Solo project from Wendy James of Transvision Vamp who achieved worldwide fame between 1988-93 with seven UK top 30 pop-punk hits, including the top 5 smashes ‘I Want Your Love’ & ‘Baby I Don’t Care’. Sexy in videos, rebellious in interviews, Wendy was everywhere. After they split she released a solo album written for her by Elvis Costello, but Wendy needed to write her own songs and took time out to learn instruments as well as write.

The first album ‘Racine No. 1’ was a wholly self-performed and produced album. These original demos are now released (as the bonus album to 'Racine 2'), as Wendy maintains they were her authentic beginning to her Racine project.

RACINE is now a 5-piece rock’n’roll band, who are gigging across Europe this year.

Wendy James – ‘Racine No. 1 Demos’

Famous as the unforgettable blonde fronting Transvision Vamp, Wendy James has a new band – RACINE. Now Wendy is taking a fervently independent approach to creating her own music. ‘Racine 2’ is the first release to feature the band.

Transvision Vamp achieved worldwide fame 1988-93 with seven UK top 30 hits including the top 5 smashes ‘I Want Your Love’ & ‘Baby I Don’t Care’ from the Pop Art and the no. 1 Velveteen albums respectively. Sexy in videos and rebellious in interviews, Wendy was everywhere, and rose to iconic status.

After TVV, Elvis Costello wrote a solo album for her, Now Ain’t The Time For Your Tears. Flattered by this but ultimately unsatisfied, Wendy then took a period out to learn to play and write, immersing herself in both rock’n’roll culture and hip-hop. Racine No. 1 (2004, One Little Indian) was just Wendy alone, performing, playing, producing, mixing and composing.

But now, RACINE is a 5-piece rock’n’roll band and RACINE 2 is an 11-track album – written and composed, produced and mixed by Wendy, played by the band and recorded in New York City where Wendy now resides. In 2007 they toured the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Holland, Germany, France and Spain, and will now tour UK & Europe in March & April 2008. The album comes with an 11-track bonus album ‘Racine No. 1 Demos’, as Wendy maintains they were her authentic beginning to Racine.

Racine 2 with bonus album 'Racine No. 1 Demos' will be released throughout Europe on February 25th 2008.

Bonus album – ‘RACINE No. 1 DEMOS’: The Man; Grease Monkey; Princess Patience Blues; Hip Hop 156; W13th; Blonde Mink Mimi; Heavy Metal Dude; That's The Breaks, Junior; Cakewalk; Life Goes On; Deluxe.

European Tour 2008 in support of ‘RACINE 2’/'Number 1 Demos'
March
15 BARCELONA – RAZZMATAZZ ES
17 WAKEFIELD – ESCOBAR UK
18 BRIGHTON – CONCORDE 2 UK
www.concorde2.co.uk
19 LONDON – ASTORIA 2 w/The Plasticenes UK
www.festivalrepublic.com
20 PARIS – LA MAROQUINERIE w/The Teenagers FR
www.lesinrocks.com/inrocks/special/inrock_indie_club
26 ÅS – HALVORS HYBEL NO
http://samfunnet.umb.no/
27 OSLO – ELM STREET NO
29 NAMSOS – NAMSOS ROCKFESTIVAL NO
www.namsosrockfestival.no
30 MOSS - MORTEN & CAROLINES’ PLACE NO
www.myspace.com/ilovetheyumyums
April
2 STOCKHOLM – BERNS 2.35:1 SE
www.berns.se
Tour updates at the Myspace link below.

Links: www.theracineworld.com www.myspace.com/theracineworld