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Leigh Myles

Check out 'Croucher and Myles' on myspace!!!

About Me

Leigh Myles is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer from Glasgow, Scotland.

Leigh has recently stepped into the solo limelight after having fronted the Glasgow-based atmospheric pop outfit 'Gum'. Through past and present collaborations with musicians and producers from near and far, Leigh has honed her skills for the soulful manipulation of her voice which forms the dramatic centre-piece of her music.

The blend of lush vocals and programmed beats is enhanced by bandmates Al and Olly - who, with Leigh, also provide guitar, bass, keys and programming for Leigh's live shows. Leigh's trademark is the live sampling, looping and layering of her vocals to stunning effect. The result is an electronic soundscape of big beats and ambient textures which call to mind Goldfrapp, Imogen Heap and Air.

Together, the mix of beats, synths and samples with live instruments coupled with Leighs haunting and seductive vocal melodies creates an exciting and infectious sound that could easily cross over into dance, pop and electronica territories.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Website: leighmyles.com
Influences: in no particular order.......radiohead, royksopp, modeselektor, air, imogen heap, daft punk, beck, aphex twin, emiliana torrini, adam freeland, goldfrapp, zero 7, cat power, vitalic, 4 hero, cut copy, dj shadow, frou frou, justice, lamb, portishead, james lavelle, juliet, massive attack, digitalism, moloko, sia, unkle.........
Type of Label: None

My Blog

T Break heats in Edinburgh.....

Just a quickie to let you know that we've been selected to audtion for a slot on the T Break stage at this year's T in the Park!!!  Heats are on 7th May at Edinburgh's Liquid Rooms.  Come al...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:56:00 PST

Maggie May’s Photos

Hey all,In case you haven’t already, have a quick gander in my photo album ’Maggie May’s 23.02.08’ . The photos were very kindly taken by Chris Gunn - check out his work on ht...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:41:00 PST

Croucher and Myles

Well folks, it appears that the Croucher and Myles collaboration is finally getting off the ground - yippee!!! Our first single 'vicious cycle' is due to be released on the superb Soma label early su...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:15:00 PST

2008 - no time to waste.....

I'm glad that 2007 is over!!! Is anybody with me on that one??? It was a weird year for me in a lot of ways and I'm just looking forward to actually achieving something in 2008!!! Don't get me wr...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:29:00 PST

Round and round....

Heyyyyy, I'm in my studio right now and struggling to keep the momentum going so I thought I'd just post a wee blog to pass some time.... Collaborations are ticking along nicely and I'm hoping for a ...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:24:00 PST

Happy vs sad

Hey, I'm suffering a little bit from the post-holiday blues  but I've decided to throw myself into making music to cheer myself up I'm gearing up for more live dates soon and have some new ...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:52:00 PST

Hong Kong and Tokyo...

I'm sooo excited about going to Hong Kong this Saturday - yippee! It's such an amazing city!! I'm also going to Tokyo for the first time so if anyone has any tips on things to do or see, I'd be most...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:10:00 PST

Midnight and other stuff....

Hi all,Thanks for the nice comments about my new track Midnight! Although it's still rough round the edges it's getting there... I'm chuffed cause it's the first track that I've done entirely by myse...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:23:00 PST

Dunstaffnage Music Festival - The low-down.....

Well, it's been and gone but what a weekend it was!!! It started with a warm-up gig on Saturday night in the Argyll Arms hotel in Ardrishaig (cracking wee place - you should check it out)! This was ...
Posted by Leigh Myles on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:08:00 PST

Collaborations

Watch out for my collaborations with a whole host of talented musicians/producers. If banging beats and dirty synth sounds are up your street, then you're in for a real treat!!!!Watch this space........
Posted by Leigh Myles on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:07:00 PST