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England (2002 – 2003)

Frou Frou was an electronic music duo formed in England with two members: Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth, active from 2002 to 2003.

Frou Frou manufactured an impressive brand of vocal-driven, electronic pop. After the British duo had been collaborating for years without a record deal, the group’s debut, Details, was completed for American release on MCA Records in 2002.

Heap and Sigsworth first worked together on

Getting Scared from Heap’s 1998 solo record, I Megaphone. After completing the promotion for that splendid debut, Heap was ready to begin work on a new project and the two hooked up again as Sigsworth had privately been compiling music specifically for Heap while producing other projects. The first track, conceived by the new, more formal (but as yet unnamed) pairing, eventually turned into

Flicks from Details, which is perhaps Frou Frou’s most Björk-reminiscent number.

Sigsworth grew up listening to eclectic female artists like Kate Bush, and along with Heap, developed an appreciation for classical music. He has specifically worked with Björk (Homogenic, Vespertine) and Madonna (What It Feels Like for a Girl) among many other significant ’90s pop and electronic artists. Far from being the kind of campy moniker one might expect from a more sugary pop outfit, the name Frou Frou was decided upon when Francophile Sigsworth noticed the phrase in a Baudelaire poem.

1	Let Go full track	6,748
2	Breathe In full track	3,032
3	Must Be Dreaming full track	2,654
4	Hear Me Out full track	2,456
5	It's Good to Be in Love full track	2,145
6	Psychobabble full track	1,978
7	Shh full track	1,935
8	Flicks full track	1,593
8	Only Got One full track	1,593
10	The Dumbing Down of Love full track	1,462
11	Maddening Shroud full track	1,425
12	Holding Out for a Hero full track	1,299
13	Old Piano	657
14	Close Up	350
15	Breathe In (Aphrodite Remix)	178

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linajoy wrote:
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x-1-alpha wrote:
last month

Their album is fucking good

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melringer wrote:
last month

They are great, I got all their albums here na http://mp3bumbule.com/find/?criteria=/music/Frou+Frou

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TheDarlingNikki wrote:
last month

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da5vidblanken wrote:
last month

so far, so good. not too complicated, but, catchy... i'll follow the thread.

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f4wrf43ras wrote:
last month

ummm... no

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liliquoimoon wrote:
last month

ummm... no, actually there was no falling out between guy and imogen, and they still do shows together here and there and are friends. their music as frou frou didn't do very well and so they were dropped by their record label. then, of course, garden state came out and they basically exploded, but by then they had already decided to call it a day and try new things. namely, imogen's solo album, and guy's work with kate havnevik and bebel gilberto.

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LeaTelamon wrote:
last month

What I liked about their music was yeah, their music, not Imogen's voice. Too bad they split up, the closest thing we will ever get in modern pop music resembling 80s synthpop.

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NSX4evr2006 wrote:
last month

Shadowdreams, that song is actually an Immi solo song. http://www.last.fm/music/Imogen+Heap/_/Have+You+Got+It+in+You%3F

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shadowdreams wrote:
last month

they should really put up the song "have you got it in you?"

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coconua wrote:
June 2008

it doesn't make me feel anything..........

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XxbezakxX wrote:
June 2008

i'd go with baby doll..

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hanabira wrote:
June 2008

Question: Is it "drink up, baby down" or "drink up, baby doll"? I personally prefer "baby doll" but I'd like to get the lyrics right.

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Turnip_Man wrote:
June 2008

burntsystems - Actually Imogen got a bit annoyed appearantly that everybody thought she was just singing in FrouFrou so she wanted to do her own stuff. But that's her own excuse, maybe it was more to it if ya know wha ah mean *nudge nudge*

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drmn wrote:
June 2008

why not?

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Timaaaahhhh wrote:
June 2008

Great voice, great electonic music... But I can't stand her lyrics.

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Nobodylikesyou wrote:
June 2008

Hello? Yes, we're back. And we're taking calls.

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takeDRUGS wrote:
June 2008

froufroux are you here...................

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Spooky_Morning wrote:
June 2008

@milkinjay Here it is. http://music.msn.com/music/whatareyoulisteningto

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milkinjay wrote:
June 2008

@cr0psy: why? It's genuinely good music.

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