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Artist
Louis Philippe
12+ albums
chamber popfrenchpopindie popDreamy
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Louis Philippe (born Philippe Auclair on 24 June, 1959) first recorded for Belgian label Les Disques du Crepuscule, under the names 'The Border Boys' (the 'Tribute' 12" EP, produced by Andy Paley, who'd worked with The Ramones and the Modern Lovers previously), and 'The Arcadians' (one single and one album, 'It's a Mad, Mad World', 1986, later re-released on a variety of labels as 'Let's Pretend'). On the advice of A&R man Mike Alway, Louis Philippe moved to London in late 1986, and soon became one of the major figures of cult indie label él Records (1986-1989), a subsidiary of Cherry Red Records for which he recorded five singles and three albums ('Appointment With Venus', 1986; 'Ivory Tower', 1988; 'Yuri Gagarin', 1989). He also appeared in one guise or another - as songwriter, arranger, backing vocalist or instrumentalist - on more than half of all the label's releases. él, now considered to be one of the most influential labels of its time, was, however, not a commercial success in the UK; but it scored a string of independent hits in Japan, where Louis Philippe (whose 'You Mary You' was él's best-selling single) became an iconic figure for the so-called Shibuya-kei, or 'Shibuya Sound'. Following the demise of él in 1989, he turned to Japan to pursue his career, with the support of celebrity fans such as Cornelius. A number of albums followed, all of them released on the über-chic Trattoria label: 'Rainfall', 1991; 'Jean Renoir', 1992, both of them recorded with multi-in
