Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap a la Birmingham Academy el 2006.
Biografia
Naixement	Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap 9 desembre 1977 (46 anys) Harold Wood (Anglaterra) (en)
Altres noms	Immi
Formació	Friends School Saffron Walden (en) BRIT School
Activitat
Camp de treball	Composició
Ocupació	Músic, compositora, cantautor, artista visual
Activitat	1997 - Present
Gènere	Indie rock, electrònica, rock alternatiu, trip-hop, synthpop, folktrònica, ambient i dream pop
Estil	Musica electrònica, Rock alternatiu, Indie, Ambient, Trip-hop, Rock clàssic
Influències	Annie Lennox
Instrument	Veu, teclat, clarinet, guitarra, bateria, violí, sintetitzador, orgue
Segell discogràfic	Almo Sounds (1998 - 2001), Megapgonic (2005 - actualitat), Sony BMG (2006 - actualitat)
Company professional	Guy Sigsworth: Frou Frou (en)
Participà en
17 gener 2017	Trobada Anual del Fòrum Econòmic Mundial de 2017
Premis
doctor honoris causa pel Berklee College of Music
Lloc web	imogenheap.com

Imogen Heap (9 de desembre del 1977, Havering, Londres) és una cantant guanyadora d'un Premi Grammy, també és compositora. Procedeix de Romford, a Havering. És també coneguda per haver format part del duo Frou Frou i pels seus àlbums en solitari, que ella mateixa escrivia, produïa i barrejava. El 2006, Heap va ser nominada pels Premis Grammy. Ha tret tres àlbums; l'últim, Ellipse, el 2009. Va ser un èxit a les llistes americanes i fins i tot fou nominat pels premis Grammy, dels quals va guanyar el premi a l'àlbum més ben compost (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical).

Primers anys

Els seus pares es van separar quan ella tenia dotze anys. Als tretze va començar a compondre cançons. Cantava des de molt petita i va aprendre a tocar diversos instruments musicals clàssics com el piano, el violoncel i el clarinet. Va aprendre per sí sola a tocar la guitarra i la bateria així com altres instruments de percussió. Imogen no es portava bé amb el seu professor de música, així que es va espavilar per si sí sola per estudiar música i compondre amb ordinadors Atari. Va seguir els seus estudis a la BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology de Croydon, al sud de Londres.

Discografia

Àlbums d'estudi

• 1998 iMegaphone
• 2005 Speak for Yourself
• 2009 Ellipse

Singles

• 1998: Getting Scared, Shine, Come Here Boy, Oh Me, Oh my
• 1999: Meantime (amb Gui Sigsworth)
• 2005: Hide and Seek (va ser premiat per RIAA el 3 d'abril del 2009
• 2006: Good Night and go, Headlock
• 2008: Not Now but Soon
• 2009: First Train Home

Singles acompanyada

• 2009: My secret Friend

B-Sides

• 2006: Speeding Cars

EPs

• "Live Sessions (iTunes Exclusive) - EP" (2006)
• "The Song That Never Was – EP" (2009)
• "An Evening With iMegaphone" (recorded 2007, released 2010)

Frou Frou

• Details (2002 • Island Records/MCA/Universal) (UK: #128)
• "Breathe In" (single) (2002 • Island Records/Universal) (UK: #44)
• "Its Good To Be In Love" (single) (2002 • Island Records/Universal)
• "Must Be Dreaming" (single) (2002 • Island Records/Universal)
• "Let Go" (Promotional single)

