Ladytron

Liverpudlian producers and DJs Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu met in the 1990s. Hunt was a member of the bands Venini{{Cite web |title=Venini |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/511046-Venini |publisher=discogs}} and Jules Verne{{Cite web |title=Jules Verne |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/16937-Jules-Verne |publisher=discogs}} and also founded the indie record label Invicta Hi-Fi and a nightclub.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion |url=http://formatmag.com/features/ladytron/ |last=Hagen |first=Carmel |date=14 December 2008 |website=Format |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218090619/http://formatmag.com/features/ladytron/ |archive-date=18 December 2008 |access-date=22 August 2011}} Wu trained in Industrial Design at Sheffield Hallam University and graduated in 1997.{{Cite book |url=http://www.blurb.com/b/2274359-svalbard-12-inch-version |title=SVALBARD [ 12-inch version ] by Reuben Wu | Blurb Books |date=23 June 2011 |via=blurb.com}} He became an industrial designer at Team Consulting Limited, until finally going full-time with the band around 2002.{{Cite web |title=Reuben Wu |url=http://uk.linkedin.com/in/reubenwu |publisher=LinkedIn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715010614/http://uk.linkedin.com/in/reubenwu |archive-date=15 July 2012 |access-date=13 June 2011}}

Using a moniker inspired by the song "Ladytron" by Roxy Music, Hunt and Wu recorded the debut single "He Took Her to a Movie" for £50 with the guest vocalist Lisa Eriksson (who later formed the band Techno Squirrels){{Cite web |title=Techno Squirrels: Bio |url=http://www.technosquirrels.com/bio.php |publisher=Techno Squirrels |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623124111/http://www.technosquirrels.com/bio.php |archive-date=23 June 2011 |access-date=13 June 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Lisa Eriksson |url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lisa-eriksson/30/702/16b |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=14 December 2012}} and released it in July 1999.{{Cite web |title=Home of Ladytronix |url=http://www.invictahifi.co.uk/ladyinfo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306194647/http://www.invictahifi.co.uk/ladyinfo.html |archive-date=6 March 2001}}

In the summer of 1999, Hunt and Wu met Scottish student Helen Marnie through various DJ gigs,{{Cite web |title=3/29 – Ladytron – 'Best Of: 00 – 10' |url=http://nettskinny.com/release/20110214/329-ladytron-best-00-10 |date=14 February 2011 |website=Nettwerk Press Blog |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110841/http://nettskinny.com/release/20110214/329-ladytron-best-00-10 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |access-date=13 June 2011}} and Bulgarian-Israeli Mira Aroyo through a mutual friend.{{Cite web |title=V I D E O V I S I O N : Cato Salsa Experience Interview |url=http://www.videovision.org/vv_interviews-ladytron.html |date=5 June 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605162352/http://www.videovision.org/vv_interviews-ladytron.html |archive-date=5 June 2003}} Marnie and Aroyo joined the band as vocalists and keyboardists. Helen Marnie studied music at the University of Liverpool where she received a Bachelor of Arts in pop music in 1999.{{Cite web |title= Insight — Autumn 2006 |url=http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/insight/Insightautumn06.pdf |date=9 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909235918/http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/insight/Insightautumn06.pdf |archive-date=9 September 2014}} Mira Aroyo was a postgraduate research geneticist in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.{{Cite web |title=60-second interview: Ladytron's Mira Aroyo – The Daily Record |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2008/06/01/60-second-interview-ladytron-s-mira-aroyo-78057-20591556/ |date=3 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303011146/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2008/06/01/60-second-interview-ladytron-s-mira-aroyo-78057-20591556/ |archive-date=3 March 2011}}

During 1999 and 2001 Ladytron released the EPs Miss Black and Her Friends in December 1999 exclusively in Japan, Commodore Rock in June 2000, Mu-Tron EP in October 2000 and the singles "Play Girl / Commodore Rock" in 2000, "Playgirl" in 2000 and again in 2001, "The Way That I Found You" in 2001. All the songs (except "Miss Black", "Olivetti Jerk" and the remixes) from these releases were later included on their debut studio album. "He Took Her to a Movie",{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 1999 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1999.html |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=23 June 2011 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055002/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1999.html |url-status=usurped }} Mu-Tron EP,{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 2000 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911181240/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 September 2012 |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk}} "The Way That I Found You",{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 2001 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421083418/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 April 2013 |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk}} were all selected as NME "Single of the Week".

