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Exclaim! - Found Jun. 26, 2009
... are indicative of the rest of the album, which mines Sandie Shaw and '60s girl-group harmonies and at times, sounds more like the Pipettes...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Jun. 11, 2009
... for Rocket From the Tombs, Tommy Keene and Lloyd Cole. 'The sound we're going for now is the Jam meets the Style Council meets the Pipettes...
Drowned In Sound - Found Jun. 8, 2009
... with ?Another Version of a Pop Song?, which seemed to be released with indecent haste after young Rose?s departure from the Pipettes.
CD Times - Found May. 12, 2009
Gig Review:Lorne Thomson checks out more bands on his second visit to the Turning Point Festival at London's Roundhouse...
Time Out London - Found May. 9, 2009
... eclectic bill, today featuring grime stars Tinchy Stryder and Kano, reinvented electro-rock trio The Noisettes, Essex wordsmith Scroobius Pip...
TheCelebrityCafe.com - Found May. 8, 2009
Kasabian, LIGHTS, Metric, Metronomy, The Pipettes, and The Teenagers. Those are just some of the many artists to play throughout the festival.
Film festival to host awards show - BBC
A summer of love for theatre festivals - Guardian Unlimited
Best music festivals - CNN
Food festivals - Guardian Unlimited
Explore AllTime Out London - Found May. 7, 2009
Sun: The Pipettes, VV Brown, Ebony Bones, plus performance artists, poets, dancers and work by young fashion designers.
NME - Found Jun. 2, 2009
8. Rose Elinor Dougall - Stop/Start/Synchro Having left The Pipettes, the former Rosay has left retro in the past and, well, done something...
New York Magazine - Found May. 28, 2009
... have already started crafting an aesthetic that should prevent them from being pigeonholed as some sort of a novelty act (see: The Pipettes).
Thelondonpaper - Found May. 20, 2009
And in the evenings there?s music from Noisettes, Kano, Bashy, Kissy Sell Out, The Pipettes, Rosie Oddie, Zane Lowe and Beardyman.
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 The Pipettes performing at Turning Point Festival at The Roundhouse in London on 10 May 2009.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Brighton, England |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Label(s) | Memphis Industries (UK) Cherrytree Records (U.S.) |
| Website | Official Site Official MySpace |
| Members | |
| Beth Mburu-Bowie Ani Saunders Gwenno Saunders Monster Bobby Jon Falcone Seb Falcone Alex White |
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| Julia Clark-Lowes Marc Beatty Robin of Loxley RiotBecki Rosay Jason Adelinia Anna McDonald |
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The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group formed in Brighton.1
The current line-up consists of sisters, Gwenno and Ani Saunders and Beth Mburu-Bowie. Founding member, Julia Clarke-Lowes, left the band in 2005, with Rose Elinor Dougall and Rebecca Stephens also choosing to part ways at the beginning of 2008. New member Anna McDonald left after only seven months in the band and was replaced in early 2009 by Beth Mburu-Bowie. The female members are backed by all-male band, The Cassette, which have also had several member changes, but at present include: Monster Bobby, the Falcone brothers; Jon and Seb, and Alex White.
To date, The Pipettes have released one album, We Are the Pipettes, and released numerous singles to support it; the most successful being "Pull Shapes" which peaked at #26 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Overview
Formation–2007
The Pipettes were formed in mid-2003 by singer-songwriter and promoter Monster Bobby with the intention of reviving the Phil Spector pop sound and giving it a modern twist,2 after noticing the reaction girl group songs got during his DJ sets.3 In collaboration with singer, poet, and photographer Julia Clark-Lowes, who was inspired by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty's The Manual,4 he recruited friends from and around the local music scene.5 The Pipettes, as they were to become, were all first introduced to each other by Bobby at The Basketmakers pub in Brighton.1
Regarding the formation of the band, Rose said in an interview: "Well, basically our guitarist, Bobby had a contact with someone, and he kind of recruited us all individually. We all kind of knew each other, but not as a group. He asked us if we wanted to be involved and we said yes went for a drink and that was it. I think we had a few songs, he had a few songs, and we had ideas and gradually it evolved to what it is now because we all write songs, but it was Bobby who kind of started it off."6
The group have been called an experiment in manufactured pop, although the members' take is that they "manufactured" themselves.78 Their name, which is a reference to a laboratory instrument, is a nod to the experimental origins of the group. The group's name is pronounced the same way as the instrument in British English: /pɪ ˈpɛt/ -- not /pai ˈpɛt/, as in American English. The male backing musicians, "The Cassette"9 never appear in interviews or photoshoots, emphasising the role of the singers. The three frontwomen wear polka dot dresses with synchronised choreography being a major part of their live shows, whereas The Cassettes can be seeing wearing knitted tanktops with their initials sewn onto them. Additionally, despite their "manufactured" origins, all songs are credited to The Pipettes as a whole. Generally one member has a concept and basic outline for a song, on which the other members subsequently have an input as to arrangement or lyric changes.5 As a result all members share credit on their original songs.
