- published: 25 Oct 2009
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Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap ( /ˈɪmədʒɨn ˈhiːp/; born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Havering, Essex. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes. She has produced three solo albums, the latest of which is 2009's Ellipse, which was a North American chart success and earned Heap two Grammy nominations, winning Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
For her solo work (as well as her work with Frou Frou and Acacia), Heap plays heavily produced and arranged singer-songwriter pop incorporating elements of rock, dance and electronica. As a guest player and collaborator she has played rock (Jeff Beck), hip-hop (Urban Species) and theatre/film music.
I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums... I would record live drums, and then I would spend a day editing them to take the life out of them. I like to breathe my own life into these sounds, and I do try to keep the 'air' in the music. Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
by: Imogen Heap/Michael Gerber
I paint the two of us on a canvas in chains
I hung it on the wall so the story sustains and I layer
the colors with care in veils with the sky boarder than
an ocean and higher than high
I will remember
I will remember
I will remember these embers of love
and I will remember
I will remember
I will remember these embers of love
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down cemented in its socket as
long as I love
well lucky you to have me by your side
never would you know never could you decide
taking my hands as your own, cover it in gold
leave me for a moment and I watch you grow old
I will remember
I will remember
I will remember these embers of love
and I will remember
I will remember
I will remember these embers of love
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down
I'll never take it down cemented in its socket as
long as I love