Ladytron released the debut album 604 on 6 February 2001 on Emperor Norton (US), on 26 March 2001 on Labels (Germany) and on 2 April 2001 on Invicta Hi-Fi (UK). It was re-released on 20 July 2004 on Emperor Norton (US) and on 14 January 2011 (Germany), 18 January 2011 (US), 24 January 2011 (UK) on Nettwerk. 604 has been written mostly by Daniel Hunt and co-produced by him and Lance Thomas (who also engineered and mixed the album).

The band wore uniforms inspired by the science fiction movie The Andromeda Strain until the end of 2003. Daniel Hunt said in an interview for Jound from 2001: "I'm really into The Andromeda Strain, so that's kind of an influence on the title of the album and the uniforms we've got and stuff. But the design – me and Reuben just love that film".{{Cite web |title=Ladytron |url=http://www.jound.com/will/interviews/ladytron.html |date=26 July 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010726134411/http://www.jound.com/will/interviews/ladytron.html |archive-date=26 July 2001}} Also in an interview for Chaos Control magazine from 2002 Hunt explained the 604 album title: "It's the area code for British Columbia... we're glad we've attached this strange importance to that number, it crops up everywhere now. We noticed when we stayed in Hamburg in Germany (in a hotel called "Commodore" – pure coincidence), that the number to phone reception from your room was '604'. Moments afterwards the building had caught fire and we were lucky to escape with our lives. I'm not joking".{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – Chaos Control Digizine |url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/ladytron-2/ |date=9 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409215406/http://www.chaoscontrol.com/ladytron-2/ |archive-date=9 April 2012}}

Ladytron performed on 4 August 2001 at Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in Spain, on 10 August 2001 at La Route du Rock in France, and on 26 August 2001 at Reading Festival in the UK. On 5 December 2001, they performed four songs for Radio 1's John Peel Show.{{Cite web |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 05/12/2001 Ladytron |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2001/Dec05ladytron/ |date=26 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326202757/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2001/Dec05ladytron/ |archive-date=26 March 2008}}

On 1 October 2001, the compilation album Reproductions: Songs of The Human League was released on Carrot Top Records and it included The Human League' song "Open Your Heart" covered by Ladytron.

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Their second album Light & Magic was released on 17 September 2002 at Emperor Norton Records (US) and Telstar (UK). The album was also released on 7 April 2003 at Warner Music (Germany) and on 21 June 2003 at Victor Entertainment (Japan). It was re-released on 20 July 2004 on Emperor Norton (US) and on 14 January 2011 (Germany)/18 January 2011 (US)/24 January 2011 (UK) on Nettwerk.

Light & Magic featured a darker sound than their previous album. It was written and produced in Los Angeles by the band and co-produced by Mickey Petralia. The album included the underground hits "Seventeen", "Blue Jeans" and "Evil". They also issued in 2003 a limited 7" single, "Cracked LCD / USA vs. White Noise".

They toured over a year to support the album. On 4 December 2002, Ladytron returned to John Peel Show and performed live 11 songs from their first 2 albums.{{Cite web |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 04/12/2002 Ladytron |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2002/Dec04ladytron/ |date=27 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327115352/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2002/Dec04ladytron/ |archive-date=27 March 2008}}

In 2002, Ladytron rescored the 1982 Tron film for a live event in London.{{Cite web |title=Premonition Magazine — August 2002 |url=http://www.premonition.org/premor.php3?lien=actu/actu.php3X1Xactuid=209004&ta=10 |date=6 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706122625/http://www.premonition.org/premor.php3?lien=actu%2Factu.php3X1Xactuid%3D209004&ta=10 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |access-date=1 May 2020}}

On 7 October 2003, they issued the mix compilation Softcore Jukebox on Emperor Norton. Besides the songs of other artists, the compilation also includes two of their own songs, the single remix of "Blue Jeans" renamed "Blue Jeans 2.0" and a cover of Tweet's "Oops (Oh My)".

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Ladytron began working on demos for their next album immediately after concluding Light & Magic tour with a homecoming gig in Liverpool in September 2003, where they were supported by Franz Ferdinand. Within a few months, they had mapped out the entire record and by the time they were ready to start recording in April 2004, their UK label Telstar Records had gone into administration. Their US label, Emperor Norton, also had problems: the company was purchased by Rykodisc in 2004 and was then shut down later that year, with Rykodisc inheriting its back-catalogue. The band announced on 7 December 2004 that they signed to Island Records.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron |url=http://www.ladytron.com/textsite/news.php |date=17 December 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217114526/http://www.ladytron.com/textsite/news.php |archive-date=17 December 2005}}

In 2004, Ladytron were booked to play a series of shows in China as part of an exhibition tour set up by the British Council.{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.ladytron.com/news.html |date=6 December 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206082217/http://www.ladytron.com/news.html |archive-date=6 December 2004}} They played on 24 and 25 September 2004 in Shenzhen, 28 September 2004 in Chongqing, 6 October 2004 and 7 October 2004 (DJ set) in Shanghai.

