# Wax Tailor

Jean-Christophe Le Saoût (French pronunciation: ; born on 19 July 1975), better known by the stage name Wax Tailor, is a French record producer, DJ, and talent manager. He has released six studio albums collaborating with other artists.

## Early career

After being a host on French radio in the Paris suburb of Mantes-La-Jolie, Le Saoût started the French rap group La Formule in the 1990s. He created his label Lab'Oratoire in 1998. He began working on the Wax Tailor project in 2001, first appearing on a remix of Looptroop and La Formule's "Deep Under Water".

## Releases

In 2004, JC Le Saoût launched the Wax Tailor concept with an EP, "Lost the Way", that gained the attention of DJ's and music critics in his home country.
In 2005, Wax Tailor released his debut album, Tales of the Forgotten Melodies. In addition to sampling Nina Simone, Doris Day and Alfred Hitchcock films, the album also featured collaborations with The Others and Charlotte Savary.
In 2007, Wax Tailor released his second album Hope & Sorrow and had his first crossover hit single with Positively Inclined.
In 2009, Wax Tailor released Say Yes, the first single on his new album In the Mood for Life, released on September 21, featuring Charlie Winston, Charlotte Savary, Sara Genn, Dionne Charles, A State of Mind, Mattic, Ali Harter, and Speech Defect.
In 2012, after three years of touring around the world, Wax Tailor released Dusty Rainbow from the Dark. The album was narrated by actor Don McCorkindale, whom Le Saoût selected after listening to nearly 300 voices.
In 2014, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his career, Wax Tailor launched the "Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra." Alongside a 35-piece orchestra and a 17-person choir, Wax Tailor embarked on an ambitious re-orchestration of 27 highlights from his 4 albums, to present them in a completely different setting. After a sold-out European tour, the Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra was chosen to play 3 shows for the re-opening of the prestigious Teatro Colon in Bogota, accompanied by the National Symphonic Orchestra of Colombia.
In 2016, Wax Tailor released his fifth album By Any Beats Necessary. The title references the Malcolm X phrase "By Any Means Necessary", which was inspired by Sartre's play "Dirty Hands". The album features collaborations with Ghostface Killah from the Wu-Tang Clan, R.A. the Rugged Man, A-F-R-O, Token, Tricky, Lee Fields, Charlotte Savary, Sara Genn, Mattic and Raashan Ahmad and IDIL.
In 2017 Wax Tailor went on a long world tour during which he decided to completely remix the album. Established producers such as Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser) and the US duo Du-Rites (J-Zone), as well as a cohort of rising artists such as ProleteR, Soul Square, The Geek x Vrv, Poldoore, Kognitif, Fatbabs, Madwreck, Benji Blow, Le Parasite, were selected by Wax Tailor to keep a general musical cohesiveness to the project and bring a new life to the original album.
In January 2021, Tailor released The Shadow of Their Suns, his sixth studio album, featuring guest artists Mark Lanegan, Del The Funky Homosapien (Gorillaz), D Smoke, Gil Scott Heron, Rosemary Standley (Moriarty), Mr Lif, Adeline, and Yugen Blakrok.
In January 2023, Le Saoût released Fishing For Accidents. The album featured appearances from Mick Jenkins, Mr. Lif, Kuf Knotz, Lojii, Napoleon Da Legend, Ill Conscious, Voice Monet, David Bars, Mattic, Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields) and Victoria Bigelow.

## Awards

* Winner of 2013 Sacem Electronic Music Prize
* Winner in 2008 of the 7th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop vote for best Dance/Electronica album Hope & Sorrow
* Three of his albums, Hope & Sorrow, In The Mood for Life, and Dusty Rainbow From The Dark were nominated for Best Electronic Album at the Victoires de la Musique in France.

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification |
| Year | Album | FRA | Certification |
| 2005 | Tales of the Forgotten Melodies | 150 | |
| 2007 | Hope & Sorrow | 31 | |
| 2009 | In the Mood for Life | 9 | |
| 2012 | Dusty Rainbow from the Dark | 8 | |
| 2016 | By Any Beats Necessary | 12 | |
| 2017 | By Any Remixes Necessary | | |
| 2021 | The Shadow of Their Suns | 14 | |
| 2023 | Fishing for Accidents | 137 | |

#### Live albums

| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification |
| Year | Album | FRA | Certification |
| 2010 | Live 2010 à l'Olympia | 62 | |
| 2014 | Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra | | |

### EPs and singles

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Certification | Album |
| Year | Title | FRA | Certification | Album |
| 2004 | Que Sera/Where My Heart's At | | | |
| 2004 | Lost the Way | | | |
| 2006 | Our Dance/Walk the Line | | | Tales of the Forgotten Melodies |
| 2007 | To Dry Up/The Games You Play | 78 | | Hope and Sorrow |
| 2007 | Positively Inclined / The Way We Lived | 78 | | Hope and Sorrow |
| 2008 | We Be / There Is Danger | 78 | | Hope and Sorrow |
| 2009 | "Say Yes" (feat. ASM) | 30 | | In the Mood for Life |
| 2009 | This Train" / "Leave It | 25 | | In the Mood for Life |
| 2010 | I Own You | | | In the Mood for Life |
| 2012 | Heart Stop | 81 | | Dusty Rainbow from the Dark |
| 2016 | I Had a Woman | 194 | | |
| 2017 | The Chase Remixes | | | |

### Remixes

* Looptroop & La Formule - Deep Under Water (Wax Tailor remix) 2001
* Clover - Death of the Lonely Superhero (Wax Tailor remix) 2005
* Wax Tailor - Our Dance (Wax Tailor Remix) 2006
* Nina Simone - I Am Blessed 2008

### Covers, references, and sampling

* His track Seize The Day recorded with Charlotte Savary appears in the soundtrack of the 2008 film Paris by Cédric Klapisch.