Audrey Tait
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Audrey Tait | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Tait in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | September 2, 1987 [1] Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Genres | hip hop, indie rock |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Website | https://novasound.net |
Audrey Tait (born 1987) is a Scottish musician and music producer from Rutherglen, Scotland. She is known for being the drummer in three Glaswegian bands, the experimental hip-hop group Hector Bizerk, Broken Chanter,[2] and the rock band Franz Ferdinand.[3] She replaced Paul Thomson in Franz Ferdinand, receiving a symbolic set of drumsticks from him in October 2021.[4]
She also performs in the synthpop duo The Girl Who Cried Wolf,[3] the folk rock duo The Miss's,[5] and in the scoring partnership Novasound, which scores and produces theater and film soundtracks in Glasgow.[6]
Hector Bizerk started in 2011 as a two-piece band, featuring rapper Louie Boy and Tait on drums. As the band's sound and ambition got richer, it became a four-piece, adding a bassist and keyboardist. Tait produced and mixed all the band's releases.[7] Their second album, Nobody Seen Nothing, was nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2014, and were named Best Hip Hop Act at that year's Scottish Alternative Music Awards. Their next album, The Waltz of Modern Psychiatry, was also nominated for album of the year.[8]
While in Hector Bizerk, Tait began producing other artists.[9] In 2014, she made it to the finals of Hit Like a Girl, an international contest for female drummers.[10]