Ladytron released their critically acclaimed{{Cite web |title=Witching Hour – Ladytron |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/witching-hour |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive |access-date=13 June 2011}} third studio album Witching Hour on 3 October 2005 on Island (UK) and later in other territories. Island Records also released a limited edition of this album in the form of a 2 disc set: a CD with the album and a DVD of video from the tour of China ("Once Upon a Time in the East: Ladytron in China") plus 3 music videos ("Destroy Everything You Touch", "Sugar", "Seventeen").{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – Witching Hour |url=https://www.discogs.com/Ladytron-Witching-Hour/release/565708 |publisher=discogs}} Witching Hour was re-released on 5 April 2007 on Major (Germany), on 5 November 2007 on So Sweet (UK), and on 18 January 2011 (US)/24 January 2011 (UK) on Nettwerk.

The album was recorded in 2004 at Elevator Studios in Liverpool and it was produced by Ladytron and Jim Abbiss. It featured Pop Levi on bass, live drums by Keith York and electric guitars mixed with their trademark sound. Pitchfork described it as a "quantum leap record".{{Cite web |title=Pitchfork: Ladytron: The Witching Hour |website=Pitchfork |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4635-the-witching-hour/ |date=18 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318092627/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4635-the-witching-hour/ |archive-date=18 March 2009}} The songs "Sugar", "Destroy Everything You Touch", "International Dateline", "Weekend", and "Soft Power" were issued as singles. "Destroy Everything You Touch" ({{Audio|Ladytron Destroy Everything You Touch.ogg|sample|help=no}}) became the band's best known song.

In 2006 saw the light Extended Play, a two-disc EP CD/DVD compilation that featured exclusive unreleased remixes and B-sides, as well as a DVD with the same content as the one from Witching Hour limited edition. Also in 2006 Ladytron recorded and released the live EP The Harmonium Sessions with 4 songs from their third album.

Without any real label support, Ladytron toured exhaustively over the next two years, on the strength of their cult following. They played in North America, Europe, and South America.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron tell Jude Rogers about their tussles with lady luck {{!}} Music |work= The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/30/popandrock.electronicmusic |date=13 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713231908/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/30/popandrock.electronicmusic |archive-date=13 July 2014}} In early 2007, they also opened for the European shows of Nine Inch Nails, at the invitation of Trent Reznor.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron joins Major Records and Nine Inch Nails on tour - Ladytron news at SIDE-LINE.COM |url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=21088_0_2_2610_C |date=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614051013/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=21088_0_2_2610_C |archive-date=14 June 2013}}

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Ladytron were dropped by Island Records and signed to Nettwerk in late 2007.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron Land New Label – IGN |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/12/ladytron-land-new-label |date=28 November 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128004414/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/12/ladytron-land-new-label |archive-date=28 November 2019}}

Between 2007 and 2008, the band recorded the follow-up to Witching Hour at Studio de la Grande Armée in Paris with help from Alessandro Cortini (Modwheelmood, Nine Inch Nails, SONOIO) and Vicarious Bliss (Justice, DJ Mehdi).{{Cite web |title=Ladytron {{!}} Layer Cake |url=http://www.emusician.com/news/0766/ladytron--layer-cake/140813 |date=28 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928095543/http://www.emusician.com/news/0766/ladytron--layer-cake/140813 |archive-date=28 September 2012}} On 2 June 2008, Ladytron released their fourth album Velocifero on Nettwerk. The band stated that "velocifero" literally means "bringer of speed" and is also the name of a classic retro styled scooter.{{Cite web |title=New Ladytron record brings fans up to speed – Blast |url=https://blastmagazine.com/2008/06/02/new-ladytron-record-brings-fans-up-to-speed/ |date=12 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195115/https://blastmagazine.com/2008/06/02/new-ladytron-record-brings-fans-up-to-speed/ |archive-date=12 January 2019}} The album spawned three singles: "Ghosts", "Runaway" and "Tomorrow".

