Juliet

• Genre: Dance Pop

About

Philadelphia's Juliet Richardson started her musical career in 1 Plus 1 -- a pop outfit who had moderate success in the U.K. charts with a cover of the Runaway's "Cherry Bomb " in 2000. She then went on the front various rock bands before partnering with house production wunderkind Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont, Les Rhythmes Digitales, Thin White Duke, Zoot Woman, etc.) This lead to "Avalon" (2005) -- a hypnotic blissed-out club anthem that perfectly combined Stuart's Latin house rhythms with Juliet's torch song vocal style. Picked as an "Essential New Tune" on Pete Tong's U.K. Radio 1 show, it's dancefloor success lead to a number of live appearances with Stuart (in Jacques Lu Cont mode) and an album titled Random Order.

- Nicholas Baker