Wax Tailor is the trip hop/hip hop producer Jean-Christophe Le Saoût fro… Read Full Bio ↴Wax Tailor is the trip hop/hip hop producer Jean-Christophe Le Saoût from Paris, France.
After two EP's, he released his first album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies in March 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo and trip-hop, and a second, Hope & Sorrow in April 2007.

After being a host on a French radio in the Paris suburb of Mantes-La-Jolie, JC Le Saoût started the French Rap band La Formule in the 1990's. He created his label Lab'Oratoire in 1998 and produced records from La Formule as well as Break Beat compilations and a collaboration with the Swedish band Looptroop.
He began work on the Wax Tailor project in 2001, first appearing on a remix of Looptroop & La Formule's "Breathing Under Water". Wax Tailor's first EP Lost The Way was released in 2004 and features contributions from Charlotte Savary, Marina Quaisse, and Big Dada rapper Infinite Livez. Other musicians who have appeared alongside Wax Tailor include North Carolina Hip-Hop duo The Others, Ursula Rucker, Sharon Jones, Voice and A State Of Mind.

His second album Hope & Sorrow was nominated for "Best Electronic Album" at the 2008 Victoires de la Musique, a French music award ceremony.

Wax Tailor uses samples in his music as film directors use actors. His record is conceived as an orchestral movie between hip-hop and downtempo where Wax Tailor hijacks “The forgotten melodies” and tells a story of his own where each track is a sequence. In this large patchwork of numerous influences and multiple references to the seventh art, major names of the twentieth century music (Doris Day, Nina Simone...) could get a chance to meet Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen or Alfred Hitchcock

A Woman's Voice
Wax Tailor Lyrics

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We have some very interesting guest for us this evening...
Hey, ok, now a song for you...

Uuuh...

It was a woman's voice
And it was such an anguished and heart-wrenching sound
I was totally arrested by its sadness

I closed my eyes for a few minutes
And that's when the dream must have come

Then the disk on the stereo twanged off and out
And in the short silence before the next one came on
She suddenly came with a burst of singing

Uuuh...

???

We must go, go at once before henri catch you here
??? I thought you wanted to make the old boy jealous
Not anymore, he's threaten to kill you on sight
??? you don't think he would go that far, do you

Of course he will!
Oh, will you go before it's too late, before he shoots you today...

Overall Meaning

The song "A Woman's Voice" by Wax Tailor begins with a radio presenter introducing their guest for the evening, but the focus quickly shifts to a woman's voice which captivates and moves the singer. He describes it as anguished and heart-wrenching, and it seems to transport him into a dream-like state. The song then fades out and in again to reveal a conversation between two people, one of whom is in imminent danger, being threatened with violence by a man named Henri. The tone of the conversation is urgent, and it suggests that the female speaker is pleading with her companion to leave before it's too late.

The song seems to be telling a story through different elements such as the singer's initial reaction to the woman's voice, the dialogue between the two characters, and the music itself. The woman's voice is used to signify the sadness and desperation of the situation, and the dialogue adds a layer of intensity to the story. The song's overall message suggests that there are moments in life where you have to act fast, and there may not always be a happy ending.

Line by Line Meaning

It was a woman's voice
The song being played had a female vocalist

And it was such an anguished and heart-wrenching sound
The quality of the vocal performance was extremely emotional and painful to hear

I was totally arrested by its sadness
The listener was completely captivated by the sadness they heard in the song

I closed my eyes for a few minutes
The listener took a moment to fully concentrate on the music and let it affect them

And that's when the dream must have come
The emotional impact of the music might have caused the listener to have a dream

Then the disk on the stereo twanged off and out
The song ended or was interrupted abruptly

And in the short silence before the next one came on
There was a brief pause between the end of one song and the start of another

She suddenly came with a burst of singing
The female vocalist began singing again with great energy and enthusiasm

We must go, go at once before henri catch you here
There is a sense of urgency to leave the current location before someone named Henri discovers the listener

I thought you wanted to make the old boy jealous
The listener had a previous intention to make someone jealous

Not anymore, he's threaten to kill you on sight
The situation has escalated and become dangerous, and the listener no longer wants to risk staying

You don't think he would go that far, do you
The listener is questioning the severity of Henri's threat

Of course he will!
The singer is confident that Henri is capable of fulfilling his threat and poses a serious risk to the listener

Oh, will you go before it's too late, before he shoots you today...
The singer pleads with the listener to leave immediately before they are harmed or killed by Henri

Writer(s): LE SAOUT JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MICHAEL

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