White Town
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White Town is a techno-pop act (actually only one man, Jyoti Mishra, born in Rourkela, India, on July 30, 1966; Mishra has lived in England since the age of three), often regarded as a one-hit wonder for its 1997 song "Your Woman". This single was often known not by its name, but by the title of the EP it originally appeared on, "Abort, Retry, Fail," a DOS error message. This referred to the problems the band had when a computer crashed during the production of the track.
Mishra, a straight edger and ex-Marxist often incorporates political concerns in his songs veiled in terms of personal relationships (as in his only hit). After a troubled working relationship with EMI Records, Mishra was dropped from the label in 1997 and since then has gone back to working with indie labels like Parasol Records (http://www.parasol.com/). His last album, 2000's 'Peek & Poke' received moderately enthusiastic reviews (http://www.whitetown.co.uk/archives/category/reviews/) but sold pitifully compared to his major label work.
External links
- Jyoti Mishra's personal website (http://www.bzangygroink.co.uk)
- White Town website (http://www.whitetown.co.uk/)