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This article is about Stuart Price, also known as Thin White Duke. For David Bowie, who originally used this title, see The Thin White Duke.
Stuart Price

Stuart David Price (born in Paris, 9 September 1977) is a British electronic musician, songwriter, and producer whose remixing and production skills are coveted by artists including Madonna, Missy Elliott, The Killers, Gwen Stefani, Seal and most recently Keane. His acts include British electronic pop/rock band Zoot Woman (with Adam and Jonny Blake), Les Rythmes Digitales, Paper Faces, Man With Guitar, Thin White Duke, and the parodic French moniker Jacques Lu Cont, though he actually grew up in Reading, England.[1][2]

Career

The use of the names Jacques Lu Cont and Les Rythmes Digitales was initially a reference to the then current vogue for French house in the United Kingdom; artists such as Daft Punk, Etienne de Crécy, Dimitri from Paris and Air were all experiencing popularity. Price even went as far as to conduct interviews with British journalists in French via an interpreter. In interviews from around this time, Price also claimed that he had grown up listening exclusively to classical music, until one day encountering the album Dare by the Human League. Certainly, Price was heavily influenced by music from the 1980s, and all his records and sideprojects bear a heavy debt to the 80s sounds of synthpop bands.

His song "Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)" was originally released in 1996, then again in 1999, achieving limited success (#60 on the UK Singles Chart). However, the song was later used on a Citroën C4 car advertisement and has since been re-released, reaching #9 on the UK charts in 2005.

His album Darkdancer was released in 1999 under the band name Les Rythmes Digitales. He has also released a DJ-mix album (Fabric Live 09) under the name Jacques Lu Cont.

Price won his first Grammy award in 2004 for his remix of No Doubt's "It's My Life" produced under the moniker Thin White Duke (originally used by David Bowie). In 2005, he was nominated for two Grammys: one for his production of New Order's "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" and a second for his remix of The Killers' "Mr. Brightside." He won a second Grammy in 2006 for his remix of Coldplay's "Talk" (as Thin White Duke). He was also nominated in 2006 for his recording production with Madonna on the single "Get Together" from the album Confessions on a Dance Floor. Price's remixes are characterised by club-lead beats with arpeggios, riffs, and vocal lines faded and filtered throughout the song for a climactic effect. He favors keeping the original vocal arrangement of songs and re-contextualizing the lyrical content in creating his new versions.

Price co-wrote and co-produced most of Madonna's tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor after being the keyboardist on her Drowned World Tour in 2001 and the musical director for her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour, a role which he reprised for the 2006 Confessions Tour. He also co-wrote the song "X-Static Process" for her 2003 album American Life.

Price has also successfully released two albums with his rock band, Zoot Woman, 2001's Living in a Magazine, and 2003's Zoot Woman.

Price produced two of the tracks re-recorded for the release of The Killers' B-Sides album, Sawdust: "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" and "Sweet Talk". His remix, under the Thin White Duke name, of "Mr. Brightside" was also included as a bonus track.

Price was the album producer on Seal's fifth studio album System, which was released in November 2007. He also co-wrote several of the album's songs.

In an interview with Pete Tong on BBC Radio One in November 2007, Price confirmed that he would be producing at least part of The Killers' third studio album.

Keane have confirmed on their website that Price is working on their new album in Berlin currently.

Albums

Zoot Woman (with Jonny and Adam Blake)

  • Living In A Magazine (2001)
  • Zoot Woman (2003)

Les Rythmes Digitales

Jacques Lu Cont

Songwriting

Price receives songwriting credit for the following songs:

  • Zoot Woman
    • "It's Automatic" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Living In A Magazine" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Information First" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Nobody Knows (Part One)" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Nobody Knows (Part Two)" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Jessie" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Chicago, Detroit, L.A." (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Losing Sight" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Holiday Home" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
from the album Living In A Magazine (2001)
    • "Grey Day" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Taken It All" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Gem" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Hope In The Mirror" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Snow White" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Woman Wonder" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Calmer" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Useless Anyway" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Maybe Say" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
    • "Half Full Of Happiness" (A.Blake, J.Blake, S.Price)
from the album Zoot Woman (2003)
  • Princess Superstar
    • "My Machine" (C. Kirschner, Stuart Price)
    • "Artery" (C. Kirschner, Stuart Price)
from the album 'My Machine'(2003)
  • P Diddy
    • "Let's Get Ill" (Sean "P Diddy" Combs, Kelis Rogers, Nellee Hooper, Stuart Price)
from the single Let's Get Ill featuring Kelis (2003)
  • Madonna
    • "X-Static Process" (Madonna, Price)
from the album American Life (2003)
    • "Hung Up" (Madonna, Price, Andersson, Ulvaeus)
    • "Get Together" (Madonna, Bagge, Åström, Price)
    • "Sorry" (Madonna, Price)
    • "I Love New York" (Madonna, Price)
    • "Let It Will Be" (Madonna, Ahmadzaï, Price)
    • "Forbidden Love" (Madonna, Price)
    • "Jump" (Madonna, Henry, Price)
    • "Isaac" (Madonna, Price)
    • "Push" (Madonna, Price)
    • "History" (Madonna, Price) B-side bonus track
from the album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
from the album Random Order (2005)
from the album Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005)
  • Seal
    • "If It's In My Mind, It's On My Face" (Seal, Eric Schermerhorn, Stuart Price)
    • "Just Like Before" (Seal, Bill Bottrell, Stuart Price)
    • "Loaded" (Seal, Eric Schermerhorn, Stuart Price)
    • "Wedding Day" (Seal, Eric Schermerhorn, Stuart Price)
    • "Dumb" (Seal, Christopher Bruce, Stuart Price)
    • "The Right Life" (Seal, Stuart Price)
from the album System (2007)

