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Lauren Christy hails from London, the child of parents who had ties to the entertainment industry. Performing poorly in school, she switched to the Bush Davies Ballet School when she was 11 years old. She remained there until she was 17, when she focused her attention on music rather than dance. She pulled together a band, Pink Ash, and remade herself into Susie Reptile, the leader of the band of seven in which she was the only female. Over the course of a year, she holed up in her room to write and record, using a four-track and some keyboards. She emerged with 15 new compositions and dreams of a publishing contract. Before the year was over, Christy signed a contract with publisher EMI and was set to begin recording for Polygram Records.
She settled in Los Angeles and, in 1993, put out her eponymous debut, an effort that was largely autobiographical. Although the release was slotted for the adult contemporary market, Christy and Tony Peluso, her producer, drew from her techno inspirations, bands that included the Human League. The debut launched a pair of singles, "Steep" and "You Read Me Wrong." A contribution to the Bruce Willis film The Color of Night followed, showing up on both her debut and the movie's soundtrack. A song from Breed, her 1997 release, was included on Woman to Woman, Vol. 2, a CD sold to promote breast cancer awareness.
Two years later, she joined forces with Scott Spock and Graham Edwards to found The Matrix, a company devoted to the penning and production of songs for other artists. The Matrix wrote numbers for such artists as Sugarlips, Ronan Keating, and Christina Aguilera. Christy and her music are also featured in the film Seven Girlfriends, and she contributed to the movies 102 Dalmations, Free Enterprise, and Great Expectations. She also collaborated with Gary Clark on songs for Nicol Smith, S Club 7, and Vitamin C. Christy has one child, daughter Georgia Christy Edwards.
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Lauren Christy is an English singer-songwriter and music producer.
Early life and education
Christy was born in London, England. She studied at the Bush Davies Ballet School as a child, before she decided to become a musician.
Career
Music career
Christy was a member of several bands. Her first band, Pink Ash, consisted of six male members and herself. Her stage name was Susie Reptile. After frantically writing and looking for inspiration from her keyboards, Christy achieved both a publishing deal with EMI and a major label record contract with Polygram Records.
She released her self-titled debut album on February 19, 1993, including the singles "You Read Me Wrong" and "Steep," which targeted the adult contemporary market. Her second, Breed, was released on July 22, 1997 and featured a substantially different style than Lauren Christy, being more of a pop rock album.
In 1994, Christy had a minor AC hit with "The Color of the Night", the theme song to the Bruce Willis film Color of Night. After the song gained airplay, her eponymous debut album was re-released with "The Color of the Night" included as a bonus track.
Three years later, she contributed the song "Breed" to the Batman and Robin soundtrack, which was also released as the first single for the Breed album. Though the song's video received heavy rotation on MTV, the single and album failed to chart. The second single, "Magazine" also failed to make an impression.
Though Breed is Christy's most recent full length album as of 2007 (reportedly plans for a third album were shelved with the demise of Mercury Records), she has continued to contribute to film and television soundtracks, particularly the song "Walk This Earth Alone" on the Great Expectations soundtrack. The track "Anywhere the Wind Blows" appears in the film Seven Girlfriends (as does Christy herself, in a bit part) and "Satellite" can be found on the closing credits to William Shatner's Free Enterprise, though neither song has seen a commercial release outside of the movie appearances. "I Want What I Want" from the Breed album made it into the movie Wild Things, but failed to make it onto the movie's soundtrack.
The Matrix: Writing and producing career
Since the late 1990s, Christy has primarily worked with her husband; songwriter and music producer Graham Edwards and musician, composer and remixer Scott Spock in pop music writing and production team called The Matrix. In this capacity, she has written or co-written and produced songs for Tokio Hotel, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Hilary Duff, Ronan Keating, Korn, Avril Lavigne, Lillix, Ricky Martin, Ashley Parker Angel, Kelly Clarkson, Mcfly, Jason Mraz, Liz Phair, Britney Spears, Skye Sweetnam, Shakira, Miranda Cosgrove, Enrique Iglesias, Katy Perry and Adam Longlands.
