Imogen Heap - Daylight Robbery

[DudeAsInCool]

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Due to her bad experiences with record labels in the past, Heap made a decision to put out the album on her own in the UK, starting her own record company, entitled Megaphonic Records. The album, entitled Speak For Yourself - as Heap had produced, written and done 'everything in between' on the record, including designing the artwork - is described by Heap as "more Madonna than Guns N' Roses, more Donnie Darko than Dirty Dancing... left of centre, electronically sprinkled magic dust over orchestral strings, harps and things, with great lyrics". It was released in the UK on July 18th 2005 on CD and iTunes UK, where it entered the top 10 chart; the initial 10,000 physical copies pressed also sold out quickly, distributed through large and independent record stores, and Heap's own online shop. "Hide And Seek", having been exposed thanks to "The O.C," recevied radio attention from the popular UK radio station BBC Radio One, with DJ Scott Mills featuring it as his record of the week, and provoking strong reactions ("love it or hate it") from other DJs at the station. Due to popular demand, the track was commercially released on a special limited edition (1500 copies) 7" vinyl in the UK in September, featuring an exclusive instrumental, "Cumulus," to accompany the vocal-only A-side. The track has also been featured on downtempo compilation CDs, including The Chillout Session 2006.

In August 2005, Heap announced that she had licensed Speak For Yourself to Sony BMG imprint RCA Victor for the album release in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The album was released in November 2005, and debuted at #144 in the Billboard Top 200 album chart, with Heap appearing on the Hotel Cafe Tour as well as a mini-tour of her own to promote the record. In concert, Heap is a one-woman band, controlling the sound through her Apple Powerbook laptop, as well as singing and playing the piano and mbira. She also performed the album's second single, "Goodnight And Go" on The Late Show with David Letterman on 11th January 2006 (having been scheduled for the day before, and cancelled moments before going on due to time constraints) and both "Hide And Seek" and "Goodnight And Go" on Last Call With Carson Daly. When she returned from the USA, having sold over 120,000 copies, she announced tour dates for the UK, which saw her playing to a crowd of 2000 at the Shepherds Bush Empire in March 2006.

Heap also announced, on her return to the UK, that she had signed a deal for the album to be released internationally, as well as re-promoted in the UK, with a new imprint of Sony BMG, entitled White Rabbit, run by former Sony BMG UK A&R vice president Nick Raphael. The deal means that the album can have the push given by a respected major label, whilst Heap retains sole control, and the team she established for Megaphonic Records. Speak For Yourself was re-released on the label on 24th April 2006, ahead of a full promotional push on 15th May, a week after the second single, "Goodnight And Go," will be commercially released in the UK on CD, and special limited edition 7" vinyl. The single was remixed by Heap for radio, including elements from her live performance of the track, entitled 'Immi's Radio Mix', and is accompanied by a brand new B-side, "Speeding Cars," which she performed at tour dates in the UK in February and March. The video to the track, which is featured on the CD release, hit MTV and VH1 UK in early April, before being added to other television channels later in the month. A special edit of the video for the US market was released in late April, and "Speeding Cars" and Immi's Radio Mix of the single were made available via iTunes a few days later, to coincide with her appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno". Beginning this fall, she will be touring throughout the UK (in later September and early October), and an extensive US tour is being planned for November & December. She will also be scoring a soundtrack for a movie documentary about flamingos later in 2006.

[KiwiCoromandel]

yep..she`s the goods alright dude....a real choice one....great pipes and a very original sound....a real darling to look at as well...(which always helps).....and if you look at some of the artists that she (Imogen Heap) has worked with.....Urban Species, Jeff Beck,Temposhark, LHB, Way Out West, Jon Bon Jovi, Mich Gerber, Sean Lennon, Blue October, Jon Hopkins and Acacia..to name but a few!!....then you can see that she has covered a very diverse and wide range of styles in her career... :) :)

[DudeAsInCool]

Don't think she's married yet, either Might be a good hookup..

[KiwiCoromandel]

Don't think she's married yet, either Might be a good hookup..

..she may not be that diverse dude....

[DudeAsInCool]

..she may not be that diverse dude....

Now that's what I call a low blow :(