Remixes

  • Aloud
    • Sex And Sun (Thin White Duke Remix)
from the album Aloud (2004)
from the album Nympho (2005)
  • Beck
    • Mixed Bizness (Nu Wave Dreamix)
from the single Mixed Bizness (2000)
  • Bis
    • Eurodisco (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)
from the single Eurodisco (1998)
available on the bonus disc on the limited edition of Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004)
    • Breathe On Me (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
from the album B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005)
  • Cassius
    • Feeling For You (Les Rythmes Digitales Dreamix)
from the album 1999 (1999)
  • Chromeo
    • Needy Girl (Paper Faces Remix)
from the album She's In Control (2004)
from the single Talk (2006)
  • Cornershop
    • Sleep On The Left Side (Les Rythmes Digitales Living By Numbers Mix)
from the single Sleep On The Left Side/Brimful Of Asha (1998)
  • The Dysfunctional Psychedelic Waltons
    • Payback Time (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
from the single Payback Time (2003)
from the album Playing the Angel (2005)
from the album Fire (2003)
  • The Faint
    • The Conductor (Thin White Duke Mix)
from the album Danse Macabre Remixes (2003)
from the album Kittenz and Thee Glitz (2002)
    • Ready 2 Wear (Paper Faces Mix)
from the album Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever (2005)
  • Fischerspooner
    • Just Let Go (Thin White Duke Mix)
    • Just Let Go (Thin White Duke Radio Mix)
from the album Odyssey (2005)
  • Gerling
    • Dust Me Selecta (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
from the album When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun (2001)
  • Goldfrapp
    • Twist (Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion Mix)
    • Twist (Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion Dub)
from the single Twist (2003)
  • Gwen Stefani
    • What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
    • What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub)
    • What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's Radio Mix)
from the album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004)
    • 4 In The Morning (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
    • 4 In The Morning (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub)
    • 4 In The Morning (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Edit)
from the album The Sweet Escape (2006)
  • Juliet
    • Avalon (Jacques Lu Cont Versus Remix)
    • Ride The Pain (Jacques Lu Cont Thin White Duke Mix)
from the album Random Order (2005)
  • Justice
    • D.A.N.C.E (Stuart Price Remix)
  • Kasabian
    • Me Plus One (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
from the single Me Plus One (2007)
  • The Killers
    • Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
    • Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub)
    • Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Short Version)
    • Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Short Version with Intro)
from the album Hot Fuss (2004)
    • When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
    • When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub)
    • When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Radio Edit)
from the single When You Were Young (2006)
  • Madonna
    • Hollywood (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
    • Hollywood (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Edit)
from the album American Life (2003)
    • Hung Up (S.D.P. Extended Vocal)
    • Hung Up (S.D.P. Extended Dub)
    • Hung Up (S.D.P. Extended Vocal Edit) [iTunes exclusive]
from the single Hung Up (2005)
    • Jump (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
from the single Jump CDM (2006)
    • Sorry (Man With Guitar Mix)
    • Sorry (Man With Guitar Vocal Edit)
    • Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Mix)
    • Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Vocal Edit)
from the single Sorry (2006)
    • Get Together (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
    • Get Together (Jacques Lu Cont Vocal Edit)
    • Get Together (Thin White Duke Mix)
    • I Love New York (Thin White Duke Mix)
from the single Get Together (2006)
    • Miles Away (Stuart Price Mix)
from the single Miles Away (2008)
  • Mirwais
    • Naïve Song (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)
    • Miss You (Thin White Duke Remix)
from the album Production (2000)
  • Missy Elliott
    • Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
    • Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub)
    • Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Edit)
from the album The Cookbook (2005)
  • The Music
    • Bleed From Within (Thin White Duke Mix)
    • Bleed From Within (Thin White Duke Dub)
from the EP Bleed from Within (2004)
  • New Order
    • Jetstream (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
    • Jetstream (Jacques Lu Continuous Dub)
from the single Jetstream (2005)
  • No Doubt
    • It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
from the album The Singles 1992-2003 (2003)
  • Placebo
    • Pure Morning (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)
from the album Without You I'm Nothing (1998)
from the album The Understanding (2005)
  • Scissor Sisters
    • Comfortably Numb (Paper Faces Mix)
    • Laura (Paper Faces Mix)
    • Filthy/Gorgeous (Paper Faces Mix)
    • Filthy/Gorgeous (Paper Faces Vocal Edit)
from the album Scissor Sisters (2004)
from the album Ta Dah (2006)
  • Seal
    • Amazing (Thin White Duke Edit)
    • Amazing (Thin White Duke Main Mix)
    • Amazing (Thin White Duke Dub)
from the album System (2007)
  • Starsailor
    • Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Mix)
from the album Silence Is Easy (2003)
  • Texas
    • What About Us (Jacques Lu Cont Main Mix)
    • What About Us (Jacques Lu Cont Dub)
    • What About Us (Jacques Lu Cont Edit Mix)
from the album Red Book (2005)
from the single Now That Love Has Gone (2001)

References

  1. ^ All Music Guide. Les Rythmes Digitales - Stuart Price Biography.
  2. ^ The DJ List. Jacques Lu Cont (Stuart Price) Biography.
  3. ^ All Music entry for Blueprint. All Music
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