Imogen Heap (born December 9, 1977, in Havering, Outer London) is a British… Read Full Bio ↴Imogen Heap (born December 9, 1977, in Havering, Outer London) is a British singer-songwriter / electronica artist. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou from 2002-3, and for her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes. She has released a series of solo albums including Ellipse (in 2009), a North American chart success that earned Heap two Grammy nominations and won her the Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) award.
Heap grew up playing music from an early age, and by her eleventh birthday she was writing her own songs. From the age of 15, she studied at the BRIT School Of Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon, South London, recording three tracks for the school's annual CD between 1994 and 1995, "Aliens" being the title track of the latter.
After being introduced to Nik Kershaw by his manager Mickey Modern, Heap and Kershaw recorded four demos that Mickey Modern took to Rondor Music. Consequently, a few months later Heap signed her first record contract at 18 to independent record label Almo Sounds. During 1996, Heap began working with an experimental pop band called Acacia, which featured her future collaborator Guy Sigsworth and was fronted by the singer Alexander Nilere. While never a full member of the band, Heap was a guest vocalist (as a counterpart to Nilere) and contributed to various Acacia single and album tracks in 1997. One Acacia song, "Maddening Shroud", would later be covered by Frou Frou.
Heap enjoyed a prestigious live début, performing four songs (backed by friends Acacia) between sets by The Who and Eric Clapton at the 1996 Prince's Trust Concert in Hyde Park, London. Her début album, I Megaphone (an anagram of "Imogen Heap") was internationally released in 1998 on independent record label Almo Sounds and garnered critical acclaim. However, as production of the album neared completion, it was announced that the record label had been sold and would be shut down. I-Megaphone featured collaborations with Guy Sigsworth and Dave Stewart. In Japan, the regional distributor, Zora, re-released the album in 2002, featuring "Blanket," her collaboration with Urban Species which was released as a single in the United Kingdom, and a Frou Frou remix of one of her B-sides, a video to which was released exclusively to Japanese media. Following the disbanding of her UK and USA record label, I Megaphone was scarce in circulation, having not been re-printed until November 2006. An independent Brazillian record label has rights to the record, and has issued limited copies, some of which are available on eBay. It has also been released through the iTunes Music Store under the Almo label.
At the same time as the Japanese re-release, Heap was working on new tracks with producer Guy Sigsworth, who had collaborated on "Getting Scared" from I-Megaphone. Together, they formed an electro-pop group Frou Frou, releasing an album called "Details" and singles, "Breathe In", "It's Good To Be In Love" and "Must Be Dreaming." The album was a full collaboration between the two artists. Frou Frou were approached to cover "Holding Out for a Hero", originally performed by Bonnie Tyler, for the soundtrack to the highly successful movie Shrek 2. An album track, "Let Go", was featured in the movie Garden State in 2004.
In December 2003, Heap announced on her web site that she was going to write and produce her second solo album, using her site as an online blog to update fans on progress, even seeking them to be her A&R team for the lyrics to "Daylight Robbery". Heap set herself a deadline of one year to make the album (she booked the album mastering for December 2004), and re-mortgaged her flat to fund production costs, including the use of studio time and instruments (which she purchased as a birthday present to herself). Having been burned by previous challenges with record labels (Heap had been spurned twice by record companies, when Almo Sounds was sold and when Frou Frou's label staff focused on promoting other acts), Heap decided to form her own record label on which to release the new record. At the end of 2004, Heap premiered two album tracks online, enabling fans to pay for a digital download, entitled "Just For Now" (which was up for a limited time as a Christmas gift), and "Goodnight And Go", which had been featured on the second season of hit US TV drama The O.C.
In April 2005, The O.C. season two finale featured another track, the sparse vocodered-vocal track, "Hide And Seek". The track was released immediately to digital download services such as iTunes where it became an instant fixture in the chart. The track was released as a digital download on the 5th July 2005 in the UK and peaked at #8 on the iTunes download chart.
The album, entitled "Speak For Yourself" was then released in the UK on July 18th 2005 on her own record label, Megaphonic Records. The album was also released on iTunes UK, where it entered the top 10, selling strongly. "Hide And Seek" also received radio attention from the popular UK radio station BBC Radio One, with DJ Scott Mills featuring it as his "Record of the Week", and provoking strong reactions ("love it or hate it") from other DJs at the station. Due to popular demand, the track was commercially released on a special limited edition (1500 copies were printed) 7" vinyl in the UK in September. Speak For Yourself was licensed to Sony BMG imprint RCA Victor in August 2005, enabling the record to be released in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It was released in those territories in November, and Heap appeared on the Hotel Cafe Tour promoting the record. Imogen also performed "Goodnight And Go" on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 11, 2006. Heap is slated to continue touring in 2006 in the US and UK to support the record.