In mid 2008, the group composed three exclusive tracks performed in Simlish for The Sims 3 game soundtrack: "Rockfalls & Estuaries", "She Stepped Out of the Car" and "Young Etruscians".{{Cite web |title=Interview: Ladytron – The Game Reviews |url=https://www.thegamereviews.com/article-1126-interview-ladytron.html |date=9 September 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909085107/https://www.thegamereviews.com/article-1126-interview-ladytron.html |archive-date=9 September 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Song List |url=http://wiki.thesimsresource.com/index.php?title=Song_List |website=The Sims 3 Wiki |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715041030/http://wiki.thesimsresource.com/index.php?title=Song_List |archive-date=15 July 2018 |access-date=13 June 2011}}{{unreliable source?|date=June 2011}} Ladytron sang a song titled "Use Your Mind" on Nickelodeon's Yo Gabba Gabba!.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – Mysteries – Yo Gabba Gabba! | website=YouTube | date=2 September 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biKjL0PlEcw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/biKjL0PlEcw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

On 6 April 2009, Nettwerk issued the remix compilation Velocifero (Remixed & Rare).

In 2009, Ladytron toured North America with The Faint,{{Cite web |title=Ladytron and the Faint Co-Headlining North American Tour |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ladytron-and-the-faint-co-headlining-north-america/25831 |date=9 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209195130/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ladytron-and-the-faint-co-headlining-north-america/25831 |archive-date=9 February 2009}} and performed two special shows with Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House.{{Cite web |title=Brian Eno Curating Sydney Music Fest – Synthtopia |url=http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/03/26/brian-eno-curating-sydney-music-fest/ |date=8 April 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408115207/http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/03/26/brian-eno-curating-sydney-music-fest/ |archive-date=8 April 2019}} In the same year they announced that they would be the opening act for Depeche Mode on a few concerts in Eastern Europe,{{Cite web |title=Ladytron May Be Dark and Moody, But Don't Call Them Goth |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-04-23/music/ladytron/ |last=Raggett |first=Ned |date=23 April 2009 |website=OC Weekly |publisher=Village Voice Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222094042/http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-04-23/music/ladytron |archive-date=22 February 2010 |access-date=23 June 2011}} but these concerts were cancelled due to Dave Gahan's illness.

Also in 2009 Ladytron self-released their first live album Live at London Astoria 16.07.08, and co-wrote and produced a few songs for Christina Aguilera.{{Cite web |title=Christina album has Ladytron feel {{!}} Metro News |url=https://metro.co.uk/2009/08/03/christina-album-has-ladytron-feel-317164/ |date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630033054/https://metro.co.uk/2009/08/03/christina-album-has-ladytron-feel-317164/ |archive-date=30 June 2015}} The songs "Birds of Prey" and "Little Dreamer" were released a bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of her 2010 album Bionic, and "Birds of Prey" was later named as one of the "Best Deep Cuts by 21st Century Pop Stars" by the Billboard magazine.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/best-pop-album-tracks-21st-century-deep-cuts-8039437/|title=The 100 Best Deep Cuts by 21st Century Pop Stars: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard Media, LLC|date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527104602/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/best-pop-album-tracks-21st-century-deep-cuts-8039437/|archive-date=May 27, 2024|access-date=May 27, 2024}}

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The soundtrack of the video game FIFA 11 included a new Ladytron song, "Ace of Hz", which was also released as digital single on 30 November 2010.{{Cite web |title=New Ladytron: "Ace of Hz" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/40583-new-ladytron-ace-of-hz/ |website=Pitchfork|date=3 November 2010 }} On 11 January 2011, the band issued the music download Ace of Hz EP, which contained the album mix as well as five remixes.{{Cite web |title=Ace Of Hz EP [Nettwerk] :: Beatport |website=Beatport |url=https://www.beatport.com/release/ace-of-hz-ep/312844 |date=20 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120183510/https://www.beatport.com/release/ace-of-hz-ep/312844 |archive-date=20 November 2011}}

On 28 March 2011, it was released the compilation Best of 00–10 featuring 17 tracks on standard edition and 33 tracks on deluxe edition plus an 80-page booklet.{{Cite web |title='Best Of Ladytron: 00-10' Available Now {{!}} Nettwerk Press Blog |url=http://nettskinny.com/story/20110329/best-ladytron-00-10-available-now |date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404180628/http://nettskinny.com/story/20110329/best-ladytron-00-10-available-now |archive-date=4 April 2011}} Both editions included two extra tracks, "Ace of Hz" and a cover version of Death in June's "Little Black Angel". Also in 2011, Nettwerk reissued all their previous albums, the remix compilation Best of Remixes and the iTunes video compilation Best of 00–10 Videos which included music videos for the singles "Playgirl", "Blue Jeans", "Seventeen", "Sugar", "Destroy Everything You Touch", "Ghosts", "Runaway", "Tomorrow" and "Ace of Hz".{{Cite web |title=Best of 00–10 Videos by Ladytron on iTunes |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-00-10-videos/434123570 |date=28 January 2020 |website=archive.is |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200128014500/https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-00-10-videos/434123570 |archive-date=28 January 2020}} On 20 December 2011, Nettwerk issued the remix compilations 604 (Remixed & Rare), Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare) and Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare).

