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American musician (born 1994)
Musical artist
Laura Les (born December 2, 1994), previously known under the moniker osno1, is an American music producer, singer and songwriter best known as one half of experimental electronic duo 100 gecs, alongside Dylan Brady.
Early life[edit]
Les grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.[1] As a teenager, she became interested in music while learning to play guitar.[2] While attending Columbia College[3] in Chicago, where she earned a degree in acoustic engineering,[4] she began releasing music online under the moniker osno1.
In 2016, Les released the EP, hello kitty skates to the fuckin CEMETARY, which she describes as “a bunch of songs about dead bodies.”[5] She subsequently released the 2017 EP, i just dont wanna name it anything with “beach” in the title. In 2018, Les stopped using the osno1 moniker[6] and released a third EP, Big Summer Jams 2018, under her own name. Big Summer Jams 2018 received positive reviews from music critics, praised as “debauched digital celebrations”[7] by Vice and “a blender of fun” by Tiny Mix Tapes.[8]
Les participated in a remix album of Katie Dey‘s album Mydata in early 2021.[9] In March 2021, Les officially released her solo single “Haunted” following a positive reception from her fanbase after it was previously played during a virtual DJ set in 2020.[10] The song was subsequently featured in season 2 of the HBO series Euphoria.[11]
Personal life[edit]
Les has cited being transgender as contributing to her exploration of different singing styles, including pitched-up “nightcore style” vocals, which she once used almost exclusively in her music due to her experiences with voice dysphoria.[1] However, in a 2021 Pitchfork interview, she revealed she had begun taking vocal lessons and recording new 100 gecs music with unpitched vocals, saying, “As I’ve been exploring my voice more, I’m like, ‘I can do this.'”[12]
She was married to cartoonist Gabe Howell.[13] Les lived in Chicago from 2013 to 2020, then moved to Los Angeles with Howell to work more closely with Brady.[12][14] In 2023, an article from The New Yorker stated that Les has been dating writer and producer May Leitz, and had moved to rural Colorado.[15]
Discography[edit]
Extended plays[edit]
Compilation albums[edit]
Singles[edit]
Guest appearances[edit]
Songwriting and production credits[edit]
Remixes[edit]
As part of 100 gecs[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kim, Michelle Hyun (January 16, 2020). “Meet 100 gecs, the Absurdist Pop Duo Inspired By Everything on the Internet”. them. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (December 20, 2019). “100 Gecs and the Art of Not Taking Things Too Seriously”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ “Lollapalooza Music Festival Comes to Columbia’s Front Yard”. www.colum.edu. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ “This chaotic duo sounds like nothing and everything you’ve ever heard”. Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ “hello kitty skates to the fuckin CEMETARY”. SoundCloud. Archived from the original on May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Allanoff, Gabe (December 26, 2018). “Behind the Scenes With Laura Les”. Underground Underdogs. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ “Weather Our Dystopia With the Chaos Pop of Laura Les’s Noisey Mix”. www.vice.com. August 6, 2018. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ “♫ Listen: Laura Les – BIG SUMMER JAMS 2018”. Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ “Katie Dey Announces ‘mydata’ Remix Album With Laura Les, Tomberlin, & More”. Stereogum. January 14, 2021. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ “Laura Les Actually Grew Up in a Haunted House”. PAPER. March 12, 2021. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ “‘Euphoria’ season 2 episode 2 recap: fallout from the fracas”. NME. January 17, 2022. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Horowitz, Steven J. (September 7, 2021). “This Is Your Brain on 100 gecs”. Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ Moen, Matt (June 13, 2019). “You’ve Never Heard Anything Like 100 Gecs”. Paper. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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