As well as TV soundtracks (Frou Frou and Heap's solo records have been featured in shows as varied as The O.C. to CSI, among others), Heap has also contributed solo tracks to movie soundtracks. Her cover of the song "Spooky" (made famous by the band Classics IV, and previously covered by Dusty Springfield) for the soundtrack to the Reese Witherspoon movie Just Like Heaven. Heap also wrote a special track entitled "Can't Take It In" for the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She has also appeared on the second soundtrack for the HBO television series "Six Feet Under", entitled "Six Feet Under Vol. 2: Everything Ends" with a 50-second track that closed the Season 4 episode "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)". Three versions were recorded and are available from Heap's official web site.
In addition to producing her own records, she has also produced a track for Nik Kershaw and has collaborated with artists as diverse as Joshua Radin, Jeff Beck, Temposhark, LHB, Way Out West, Jon Bon Jovi, Mich Gerber, Sean Lennon, Urban Species, Blue October, Jon Hopkins and Acacia.
Heap's 2009 album 'Ellipse' features Canvas, Aha! and Half Life.
Sites: Twitter
www.imogenheap.com
Heap grew up playing music from an early age, and by her eleventh birthday she was writing her own songs. From the age of 15, she studied at the BRIT School Of Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon, South London, recording three tracks for the school's annual CD between 1994 and 1995, "Aliens" being the title track of the latter.
After being introduced to Nik Kershaw by his manager Mickey Modern, Heap and Kershaw recorded four demos that Mickey Modern took to Rondor Music. Consequently, a few months later Heap signed her first record contract at 18 to independent record label Almo Sounds. During 1996, Heap began working with an experimental pop band called Acacia, which featured her future collaborator Guy Sigsworth and was fronted by the singer Alexander Nilere. While never a full member of the band, Heap was a guest vocalist (as a counterpart to Nilere) and contributed to various Acacia single and album tracks in 1997. One Acacia song, "Maddening Shroud", would later be covered by Frou Frou.
Heap enjoyed a prestigious live début, performing four songs (backed by friends Acacia) between sets by The Who and Eric Clapton at the 1996 Prince's Trust Concert in Hyde Park, London. Her début album, I Megaphone (an anagram of "Imogen Heap") was internationally released in 1998 on independent record label Almo Sounds and garnered critical acclaim. However, as production of the album neared completion, it was announced that the record label had been sold and would be shut down. I-Megaphone featured collaborations with Guy Sigsworth and Dave Stewart. In Japan, the regional distributor, Zora, re-released the album in 2002, featuring "Blanket," her collaboration with Urban Species which was released as a single in the United Kingdom, and a Frou Frou remix of one of her B-sides, a video to which was released exclusively to Japanese media. Following the disbanding of her UK and USA record label, I Megaphone was scarce in circulation, having not been re-printed until November 2006. An independent Brazillian record label has rights to the record, and has issued limited copies, some of which are available on eBay. It has also been released through the iTunes Music Store under the Almo label.
At the same time as the Japanese re-release, Heap was working on new tracks with producer Guy Sigsworth, who had collaborated on "Getting Scared" from I-Megaphone. Together, they formed an electro-pop group Frou Frou, releasing an album called "Details" and singles, "Breathe In", "It's Good To Be In Love" and "Must Be Dreaming." The album was a full collaboration between the two artists. Frou Frou were approached to cover "Holding Out for a Hero", originally performed by Bonnie Tyler, for the soundtrack to the highly successful movie Shrek 2. An album track, "Let Go", was featured in the movie Garden State in 2004.
In December 2003, Heap announced on her web site that she was going to write and produce her second solo album, using her site as an online blog to update fans on progress, even seeking them to be her A&R team for the lyrics to "Daylight Robbery". Heap set herself a deadline of one year to make the album (she booked the album mastering for December 2004), and re-mortgaged her flat to fund production costs, including the use of studio time and instruments (which she purchased as a birthday present to herself). Having been burned by previous challenges with record labels (Heap had been spurned twice by record companies, when Almo Sounds was sold and when Frou Frou's label staff focused on promoting other acts), Heap decided to form her own record label on which to release the new record. At the end of 2004, Heap premiered two album tracks online, enabling fans to pay for a digital download, entitled "Just For Now" (which was up for a limited time as a Christmas gift), and "Goodnight And Go", which had been featured on the second season of hit US TV drama The O.C.