During April 2011 and July 2011, Ladytron performed live in Austria, China, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Poland, UK, Ireland, Hungary and Spain.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron's Concert Listing |date=5 February 2011 |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Ladytron/+events/2011 |access-date=29 December 2011}}

Their fifth studio album, Gravity the Seducer, was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2011 and in the United States on 13 September 2011. The album was recorded in Kent's countryside and it was produced by Ladytron and Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Editors).{{Cite web |title=Ladytron Announces Studio Album, 'Gravity The Seducer'; Set For Release Sept. 13th {{!}} Nettwerk Press Blog |url=http://nettskinny.com/story/20110404/ladytron-announces-studio-album-gravity-seducer-set-release-sept-13th |date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419022538/http://nettskinny.com/story/20110404/ladytron-announces-studio-album-gravity-seducer-set-release-sept-13th |archive-date=19 April 2012}} Daniel Hunt said that "Gravity the Seducer is more of a jump than the last album was, more ethereal and melodic, a touch more abstract in places than we've gone before, baroque 'n' roll".

"Ace of Hz", which appears on the album, was previously released as a single from the band's greatest hits compilation Best of 00–10. The first single from Gravity the Seducer, "White Elephant", was issued on 17 May 2011 and its accompanying video was posted on YouTube on 26 July 2011. The band released two more singles, "Ambulances" on 16 June 2011{{Cite web |title=Ambulances – Single by Ladytron |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ambulances-single/id438714481 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625062849/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ambulances-single/id438714481 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 June 2011 |publisher=iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc. |access-date=6 February 2015 }} and "Mirage" on 8 August 2011.{{Cite web |title=Mirage – Single by Ladytron |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mirage-single/id438977565 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601155547/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mirage-single/id438977565 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2014 |publisher=iTunes Store UK. Apple Inc. |access-date=6 February 2015}} The music video for "Mirage" was posted on YouTube on 11 November 2011.

During September 2011 and December 2011, the band toured in United States, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore. For the concerts in North America, Ladytron were supported by SONOIO, VHS or Beta and Geographer.

The soundtrack of the video game The Sims 3: Supernatural included a new Ladytron instrumental track, "Tesla".{{Cite web|title=Sims 3 Supernatural Soundtrack|url=https://simsvip.com/2012/08/07/sims-3-supernatural-soundtrack/|last=SimsVIP|date=2012-08-07|website=SimsVIP|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-01}}

Using her surname as a stage name, Helen Marnie started in 2012 a solo career. She self-released through PledgeMusic her debut solo album Crystal World on 11 June 2013. The album was produced in 2012 in Reykjavík, Iceland by her bandmate Daniel Hunt in collaboration with the Icelandic musician Barði Jóhannsson. Marnie released a second solo album titled Strange Words and Weird Wars on 2 June 2017 on Disco Pinata. This album was recorded at Chem19 Studio, Glasgow and produced by Jonny Scott.

On 22 February 2013, Ladytron premiered the "International Dateline" music video. It was shot in 2006 during Witching Hour era, left unfinished, rediscovered and finished by Daniel Hunt in 2012.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron |url=https://www.facebook.com/ladytron/posts/464939400238399 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/9389027754/464939400238399 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2020}}

On 29 November 2013, Ladytron released the remix album Gravity the Seducer Remixed, a collection of remixes of Gravity the Seducer songs.{{Cite web |title=RECORD STORE DAY – SpecialRelease |url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/6425 |date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113233458/https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/6425 |archive-date=13 November 2013}}

Ladytron featured shortly on the section "Resurgence" of the 2014 music documentary Beautiful Noise. This documentary also features several short interviews with Daniel Hunt.

