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

Dusty Rainbow
Wax Tailor Lyrics

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That evening as the boy was climbing into bed
A sadness came over him
His mother studied his face
as she pulled the blankets up under his chin
She went to his record player, pressed the button
and the light came on
The turntable began to spin, and she lowered the needle

Once again you're saddened and scathed
You should really see what it is like to hurt
Once you start suffering, enjoy
In the dust you start to see the colors

It's the sound we hear we make that helps us feel alright
So let the rain bow rise out, out, that boy

The boy listened carefully
He closed his eyes
Settling into his pillows and blankets
He closed his eyes and imagined a path

Boy you find out you should ache, a lot
Going from life not living it's worst
It's the sound we hear we make that helps us feel alright

So let the rain bow rise out, out
So let the rain bow rise out, out

Overall Meaning

The first verse of Wax Tailor's song Dusty Rainbow tells a poignant story of a young boy who is feeling sad as he climbs into bed. His mother senses his sadness and tries to cheer him up by playing some music. As the record begins to play, the boy listens carefully and imagines a path. The lyrics suggest that music has the power to comfort and heal, and that it can help us to see the beauty in life even when we are feeling low.

The chorus of the song reinforces this idea, urging the listener to embrace their pain and allow it to transform them. The lyrics suggest that it is through suffering that we can find a deeper appreciation for life, and that music is a powerful tool for accessing this sense of renewal. The phrase "in the dust you start to see the colors" is particularly evocative, suggesting that beauty can emerge from even the most difficult and challenging experiences.

Overall, the lyrics to Dusty Rainbow convey a powerful message about the transformative power of music, and about the value of embracing our sorrows and pain in order to find deeper meaning and joy in life.

Line by Line Meaning

That evening as the boy was climbing into bed
Once again you're saddened and scathed

A sadness came over him
You should really see what it is like to hurt

His mother studied his face
In the dust you start to see the colors

As she pulled the blankets up under his chin

She went to his record player, pressed the button
It's the sound we hear we make that helps us feel alright

And the light came on

The turntable began to spin, and she lowered the needle
So let the rainbow rise out, out, that boy

The boy listened carefully
Boy you find out you should ache, a lot

He closed his eyes

Settling into his pillows and blankets

And imagined a path
So let the rainbow rise out, out