Aparicions com a convidada

• Hate EP by Acacia (1996 • Radar Records)
• Sway EP by Acacia (1996 • Radar Records)
• Maddening Shroud EP by Acacia (1997 • WEA)
• Cradle by Acacia – all tracks except "Wire" (1997 • WEA)
• Blanket by Urban Species – "Blanket" and "Predictably Unpredictable" (1998)
• Amor Fati by Mich Gerber – "Embers of Love", "Sirens Call (Qishm)" and "Mare" (2000)
• ¡Viva Nueva! by Rustic Overtones – "Valentine's Day Massacre" (2001 • Tommy Boy Records)
• You Had It Coming by Jeff Beck – "Dirty Mind" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (2001 • Sony Music)
• Tell 'Em Who We Are by LHB – "Coming Up For Air" (2003 • Telstar TV)
• Contact Note by Jon Hopkins – "Second Sense" (2004 • Just Music)
• It's Better To Have Loved EP by Temposhark – "Not That Big (Metronomy Remix)" (2005 • Paper & Glue)
• Foiled by Blue October – "Congratulations" (2006 • Universal Records)
• Musikain by J.P. Schwalm – "P.I.N." (2006 • Musikain Records)
• The Invisible Line by Temposhark – "Not That Big" (2007 • Paper & Glue)
• London Undersound by Nitin Sawhney – "Bring It Home" (2008 • Cooking Vinyl)
• Kingdom of Welcome Addiction by IAMX – "My Secret Friend" (2009 • Metropolis Records)
• The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Mika – "By The Time" (2009 • Casablanca Records)
• Live at Ronnie Scott's - Jeff Beck - (2008 • Eagle Records) - (2009 • DVD)

Aparicions en Compilacions

• New Dawn (Class of '94) – "Missing You" – (1994)
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack – "Getting Scared" - (1998 • Warner Music Group)
• Virtual Sexuality soundtrack – "Come Here Boy" – (1998 • EMI) G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time soundtrack
• "Mean Time" (with GMT) – (1999 • Island Records/Universal)
• Serve Chilled – "Blanket" (with Urban Species) – (1999 • Hed Kandi)
• Women Talking Dirty soundtrack – "Getting Scared" – (2001 • Polygram International)
• American Psycho 2: All American Girl soundtrack – "Angry Angel" – (2002 • Rondor Music (London) Ltd)
• Garden State – "Let Go" – (2004 • Epic Records/Sony BMG)
• Nearing Grace Soundtrack – "The Walk" – (2005 • Sony BMG)
• Music from the OC: Mix 4 – "Goodnight and Go" – (2005 • Warner Music Group)
• Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends – "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)" – (2005 • Astralwerks/EMI)
• Just Like Heaven Soundtrack – "Spooky" – (2005 • Sony BMG)
• Music from the OC: Mix 5 – "Hide and Seek" – (2005 • Warner Music Group)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – "Can't Take It In" – (2005 • Disney Records/EMI)
• The Last Kiss soundtrack – "Hide and Seek" – (2005 • Lakeshore Pictures)
• Plague Songs – "Glittering Clouds (Locusts)" – (2006 • 4AD)
• So You Think You Can Dance (US) – "Hide and Seek" – (2006)
• So You Think You Can Dance (US) – "Let Go" – (2006)
• The Black Donnellys – "The Moment I Said It" – (2007)
• In Search of Sunrise 6 – "Hide and Seek" (Tiëstos' In Search Of Sunrise Remix) – (2007)
• The Holiday – "Just For Now" and "Let Go" (Under 'Frou Frou') – (2006)
• So You Think You Can Dance – "The Moment I Said It" – (2007)
• Heroes Original Soundtrack – "Not Now, But Soon" – (2008 • NBC Records)
• Criminal Minds – "The Moment I Said It" – (2008)
• Songs For Tibet – The Art of Peace' – "Hide & Seek 2" – (2008)
• Greys Anatomy – "Bad Body Double" – (2009)
• So You Think You Can Dance (US) - "Aha!" - (2009)
• The Vampire Diaries - "Wait it Out" - (2009)
• Chuck- Season 3, Episode 1 List of Chuck episodes#Season 3: 2010 – "Wait it Out" – (2010)

CSI:NY - "Wait it Out" - (2010)

Guardons i nominacions

Any	Premi	Àlbum	Categoria	Resultat	Ref
2020	Grammy	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Millor àlbum de teatre musical	Nominada