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On 18 July 2016, the band posted on their official website: "After a five year hiatus following the release of their fifth album Gravity the Seducer, another chapter in Ladytron's story is about to begin."{{Cite web |title=Ladytron {{!}} Official Site |url=http://www.ladytron.com/?p=181 |date=26 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728010817/http://www.ladytron.com/?p=181 |archive-date=28 July 2016}} On 26 November 2016, Ladytron posted on Instagram an image with a SSL recording console, implying that the recording of their sixth album started.{{Cite web |title=Instagram photo by Ladytron • Nov 25, 2016 at 10:27 pm |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BNP_fHoBSo3/ |date=27 January 2020 |website=archive.is |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200127221729/https://www.instagram.com/p/BNP_fHoBSo3/ |archive-date=27 January 2020}} On 28 February 2018, Ladytron started a PledgeMusic campaign to finish recording and releasing their new album.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron: New Album on PledgeMusic |url=https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ladytron |date=7 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307233229/https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ladytron |archive-date=7 March 2018}} On the same day they released the first single "The Animals".{{Cite web |title=Ladytron return in 2018 with their first new music in seven years. {{!}} Ladytron {{!}} Official Site |url=http://www.ladytron.com/?p=217 |date=28 February 2018 |website=Ladytron |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011025135/http://www.ladytron.com/?p=217 |url-status=dead }} On 16 August the band premiered the single "The Island".{{Cite web |title=Ladytron Channels Our Confusing Reality on 'The Island' |url=http://www.papermag.com/ladytron-the-island-2596458536.html |date=16 August 2018 |website=PAPER}} The track was accompanied by a disturbing short film directed by Bryan M. Ferguson.{{Cite web|title=Ladytron's 'The Island' Is A Magnificent Short Film|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/ladytrons-the-island-is-a-magnificent-short-film|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Clash Magazine|date=5 September 2018 |language=en}}

On 10 October the band announced that the new album would be titled Ladytron and released on 15 February 2019 through their own Ladytron Music imprint via !K7.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron |url=https://web.facebook.com/ladytron/photos/a.79035397754/10156946523052755/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/9389027754/10156946523052755 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=web.facebook.com}}{{cbignore}} PledgeMusic suspended operations in February 2019, after repeated cases of failing to pay artists. The band subsequently issued updates stating that while much of the merchandise had never been made, they had been able to buy the vinyl and CDs from PledgeMusic's administrators and were in the process of sending them out to subscribers who were willing to pay for the postage.

On 16 September 2019 Ladytron premiered the music video for "Deadzone". The video was directed by frequent collaborator Bryan M. Ferguson.{{Cite web|title=PREMIERE: Ladytron Choreographs a Car Crash in "Deadzone" Video|url=https://floodmagazine.com/68216/premiere-ladytron-choreographs-a-car-crash-in-deadzone-video/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=FLOOD|language=en-US}}

On 4 February 2020 Ladytron premiered the music video of "Tower of Glass".{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – "There's no time here, not any more". Ladytron... {{!}} Facebook |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/ladytron/posts/10158279997252755 |date=5 February 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205013527/https://www.facebook.com/ladytron/posts/10158279997252755 |archive-date=5 February 2020}}

Ladytron released a 20th anniversary edition of their second album, Light & Magic. On 22 August 2022, the band published a previously unreleased video for the album's title track, "Light & Magic".{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Caleb |title=Premiere: Ladytron Share Unreleased Video for "Light & Magic" |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_ladytron_share_unreleased_video_for_lightmagic |website=undertheradarmag.com |access-date=23 August 2022 |language=en}}

Ladytron announced the release of their seventh studio album, Time's Arrow for January 2023, alongside the release of the single "City of Angels" in October 2022.{{cite tweet|number=1580850515771936772|author=Ladytron|user=LadytronMusic|date=2022-10-14|title=New single 'City of Angels'. New album 'Time's Arrow'}} On 14 March 2023, Wu announced on Twitter that he left the band due to his commitments to his art and photography career in USA.

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All band members are also involved in various side projects. Besides touring, each member plays DJ sets (solo and with other band members) in clubs and events around the world.

Ladytron have produced remixes for many artists, including Dave Gahan, Erasure, Goldfrapp, Apoptygma Berzerk, Placebo, Blondie, Gang of Four, Christina Aguilera, Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party, Kings of Convenience, Soulwax and Róisín Murphy.

Using her surname as stage name, Helen Marnie released 2 solo albums: Crystal World on 11 June 2013 and Strange Words and Weird Wars on 2 June 2017.

Daniel Hunt worked on several movie scores, including that of Would You Rather in collaboration with Icelandic musician Barði Jóhannsson. Hunt also produced Marnie's album, Crystal World. He started the band Tamoios with singer Luisa Maita, and Fernando Rischbieter, in 2014, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Reuben Wu is an accomplished photographer. He posted a selection of photos on his own website and he also released in 2011 a book with a collection of photographs from an expedition with a friend on Svalbard in the same year.

