After the leaps she made on the release of her last breakthrough album ‘Speak For Yourself’, Imogen remained true to her do-it-yourself ethos, building
her own studio in the old family home in Essex, where she’s almost finished making the new album, ‘Ellipse’. Debuting some songs last week in the USA, both Spin and Hollywood wrote rave previews. Imogen has maintained a strong bond with her fans ever since spearheading the DIY music movement around the release of ‘Speak For Yourself’, where – dispensing with the need for a record label deal by creating her own label – support from her fans allowed Imogen both critical and commercial breakthroughs, including her Grammy nominations and half a million record sales. Imogen was at the forefront of the online explosion, leading The Guardian to title her ‘the first download diva’ and independent online identity experts Garlik declaring her the No.1 online name ahead of world leaders and A-list celebrities. She maintains one of the biggest profiles online, with more than 40 million plays and over 350,000 friends on Myspace and over 7 million views on You for standout single from ‘Speak For Yourself’ and two-time Radio 1 ‘Record Of The Week’ ‘Hide And Seek’ alone. In addition to recording her new album, Imogen continues to be the artists’ artist of choice when it comes to collaborations, notably on Nitin Sawhney’s critically acclaimed current album ‘London Undersound’, with former Sneaker Pimp’ IAMX on ‘Secret Friend’, and more recently teaming up with multi-platinum music artist to write and produce a song on his brand new album due out later this year.
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