electric factory: July 2007 Archives
Electric Factory: "polished pop, sweet soul, eclectic electro, love and lovers, good food, fine wine, smoky bars..."
Electric Factory was the first group to put my words to music, and the first to invite me into a recording studio to make sure the singer did justice to what I'd written (and didn't make any of the typical pronunciation mistakes French singers can fall victim to when singing in English).
In keeping with the fun nature of the project, most of the lyrics I write for Electric Factory are quite light-hearted. Outer Space Boy, for instance, tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a boy from another planet.
I'm smudie, a Scot living in Paris.
As a lyricist, I write both for and in collaboration with several local artists who sing in English. Some of the people who have sung my lyrics include Nadj, eliotE & the Ritournelles, General Bye Bye, and Rivkah.
I'm always on the lookout for interesting new projects. Send me an email if you think we could work together.
Here are some of my lyrics:
- Nadj
- eliotE & the Ritournelles
- eliotE
- General Bye Bye
- Rivkah
- OrangeColumbo
- A Slap In The Face
- Carousel
- Carved In Granite
- Curse
- Dirty Fingernails
- I Lay With You
- Pull The Stars Down
- The Hogmanay Children
- Mau10
- The Belfour
- Others
- Ashtray
- Bubbles
- Catalan Girl
- Cat Lover
- Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue
- Fashionistas II
- Flowers Fade
- Grip
- Intricate Machinery
- Never
- Outer Space Boy
- Rules Are Made To Be Broken
- Silent Mode
- Smoke Signals
- The Whisper Of The Leaves
- Under A Pile Of Bricks
- "Songs in search of a singer"
- The Beauty Of Your Face
- Been Up
- Black Hoodie
- Bruises
- Deux Doigts (Et Un Glaçon)
- A Dollar You Found In The Street
- A Drunken Text
- A Flemish Painting
- (I'm Leaving) This City
- Itch
- Keep Me In Your Orbit
- The Kind Of Love I'm Looking For
- Kiss By Kiss
- Kite Strings
- Leave Me With Your Scent
- Like A Blanket
- Like A Lover
- Like A Worm
- Margaret and Frances
- An Open Relationship
- Rolleiflex
- Shipwrecked
- Shy With Strangers
- Soles
- Sopita de Ajo
- Teresa
- Through All The Seasons
- Tom
- Your Ex (Is Better Than Me)
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