Hunt, Wu and DJ Revo opened the Liverpool club night Evol in September 2003.{{Cite web |title=Revo DJ Electro, Punk, Techno Liverpool |url=http://www.outlar.com/artist.php?id=517 |date=13 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813163748/http://www.outlar.com/artist.php?id=517 |archive-date=13 August 2006}} In September 2005, Hunt and Wu helped by some collaborators, opened the Liverpool bar/restaurant/music venue Korova.{{Cite news |date=2 March 2009 |title=Profile: Liverpool Korova – Urban Undiscovered |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/urbanundiscovered/liverpool-korova}}

Mira Aroyo collaborated with John Foxx and the Maths and The Projects. She also worked for some documentaries.

Ladytron are credited as co-writers and producers of the bonus songs "Birds of Prey" and "Little Dreamer" from the 2010 album Bionic by Christina Aguilera.

Ladytron have described their sound as "electronic pop", with music journalists similarly describing their sound as electropop.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – Best of 00–10 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/best-of-00-10-mw0002109337 |last=Phares |first=Heather |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 July 2017}}{{Cite magazine|last=Steuer|first=Eric|date=2007-05-09|title=Ladytron DJ Tour + MP3|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/05/ladytron-dj-tou/|access-date=2020-05-01|issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web |title=Classic album: Daniel Hunt on Ladytron's Velocifero |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/classic-album-daniel-hunt-on-ladytrons-velocifero |date=2 January 2019 |website=MusicRadar |access-date=1 May 2020}} They focused on a balance between pop structures and experimental sounds. Their sound has also been described as synth-pop,{{Cite web |title=Ladytron ride the new New Wave |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1441377/ladytron-ride-the-new-new-wave/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016014756/http://www.mtv.com/news/1441377/ladytron-ride-the-new-new-wave/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 October 2017 |last=Levy |first=Doug |date=7 March 2001 |publisher=MTV |access-date=7 July 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Ladytron's New Album: Gravity the Seducer |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/42071-ladytrons-new-album-gravity-the-seducer/ |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=31 March 2011 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=7 July 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Nettwerk will release the synthpop group's next album in September |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=14115 |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=7 July 2017}} electronic rock,{{Cite web |title=Who's Who at Bonnaroo: Ladytron |url=https://consequence.net/2008/06/whos-who-at-bonnaroo-ladytron/ |last=Young |first=Alex |date=4 June 2008 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=3 May 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Hanging with... Ladytron |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/07/18/ladytron/ |last=Sweeney |first=Emily |date=18 July 2008 |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=3 May 2020}}{{Cite web |title=DNA Mutation! |url=https://www.laweekly.com/dna-mutation/ |last=Payne |first=John |date=2 August 2006 |website=LA Weekly |access-date=3 May 2020}} post-punk revival,{{Cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=2002-10-24|title=THE POP LIFE; Punk Meets Disco, Again|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/arts/the-pop-life-punk-meets-disco-again.html|access-date=2020-05-01|issn=0362-4331}} new wave, shoegaze,{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – Ladytron {{!}} Albums |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/ladytron-ladytron |date=15 February 2019 |website=musicOMH |access-date=15 February 2019}} witch house,{{Cite web |title=Midnight Cafe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0X81DgAAQBAJ&q=witch+house+ladytron&pg=PT188 |date=24 February 2017 |publisher=Xiphias Press |access-date=22 March 2018}} and art pop.{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – "The Animals" |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/03/ladytron-the-animals-stream/ |last=Gordon |first=Arielle |date=1 March 2018 |website=Spin |access-date=31 January 2019}} While some writers have labeled Ladytron as an electroclash act,{{Cite web |title=10 Essential Electroclash Tracks |url=https://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-electroclash-tracks/ |last1=Terich |first1=Jeff |last2=Blyweiss |first2=Adam |date=18 May 2018 |website=Treble |access-date=30 April 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Ladytron Interview 2008 |url=http://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2008/06/ladytron-interview-2008.html |last=Laurence |first=Alexander |date=19 June 2008 |website=The Portable Infinite blog |access-date=13 June 2011}} others have claimed that they are not entirely electroclash{{cite web | last=Juzwiak | first=Richard Moroder |url = http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/electroclash-in-limousines-we-have-sexin-nyc-we-have-clash.htm| title =Electroclash: In Limousines We Have Sex/In NYC We Have Clash – Article | work= Stylus Magazine | date = 2002-09-30 | access-date = 2016-08-11| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101202035511/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/electroclash-in-limousines-we-have-sexin-nyc-we-have-clash.htm| archive-date= 2 December 2010 | url-status= live}} and Ladytron members have also rejected the term, with Daniel Hunt and Helen Marnie commenting:

{{bquote|text=We felt being compared to the day-glo trash-aesthetic of electroclash didn't make any sense. We were wise enough to know that being positioned by the press at the forefront of it, despite our protestations, would mean we bore the brunt of the backlash when it inevitably came. However, that happened anyway, and we survived.|author=Daniel Hunt}}

