Alexis Taylor (born 20 April 1980) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and guitarist of the band

Hot Chip Hot Chip is an English synth-pop band formed in London in 2000. The group consists of multi-instrumentalists Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard (musician), Joe Goddard, Al Doyle, Owen Clarke, and Felix Martin. They are occasionally joined by former memb ...

. He is also the keyboardist of the band About Group and has released solo material.

Early life

Alexis Taylor was born in

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on 20 April 1980, the son of a Greek mother and an English father. His mother is a psychoanalyst, while his father is a professor of English at a university.

Career

Taylor formed Hot Chip with Joe Goddard while at Elliot Secondary School in the

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area of London. He studied English at

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, St ...

from 1999 to 2002, during which time Hot Chip played a variety of gigs (with various line-ups) at Cambridge's live music venues. In 2007, Taylor and Hot Chip produced a two-song album, ''Doubleshaw'', as Booji Boy High under the pseudonyms Georgios Panayiotou and Mother Markzbow. The name Booji Boy comes from the character created by

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. After the release of Hot Chip's second album, '' The Warning'', Taylor released his first solo album, '' Rubbed Out'', in 2008. The same year he formed the improvisational quartet About Group with Spring Heel Jack's John Coxon, pianist Pat Thomas and former

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drummer Charles Hayward. A solo EP, ''Nayim From the Halfway Line'', was released on

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in 2012, and in 2014 the same label released the album ''Await Barbarians''. In June 2016, Taylor released ''Piano'', the follow-up album to ''Await Barbarians''. An accompanying album, ''Listen With(out) Piano'', was released in March 2017. It features re-works of tracks from ''Piano'' with other musicians; both albums can be played separately or at the same time. In February 2018, Taylor announced his new album, '' Beautiful Thing''. The album was produced by

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, co-founder of

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. In 2021 Alexis released the album ''Silence'', which was preceded by the singles 'House Of The Truth', 'Death Of Silence' and 'Dying In Heaven'. In November 2023 he released the single 'Wedding Song (Palace)'.

Albums

* '' Rubbed Out'' (2008) * ''Await Barbarians'' (2014) * ''Piano'' (2016) * '' Beautiful Thing'' (2018) * ''Silence'' (2021)

References

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