The unforgettable blonde singer from TRANSVISION VAMP with a new studio album of her own songs with her new rock n roll band, RACINE. Plus: Bonus CD: ‘Racine No 1 Demos’ – how the first RACINE album originally sounde...
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The unforgettable blonde singer from TRANSVISION VAMP with a new studio album of her own songs with her new rock n roll band, RACINE. Plus: Bonus CD: ‘Racine No 1 Demos’ – how the first RACINE album originally sounded!
Toured in 2007 UK, Eire, Germany, Denmark, Holland, France, Spain – more being planned for 2008!
Wendy James – ‘Racine 2’
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. This year they’ve toured the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Holland, Germany, France and Spain, and are booking more live dates through 2008. The album comes with an 11-track bonus album ‘Racine No. 1 Demos’, as Wendy maintains they were her authentic beginning to Racine.
Wendy James releases ‘Racine 2’ on March 3rd 2008. A European tour to coincide is being booked.
Check out a 'Racine' live in Madrid clip in favourites at:- www.youtube.com/junglerecords
Disc 1 - ‘RACINE 2’: Way; I'm Freaking Out; Racine; Bobby's Going Electric; You're A Good Man, Sister; There Ain't No Way – I Can't Do No Twenny In This; Oui Ou Non – A Straight Boogaloo; Stoned, Ripped and Twisted; Essex Dog; Those Leg Motherfuckers; Bitter Funny. Bonus Disc 2 – ‘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 dates March/April 08:
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
...and more being booked; updates at Myspace link below.
Links: www.theracineworld.com www.myspace.com/theracineworld
Cat. no: FREUDCD099 Release date: 25 Feb 2008
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