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.
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.
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.
Keane have confirmed on their website that Price is working on their new album in Berlin currently.
The Killers' third studio album Day & Age will be produced by Price.

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