Biography of the ting tings great dj

Prior to forming the group, the pair worked together in when White was in the all-female punk-pop group TKO and De Martino wrote some songs for them. Later the pair reunited, and with another friend formed the trio Eskimo Kiss, which signed to Mercury Records but disbanded, in part due to changing personnel at the label. Quickly signed to the local indie label Switchflicker Records, the Ting Tings released their debut single, "That's Not My Name," in the spring of The band had minimal success, once sharing the same stage as the bands Steps and Atomic Kitten.

However, due to a change of directors and managers, the management style of the record label caused them to split. White was a barmaid at the Mill while De Martino produced tracks for various artists therein. The pair developed their sound from influences of performers at the Mill, and were inspired to form their own group, "The Ting Tings". Having created three songs, the band's first gig was a free-beer invite all at the Mill in their rented dwelling called "the Engine House".

Subsequent gigs were funded on donations, and after their third gig they were name-checked on XFM. DJ Marc Riley was the first to have them in session on 6 Music and the first to play their record on the station. In May , the band credited BBC Introducing for giving them their 'life changing' break after the show spotted the band and put them forward for inclusion in the Glastonbury running order.

In January , they were voted third in the annual BBC 6 Music poll of industry experts Sound of , for acts to emerge in the coming year. They also toured in Singapore as part of that festival's night counterpart, Big Night Out. Columbia Records announced the U. The duo also toured the country as a support act for Pink on her Funhouse Tour.

The duo began writing their second album in Paris , France. The Ting Tings later scrapped the majority of the material from the Berlin sessions against the wishes of their label, with White explaining: "We were in Berlin where there is a great electro scene with Sian Hogan, and so we made songs like that, but quickly realised that everything on the radio was Euro-pop shite.

We didn't want our record to be tarnished with that brush". De Martino added that they were angry the single "Hands" was promoted on BBC Radio 1, but had been intended by the band as "an underground, white label-only release". Another track, "Soul Killing", premiered on the internet in early February ; [ 30 ] a video was filmed [ 31 ] but never released.

The album, Sounds from Nowheresville , was released in the same month [ 32 ] and reached number 24 on the UK Albums Chart. The band went to Ibiza in September to begin writing and recording material for their third studio album, which they worked on through in April In October , the band stated they had nearly finished mixing their third album and were planning to record numerous music videos.

The duo's third studio album, Super Critical , was released in October The band's US tour was cancelled in June as a result of a hand injury suffered by White. The band made several festival appearances, including performances in Philippines [ 38 ] and Colombia [ 39 ] for the first time in During , The Ting Tings started being more active on social media, eventually announcing their new album The Black Light via their Instagram story.

The album was released on 26 October In November The Ting Tings started teasing new music through their social media, sharing snippets of the new song "Dreaming" and announcing new album for On 24 May the band released "Down" as the first official preview from their new album, potentially titled Meadow , inspired by soft-rock acts like Fleetwood Mac , Toto , Steely Dan and Christopher Cross.

Katherine Rebecca "Katie" White born [ 49 ] in Lowton , England was brought up on a farm in Lowton, [ 50 ] and attended Lowton School, which has a large performing arts department. Julian "Jules" De Martino born in London [ 54 ] began playing drums at age He formed a band, Mojo Pin, which was influenced by artist Jeff Buckley. Contents move to sidebar hide.

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