{{bquote|text=We were always lumped in with bands we sounded nothing like and often didn't have much in common with. That was what made us uncomfortable. For that reason, we just tried to avoid any connection with the term. Our sound is never reactionary to outside elements, it's always natural and down to experiences.{{Cite web |title=ROCKSUCKER: Interview: Ladytron |url=http://jonnyabrams.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-ladytron.html |date=19 August 2011 |publisher=Jonnyabrams.blogspot.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014010348/http://jonnyabrams.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-ladytron.html |archive-date=14 October 2016 |access-date=14 December 2012}}|author=Helen Marnie}}

Reuben Wu said about the process of making a new Ladytron album:

{{bquote|text=We start writing individually. We've never really lived in the same city before. We've always been geographically apart. {{omission}} It's always been first as individuals, and then reviewing everything together, and then working on each other's songs. That's how we've always worked. And it goes well with how we make music. We do get together down the line and in the studio when we start fleshing out the tracks.{{Cite web |title=Interview: Ladytron's Reuben Wu – Shanghai – Shanghai Blogs Blog – City Weekend Guide |url=http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/shanghais-nightlife/interview-ladytrons-reuben-wu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030190416/http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/shanghais-nightlife/interview-ladytrons-reuben-wu/ |archive-date=30 October 2013 |access-date=31 March 2013}}}}

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Ladytron toured during each one of their major albums: 604 (2001), Light & Magic (2002–2004), Witching Hour (2005–2007), Velocifero (2008–2009), Best of 00–10 (2011), Gravity the Seducer (2011), Ladytron (2019–2020). During the years, they toured in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia.

The band played at various music festivals like La Route du Rock 2001, Reading Festival 2001, Koneisto 2001, Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2001 and 2005, Coachella Festival 2003 and 2006, Hultsfred Festival 2003, Arvikafestivalen 2003 and 2006, Lowlands Festival 2003, Dot-to-Dot Festival 2005, Pukkelpop 2005, Exit Festival 2005, Creamfields 2007, Electric Picnic 2007, Bonnaroo Festival 2008, Ruisrock Festival 2009, Traffic Festival 2009, Standon Calling Festival 2009, Electrosonic Festival 2009, Ping Gu Valley Festival 2011, Donaufestival 2011, Selector Festival 2011, Hegyalja Festival 2011, Decibel Festival 2011, DeLuna Fest 2011, Zouk Festival 2011, Wave-Gotik Treffen 2024.

Since Light & Magic, Ladytron started to tour extensively and to add touring members to play live bass and drums.{{Cite web |title=Home – Baltimore City Paper |url=http://www.citypaper.com/?id=8221 |date=23 August 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823164620/http://www.citypaper.com/?id=8221 |archive-date=23 August 2017}} Previous touring members include Pop Levi (bass during Light & Magic tour), Andrea Goldsworthy (bass during Witching Hour tour), and Keith York (drums during Light & Magic and Witching Hour tours).

Bands to open for Ladytron on their tours include Simian, The Presets, Client, Phaser, CSS, Asobi Seksu, Mount Sims, Crocodiles, Franz Ferdinand, SONOIO, VHS or Beta and Geographer.

Ladytron have opened for other artists like Soulwax on their UK tour in 2001, Björk in 2003, and Goldfrapp in 2006. In early 2007, they opened for Nine Inch Nails on their European tour, at the invitation of Trent Reznor. In 2009, Ladytron and The Faint co-headlined a North American tour.

During the early part of the Witching Hour tour, the band used to name their four Korg MS-2000B synths to easily differentiate them: Cleopatra (Marnie), Babylon (Aroyo), Ulysses (Hunt), and Gloria (Wu).{{Cite web |title=Korg – Artist Details |url=http://www.korg.com/Artist.aspx?artist=259 |date=2 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102035202/http://www.korg.com/Artist.aspx?artist=259 |archive-date=2 January 2010}} A staple of all Ladytron shows is Korg MS-20 played by Mira Aroyo.

Current members

• Helen Marnie – lead vocals, synthesizers (1999–present)
• Mira Aroyo – synthesizers, vocals (1999–present)
• Daniel Hunt – synthesizers, guitars, bass guitar, vocals (1999–present)

Former members

• Reuben Wu – synthesizers (1999–2023)

{{Main|Ladytron discography}}

• 604 (2001)
• Light & Magic (2002)
• Witching Hour (2005)
• Velocifero (2008)
• Gravity the Seducer (2011)
• Ladytron (2019)
• Time's Arrow (2023)

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