In April 2005, The O.C. season two finale featured another track, the sparse vocodered-vocal track, "Hide And Seek". The track was released immediately to digital download services such as iTunes where it became an instant fixture in the chart. The track was released as a digital download on the 5th July 2005 in the UK and peaked at #8 on the iTunes download chart.
The album, entitled "Speak For Yourself" was then released in the UK on July 18th 2005 on her own record label, Megaphonic Records. The album was also released on iTunes UK, where it entered the top 10, selling strongly. "Hide And Seek" also received radio attention from the popular UK radio station BBC Radio One, with DJ Scott Mills featuring it as his "Record of the Week", and provoking strong reactions ("love it or hate it") from other DJs at the station. Due to popular demand, the track was commercially released on a special limited edition (1500 copies were printed) 7" vinyl in the UK in September. Speak For Yourself was licensed to Sony BMG imprint RCA Victor in August 2005, enabling the record to be released in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It was released in those territories in November, and Heap appeared on the Hotel Cafe Tour promoting the record. Imogen also performed "Goodnight And Go" on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 11, 2006. Heap is slated to continue touring in 2006 in the US and UK to support the record.
As well as TV soundtracks (Frou Frou and Heap's solo records have been featured in shows as varied as The O.C. to CSI, among others), Heap has also contributed solo tracks to movie soundtracks. Her cover of the song "Spooky" (made famous by the band Classics IV, and previously covered by Dusty Springfield) for the soundtrack to the Reese Witherspoon movie Just Like Heaven. Heap also wrote a special track entitled "Can't Take It In" for the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She has also appeared on the second soundtrack for the HBO television series "Six Feet Under", entitled "Six Feet Under Vol. 2: Everything Ends" with a 50-second track that closed the Season 4 episode "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)". Three versions were recorded and are available from Heap's official web site.
In addition to producing her own records, she has also produced a track for Nik Kershaw and has collaborated with artists as diverse as Joshua Radin, Jeff Beck, Temposhark, LHB, Way Out West, Jon Bon Jovi, Mich Gerber, Sean Lennon, Urban Species, Blue October, Jon Hopkins and Acacia.
Heap's 2009 album 'Ellipse' features Canvas, Aha! and Half Life.
Sites: Twitter
www.imogenheap.com
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Cumulus
Imogen Heap Lyrics
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Quiet Science I hear the grass won't grow anymore Searching the parts of…
Underwater Sleeping Society With this bag of feelings I thought i could swim I dove…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Imogen Heap:
09. Bad Body Double She pops into the bathroom Just after a shower and She plays…
10.Just For Now Just for now Just for now Just for now Just for now Just for…
2-1 First the earth was flat But it fattened up when we…
Aeroplane Drifting through the atmosphere And up on into space Leave…
Aha! Eat, sleep, And breathe that you're full of the stuff Go bac…
Airplane Drifting through the atmosphere And up on into space Leave…
Aliens It was late a night, a very star one And the…
Angry Angel This is an obsession, A kind of aggression with himself…
Bad Body Double She pops into the bathroom Just after a shower and She plays…
Between Sheets You and me, between sheets It just doesn't get better than…
Blanket Music is my sanctuary Music is my blanket Emotionless the c…
Can%E2%80%99t Take it in Can't close my eyes I'm wide awake Every hair on my body Has…
Can't Take It In {As Used in the Film the Chronicles of Narnia: ...} Can't close my eyes I'm wide awake Every hair on my body …
Candlelight I am alone, surrounded by The color blue Inside a poem, the…
Canvas Slow heart dark wait down love black canvas Revolve within, …
Can’t Take it in Can't close my eyes I'm wide awake Every hair on my body Has…
Clear The Area Knock knock, are you alone? No one's out here and I…
Clear This Area Knock knock, are you alone? No one's out here and I…
Closing In I can't wait To be with you No I just can't sit…
Come Here Boy It's dark in here Visions are flashing into my head As I…
Daylight Robbery Don't mind me, just cruising by By the girl with the…
Earth Baby, behave, we'll make it work Baby, behave, we'll make it…
Embers Of Love By: Imogen Heap/Michael Gerber I paint the two of us on…
Entanglement Here we are Blood pressure rising fast Air electric Conduct …
Feeling Strange Can you tell me why am I feeling? Can you tell…
First Train Home (I've got to get on it) (I've got to get on…
Getting Scared Turn your ugly face Are you so surprised to see me Yeah…
