Ladytron are an electronic music group formed in 1999 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The band is composed of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar) and Reuben Wu (synthesizers). Their sound can be described as electropop mixed with new wave and shoegaze elements. They took their name from the song "Ladytron" by Roxy Music. ...show more

Ladytron are an electronic music group formed in 1999 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The band is composed of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar) and Reuben Wu (synthesizers). Their sound can be described as electropop mixed with new wave and shoegaze elements. They took their name from the song "Ladytron" by Roxy Music.

According to Brian Eno, once a Roxy Music member, Ladytron are "the best of English pop music". Liverpool-based producers and DJs Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu met in the late 1990s. Using the moniker Ladytron, they recorded the debut single "He Took Her to a Movie" with the guest vocalist Lisa Eriksson, who later formed the band Techno Squirrels. "He Took Her to a Movie" was released in 1999 and became NME Single of the Week.

In the summer of 1999, Hunt and Wu met Helen Marnie (born in Glasgow, Scotland) and Mira Aroyo (born in Sofia, Bulgaria), through mutual friends. Marnie and Aroyo joined the band as vocalists and keyboard players. Previously, Daniel Hunt founded the record label Invicta Hi-Fi and a nightclub. Reuben Wu trained in Industrial Design at Sheffield Hallam University, before becoming a successful designer in a consultancy until finally going full time with the band. ...show less