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Journeys In Sound: Slow Sunday: Journeys in Sound with Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip

Slow Sunday: Journeys in Sound with Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip

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Alexis chats to psychotherapist Nemone about music that has comforted and connected.

Alexis talks to practising psychotherapist and 6 Music DJ Nemone about how music affects his mental and physical well-being, sharing the songs that have comforted and connected.

Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor chats to practising psychotherapist and 6 Music DJ Nemone about how music affects his mental and physical well-being, sharing the songs that have comforted and connected. Alexis also reveals how he expresses thoughts, feelings and emotions through his own music and lyrics.

Hot Chip began as a bedroom recording project in 1995 when Alexis met bandmate Joe Goddard at secondary school in London. After completing two EPs, the group released their debut album, ‘Coming on Strong’, in 2004. The band's second album, ‘The Warning’, released in 2006, was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Their follow-up, 2008's ‘Made in the Dark’, included the single ‘Ready for the Floor’, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The band have subsequently released the albums ‘One Life Stand’ in 2010, ‘In Our Heads’ in 2012, ‘Why Make Sense?’ in 2015, ‘A Bath Full of Ecstasy’ in 2019, and their eighth, and latest, album ‘Freakout/Release’ in August this year.

As a solo artist, the singer, songwriter and musician has released EPs and albums such as 2016's 'Piano’. An accompanying album, ‘Listen With(out) Piano’, was released in March 2017, and features re-works of tracks from Piano with other musicians; both albums can be played separately or at the same time. 

Having toured all over the world, Hot Chip are no strangers to playing 6 Music’s live festival, having headlined in Newcastle in 2015 and Liverpool in 2019.

Alexis' mum is a Greek psychoanalyst, so he and Nemone have plenty to talk about! He also talks about living with tinnitus, and the importance of silence. 

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