Glittering Cloud I'm not always like this, it's something I've become A terri…
Goodnight Say goodnight and go Skipping beats, blushing cheeks I am s…
H!de & Seek Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has…
Half Life I knew that I'd get like this again That's why I…
Hallelujah Baby I have been here before I've seen this room, I've…
Have You Got It In You It takes a lot to be always on form, It takes…
Headlock Distant flickering, its greener scenery, This weathers bring…
Hide Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has…
Hide & Seek 2 Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has…
Hide 'N Seek Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has…
Hide And Seek (Tiлsto's In Search Of Sunrise Re Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has…
Hide N Seek Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has…
I Am In Love With You I am in love with you I am in love with…
I'm A Lonely Little Petunia I'm a lonely little petunia In an onion patch An onion pat…
If Only I Were A Butterfly Sometimes i don't feel quite myself here Sometimes i don't …
It takes alot Can't close my eyes I'm wide awake Every hair on my body Has…
It's Good To Be In Love I don't know where to start Say I'm tired or throw…
Just For Now Just for now Just for now Just for now Just for now Just for…
Just For Now (live at Studio 11 103 Just for now Just for now Just for now Just for now Just…
Kidding A figure dressed in the finest attire That money can buy L…
Last Night of An Empire One down, two to go They multiply on impact for the…
Leave Me to Love Complications, more so I can say Promises and deadlines mak…
Let Go Drink up baby doll Mmm are you in or out Leave your…
Lifeline Freeze frame on me Hm, can you read it on my…
Little Bird Little bird, little bird, little bird What do you hear? The …
Loose Ends Doing everything by heart Got a real flare with excuses Meet…
Magic Me In the back of the beyond From one eye of a…
Me The Machine A blip in the algorithm A break in the clouds Soft circuits,…
Meantime The purity in dreaming The mean time as a quarantine Suppo…
Mic Check check, check, check, check mic, mic, mic, mic…
Minds Without Fear Nearly every inch of us on the line Plucking on the…
Missing You Oh, i've been longing for as long as i can…
Mutual If you were a bottle, would you break on me?…
Neglected Space Hello I watch you come and go I know you can hear…
Not Now But Soon Not now but soon, The most beautiful light Will wake us to…
Not You Again Oh, no, not you again Please don't tell me You're here t…
Oh Me Oh My Quiet now in sleepy dreams To me it seems the…
Oh Me, Oh My quiet now in sleepy dreams to me it seems the only…
Pocket Sun Hold your head down in a ducking pond See how I…
Propeller Seeds Propeller seeds Corridor scene Talk on, walk out It took me …
Rake It In I am here again Tied up in your torture frame Printed paper,…
Run-Time Sparks might fly, in no time It's a delayed reaction of…
Run-Time Making Of Video A figure dressed in the finest attire That money can buy Lad…
Run-Time MP3 Sparks might fly, in no time It’s a delayed reaction of…
Run‐Time Sparks might fly, in no time It's a delayed reaction of…
Shine Rain drain my play away Sun gun me down and burn…
Sleep How can it feel so nice? Why does it feel so…
Speeding Cars Here's the day you hoped would never come Don't feed me…
Spooky In the cool of the evening When everything is getting kind…
Sweet Religion When my body wants to go Tell me will my mind…
Swoon Your name in lights Vibrating to your ring tone My world beg…
Telemiscommunications Hey babe, how's your day been? No, you first Oh, what? The…
The Beast Gently as we go, gently as we go Steady as we…
The Happy Song Yeah Bring bring on the bicycle Beep beep in the car Ping p…
The Listening Chair Cat, blue, piano Are just some of the things I like So…
The Making of Not Now But Soon Not now but soon, The most beautiful light Will wake us to…
The Moment I Said It The moment I said it. The moment I opened my mouth. Let…
The Song That Never Was Green to this. Where's a manual when you need one? The bac…
The Walk Inside out, upside down twisting beside myself Stop that now…
Tidal Before electric light, You paddled through the soup of darkn…
Underground I am a cold and bitter man I never thought it…
Useless I am a mirror, with no reflection I am a razor,…
Valentine's Day Massacre It was more than the blues, you slaughtered Valentine's Day …
Video: Neglected Space Hello I watch you come and go I know you can hear…
Wait It Out Where do we go from here? How do we carry on? I…
Walk Inside out, upside down twisting beside myself Stop that now…
Whatever You, you come to me So perfectly yeah So perfectly made An…
Xizi She Knows We come to your shores over misty millennial From hustlers t…
You Know Where to Find Me You know where to find me When you're on your way…
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