Best known as Hot Chip's clear-voiced frontman, Alexis Taylor also pursued a solo career as an introspective singer/songwriter. Taylor's debut, Rubbed Out, arrived in 2008 and found him trading his band's percolating electropop for more intimate, often acoustic fare. His duties with Hot Chip and his other project, About Group, kept him busy until 2014, when he resurfaced with the similarly gentle and reflective Await Barbarians, which featured him on every instrument except strings. For 2016's Piano, Taylor recorded a set of original songs and covers arranged for just piano and vocals at Hackney Road Studios with Shuta Shinoda. The following year, two companion albums arrived: Listen with Piano, which blended Taylor's songs with contributions from artists including Green Gartside, Jennifer Herrema, Papa M, and Brian DeGraw, and Listen With(out) Piano, which featured the work of Taylor's collaborators on their own. For the first time, Taylor brought in an outside producer to record his fifth album, Beautiful Thing. Produced by UNKLE member and Mo Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, the album was issued at the beginning of 2018.
Albums: 2008 Rubbed Out FLAC 2009 About FLAC 2012 Nayim From The Halfway Line FLAC 2014 Await Barbarians FLAC 2016 Piano FLAC 2017 Listen With(out) Piano FLAC 2017 Listen With Piano FLAC
2008 Rubbed Out 01. Alexis Taylor - Fireworks 02. Alexis Taylor - Plastic Man 03. Alexis Taylor - Coming Up 04. Alexis Taylor - Baby 05. Alexis Taylor - Girl 06. Alexis Taylor - I Thought This Was Ours 07. Alexis Taylor - I'm Not A Robber 08. Alexis Taylor - Collector's Item 09. Alexis Taylor - What Good Is Love? 10. Alexis Taylor - Musical Food 11. Alexis Taylor - O Lord 12. Alexis Taylor - I Love My Home 13. Alexis Taylor - I'm Juan 14. Alexis Taylor - Ruffles 15. Alexis Taylor - The Big Drums of Chwodes
2012 Nayim From The Halfway Line 01/10. Alexis Taylor - Rhodes Dream 02/10. Alexis Taylor - You Want Me 03/10. Alexis Taylor - Hot Squash 04/10. Alexis Taylor - Jesus' Birthday
2014 Await Barbarians 01/12. Alexis Taylor - Lazy Bones 02/12. Alexis Taylor - From The Halfway Line 03/12. Alexis Taylor - Without A Crutch (2) 04/12. Alexis Taylor - Immune System 05/12. Alexis Taylor - Dolly and Porter 06/12. Alexis Taylor - Closer To The Elderly 07/12. Alexis Taylor - Elvis Has Left The Building 08/12. Alexis Taylor - Piano Ducks 09/12. Alexis Taylor - New Hours 10/12. Alexis Taylor - Where Would I Be? 11/12. Alexis Taylor - Am I Not A Soldier? 12/12. Alexis Taylor - Without A Crutch (1)
2016 Piano 01/12. Alexis Taylor - I'm Ready 02/12. Alexis Taylor - So Much Further To Go 03/12. Alexis Taylor - Crying In The Chapel 04/12. Alexis Taylor - Without Your Name 05/12. Alexis Taylor - In The Light Of The Room 06/12. Alexis Taylor - Lonely Vagabond 07/12. Alexis Taylor - Repair Man 08/12. Alexis Taylor - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 09/12. Alexis Taylor - I Never Lock That Door 10/12. Alexis Taylor - Just For A Little While 11/12. Alexis Taylor - Don't Worry 12/12. Alexis Taylor - -
2017 Listen With Piano 01/11. Alexis Taylor - I'm Ready (Blended Mix - Lung Dart & Alexis Taylor) 02/11. Alexis Taylor - So Much Further To Go (Blended Mix - Mammalien & Alexis Taylor) 03/11. Alexis Taylor - Crying In The Chapel (Blended Mix - Beatrice Dillon & Alexis Taylor) 04/11. Alexis Taylor - Without Your Name (Blended Mix - Susumu Mukai & Alexis Taylor) 05/11. Alexis Taylor - In The Light Of The Room (Blended Mix - Betsy Taylor & Alexis Taylor) 06/11. Alexis Taylor - Lonely Vagabond (Blended Mix - Rupert Clervaux & Alexis Taylor) 07/11. Alexis Taylor - Repair Man (Blended Mix - Green Gartside & Alexis Taylor) 08/11. Alexis Taylor - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Blended Mix - Spring Heel Jack & Alexis Taylor) 09/11. Alexis Taylor - I Never Lock That Door (Blended Mix - Jennifer Herrema & Alexis Taylor) 10/11. Alexis Taylor - Just For A Little While (Blended Mix - Papa M & Alexis Taylor) 11/11. Alexis Taylor - Don't Worry (Blended Mix - Brian DeGraw & Alexis Taylor)
2017 Listen With(out) Piano 1/11. Alexis Taylor - I'm Ready (Lung Dart Version) 2/11. Alexis Taylor - So Much Further To Go (Mammalien Version) 3/11. Alexis Taylor - Crying In The Chapel (Beatrice Dillon Version) 4/11. Alexis Taylor - Without Your Name (Susumu Mukai Version) 5/11. Alexis Taylor - In The Light Of The Room (Betsy Taylor Version) 6/11. Alexis Taylor - Lonely Vagabond (Rupert Clervaux Version) 7/11. Alexis Taylor - Repair Man (Green Gartside Version) 8/11. Alexis Taylor - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Spring Heel Jack Hackney Rd Dub) 9/11. Alexis Taylor - I Never Lock That Door (Jennifer Herrema Version - The Key) 10/11. Alexis Taylor - Just For A Little While (Papa M Version) 11/11. Alexis Taylor - Don't Worry (Brian DeGraw Version) 1/11. Alexis Taylor - I'm Ready (Blended Mix - Lung Dart & Alexis Taylor) 2/11. Alexis Taylor - So Much Further To Go (Blended Mix - Mammalien & Alexis Taylor) 3/11. Alexis Taylor - Crying In The Chapel (Blended Mix - Beatrice Dillon & Alexis Taylor) 4/11. Alexis Taylor - Without Your Name (Blended Mix - Susumu Mukai & Alexis Taylor) 5/11. Alexis Taylor - In The Light Of The Room (Blended Mix - Betsy Taylor & Alexis Taylor) 6/11. Alexis Taylor - Lonely Vagabond (Blended Mix - Rupert Clervaux & Alexis Taylor) 7/11. Alexis Taylor - Repair Man (Blended Mix - Green Gartside & Alexis Taylor) 8/11. Alexis Taylor - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Blended Mix - Spring Heel Jack & Alexis Taylor) 9/11. Alexis Taylor - I Never Lock That Door (Blended Mix - Jennifer Herrema & Alexis Taylor) 10/11. Alexis Taylor - Just For A Little While (Blended Mix - Papa M & Alexis Taylor) 11/11. Alexis Taylor - Don't Worry (Blended Mix - Brian DeGraw & Alexis Taylor)