The line-up consisting of Rose ("Rosay"), Julia ("The Duchess (of Darkness)" or "Julia Caesar"10), RiotBecki, Jon, Seb, Joe ("Robin Of Loxley") and Bobby settled in mid-2004, after earlier line-ups included members of The Electric Soft Parade and Marc Beatty of Brakes. In April 2005 founder member Julia left to concentrate on her own project, The Indelicates, and was replaced by former Welsh-language solo artist Gwenno Saunders. Three limited edition vinyls were released in 2005, leading to the group being signed to Memphis Industries shortly after touring with the label's The Go! Team. Debut album "We Are the Pipettes" was released in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2006 and reached #41 in the UK Album Chart.
In 2007, the band signed with Cherrytree Records, part of Interscope, to release their material in America, Asia and Australasia. After a series of well-received performances at the SXSW festival, an EP led by the track Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me was released on 5 June, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. The album was released in North America on 2 October, where it reached #18 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, and in Asia on October 17, with both releases containing new bonus tracks. Both of these versions of the album were remixed and produced by Greg Wells, thus resulting in a differing sound from the original European release.
In June 2007, original drummer Joe left to concentrate on his own band Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong and was replaced by Jason Adelinia, formerly of Teasing Lulu11 and This City.
Lineup changes 2008–present
On 18 April 2008, it was announced on the band's official website and in a blog post on their MySpace that RiotBecki and Rosay had left "to pursue other musical projects", and had been replaced by Ani, who is Gwenno's younger sister, and Anna McDonald. This means that none of the original female members (Julia, Rose, Becki) remain. Jason Adelinia also left the band and was replaced by Alex White from The Electric Soft Parade and Brakes. Adelinia is now playing drums for The Ghost Frequency.
The new line-up made its live début on 3 May when they joined Mark Ronson on stage at the Corsa Presents Bandstand event in Old Billingsgate, London. They played their first full show in support of REO Speedwagon on 10 June at the indigO2. On 16 July they appeared at the premiere of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, following the inclusion of Pull Shapes on the movie's soundtrack. On consecutive nights from 1st until 3 September they played a series of promotional gigs at The Fly Bar in London.
On 12 November, it was announced that Anna McDonald had left The Pipettes to pursue songwriting opportunities away from the band. On 11 February 2009, new member Beth Mburu-Bowie was announced as McDonald's replacement. This line-up made its live début on 5 March 2009 at the launch party of the British Music Experience.
| Member | mid-2004-April 2005 | April 2005-18 April 2008 | 18 April 2008-12 November 2008 | 11 February 2009-present |
| Julia Clarke-Lowes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Rose Elinor Dougall | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Rebecca Stephens | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Gwenno Saunders | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anna McDonald | No | No | Yes | No |
| Ani Saunders | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Beth Mburu-Bowie | No | No | No | Yes |
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions |
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| 2006 | We Are the Pipettes | 41 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album |
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| 2004 | "Pipettes Christmas Single" * | — | non-album single |
| 2005 | "I Like a Boy in Uniform (School Uniform)" | — | |
| "ABC" | — | ||
| "Judy" | — | ||
| 2005 | "Dirty Mind" | 63 | We Are the Pipettes |
| 2006 | "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" | 35 | |
| "Pull Shapes" | 26 | ||
| "Judy" (re-recording) | 46 |
Notes:
- * - "Pipettes Christmas Single" was a promotional single. 200 individually numbered copies of the single given out free at concert gigs in December 2004 containing the song "In the Bleak Midwinter", recorded with Thomas White of The Electric Soft Parade.
EPs
- 2006 - Meet the Pipettes
- 2007 - Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me
Other activity
- Becki, Rose and Julia sing on "Sometimes Always," a track on Brakes' 2005 album Give Blood. Brakes members Thomas White, Alex White and Marc Beatty acted as Cassettes at some of the band's early concerts.
- Monster Bobby released a solo album, Gaps, in August 2007.
- Julia sang the chorus on "When U See the Future," on Y.Misdaq aka Yoshi's 2005 album Flowers & Trees.
- Rose sang on The Young Playthings' song "Life Is Great," featured on their "Yr So Fit (For Me)" single. She also features on two demo tracks by Dr. Colossus titled "Sleep" and "Fallen in Love."
References
- ^ a b BBC.co.uk: Joining the dots with Brighton's hottest new prospect
- ^ CatOnTheWall.net: Pipettes Interview
- ^ The Unofficial Pipettes Forum FAQ
- ^ TheGuardian.co.uk: Leaders of the pack
- ^ a b CMU's Chris Cooke Interviews the Pipettes
- ^ http://www.music-news.com/ShowReview.asp?nReviewID=800&nType=4
- ^ PopWorld.com: Pipettes Popworld Interview
- ^ The Observer: The Pipettes interview
- ^ Becki stated on John Kennedy’s XFM X-Posure show 2005-07-05, they are called "The Cassette", not "The Cassettes"
- ^ Indigo Flow: The Pipettes
- ^ ComfortComes.com: Teasing Lulu interview
External links
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- Official Site
- The Pipettes at MySpace
- Interscope Records
- The Pipettes article June 2007
- Music OMH: interview
- Platform: interview
- Music Towers: article
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