Justine Electra

Justine Electra
Birth name Justine Beatty
Born c. 1978
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • DJ
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • synthesiser
  • piano
Years active 2000–2015
Labels
  • City Slang
  • Neunvolt

Justine Electra (born Justine Beatty) is an Australian-born multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and tech house DJ. She is based in Berlin, Germany. Her debut album, Soft Rock was released in June 2006 to mixed critical reception. The second album, Green Disco, appeared in December 2013.

Biography

Justine Electra, as Justine Beatty, grew up in Melbourne and attended Wesley College. From 2000 she has been based in Berlin where she was to "hone a style of acoustic guitar-driven electro-pop that welcomed comparisons to Imogen Heap and Regina Spektor."[1][2] She was signed to City Slang Records in 2006.[1]

Her debut album, Soft Rock, appeared on 9 June 2006.[3] Heather Phares of AllMusic rated the album at four-out-of-five stars and observed, "with her smooth, breathy alto and acoustic guitars gliding over synths and understated electronic rhythms, she comes across as a more lighthearted cross between Cat Power and Dido, or Beth Orton with a more eccentric songwriting style."[3]

The Guardian's Dom Passantino gave it three-out-of-five stars and felt that she was, "ruled by the desire for self-sabotage" where "every moment of smile-inducing beauty that Soft Rock throws up, there are spots later in the album that provoke an equal and opposite counter-reaction: bad jokes and jarring ecleticism."[4]

Electra's second album, Green Disco, was issued on 6 December 2013 via Neunvolt Records.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Reges, Margaret. "Justine Electra | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Justine Electra Green Disco". Neunvolt Records. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Soft Rock – Justine Electra | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Passantino, Dom. "Justine Electra, Soft Rock". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Lange, Nadine. "Die Lady aus der Krachmacherstraße: Justine Electra" [Green Disco: The Noise Maker Street Lady: Justine Electra] (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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