Biography
Lauren Christy was born in London to parents with connections in the entertainment world. Struggling academically, she transferred at age eleven to the Bush Davies Ballet School. She trained there until seventeen, when music supplanted dance as her primary focus. She assembled the seven-piece group Pink Ash and adopted the persona Susie Reptile as its sole female member and frontwoman. For an entire year she sequestered herself in her room, composing and tracking material on a four-track recorder and keyboards. The result was fifteen original songs and an ambition for a publishing deal. Before that year concluded, she secured an agreement with EMI Music Publishing and prepared to record for Polygram Records.
She relocated to Los Angeles, where her self-titled debut album appeared in 1993 and drew heavily on personal experience. Although positioned for adult-contemporary audiences, the project, helmed with producer Tony Peluso, incorporated her affinity for techno acts such as the Human League. The record yielded the singles “Steep” and “You Read Me Wrong.” A track she supplied for the Bruce Willis film The Color of Night appeared on both her album and the official soundtrack. One song from her 1997 album Breed was featured on the breast-cancer-awareness compilation Woman to Woman, Vol. 2.
Two years later she partnered with Scott Spock and Graham Edwards to establish The Matrix, a songwriting and production entity serving outside artists. The team created material for Sugarlips, Ronan Keating, and Christina Aguilera. Christy herself appeared in the motion picture Seven Girlfriends and contributed music to 102 Dalmatians, Free Enterprise, and Great Expectations. She also worked with Gary Clark on songs recorded by Nicol Smith, S Club 7, and Vitamin C. She is the mother of one child, daughter Georgia Christy Edwards.
She relocated to Los Angeles, where her self-titled debut album appeared in 1993 and drew heavily on personal experience. Although positioned for adult-contemporary audiences, the project, helmed with producer Tony Peluso, incorporated her affinity for techno acts such as the Human League. The record yielded the singles “Steep” and “You Read Me Wrong.” A track she supplied for the Bruce Willis film The Color of Night appeared on both her album and the official soundtrack. One song from her 1997 album Breed was featured on the breast-cancer-awareness compilation Woman to Woman, Vol. 2.
Two years later she partnered with Scott Spock and Graham Edwards to establish The Matrix, a songwriting and production entity serving outside artists. The team created material for Sugarlips, Ronan Keating, and Christina Aguilera. Christy herself appeared in the motion picture Seven Girlfriends and contributed music to 102 Dalmatians, Free Enterprise, and Great Expectations. She also worked with Gary Clark on songs recorded by Nicol Smith, S Club 7, and Vitamin C. She is the mother of one child, daughter Georgia Christy Edwards.
Albums
Singles
