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 Taylor performing in September 2015 | |
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| Born | (1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (age 44) London, England |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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Alexis Taylor (born 20 April 1980) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and guitarist of the bandHot Chip. He is also the keyboardist of the bandAbout Group and has released solo material.
Alexis Taylor was born inLondon on 20 April 1980, the son of a Greek mother and an English father. His mother is a psychoanalyst, while his father is a professor of English at a university.[1]
Taylor formed Hot Chip withJoe Goddard while atElliot Secondary School in thePutney area of London. He studied English atJesus College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2002, during which time Hot Chip played a variety of gigs (with various line-ups) at Cambridge's live music venues. In 2007, Taylor and Hot Chip produced a two-song album,Doubleshaw, as Booji Boy High under the pseudonyms Georgios Panayiotou and Mother Markzbow. The nameBooji Boy comes from the character created byDevo.[2]
After the release of Hot Chip's second album,The Warning, Taylor released his first solo album,Rubbed Out, in 2008.[3] The same year he formed the improvisational quartet About Group withSpring Heel Jack's John Coxon, pianistPat Thomas and formerThis Heat drummerCharles Hayward.[4]
A solo EP,Nayim From the Halfway Line, was released onDomino Recording Company in 2012,[5] and in 2014 the same label released the albumAwait Barbarians.[6]
In June 2016, Taylor releasedPiano, the follow-up album toAwait Barbarians.[7] An accompanying album,Listen With(out) Piano, was released in March 2017. It features re-works of tracks fromPiano with other musicians; both albums can be played separately or at the same time.[8]
In February 2018, Taylor announced his new album,Beautiful Thing. The album was produced byTim Goldsworthy, co-founder ofDFA Records.[9]
In 2021 Alexis released the albumSilence, which was preceded by the singles 'House Of The Truth', 'Death Of Silence' and 'Dying In Heaven'. In November 2023 he released the single 'Wedding Song (Palace)'.
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