growth, their resilience outside the studio provided a different kind of maturity; the group took to the road on the strength of their massive cult following, booking sold-out tours across North America and Europe, and playing for capacity crowds in China and Latin America. Without any real label support, Ladytron toured exhaustively over the ...
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