Daniel Hunt

Daniel Hunt (born 25 July 1974) is an English musician, songwriter and producer from Liverpool. He is a founding member, principal songwriter and producer of the electronic band Ladytron. During the band's live shows, Daniel plays synthesizers, guitar and occasionally perform background vocals. In the 90's, Daniel Hunt was in an indie rock band called Jules Verne until they split in the mid-90's. In the late 90's, he later joined with Venini, which featured members including Russell Senior who was previously of Pulp. Along with Venini, Hunt got involved with the Chevette group, where amongst material they covered Pulp's We Can Dance Again. He also founded Ladytron with Reuben Wu, who he met first in the mid-90's. 
Using a moniker inspired by the song "Ladytron" by Roxy Music, Hunt and Wu recorded the group's debut single, "He Took Her to a Movie" for £50 with the guest vocalist Lisa Eriksson and released it in 1999. In the summer of that year, Hunt and Wu met the Scottish student Helen Marnie through various DJ gigs, and the Bulgarian student Mira Aroyo through a mutual friend. Marnie and Aroyo joined the band as vocalists and keyboardists. Helen Marnie studied music at the University of Liverpool where she received a Bachelor of Arts in pop music in 1999. Mira Aroyo was a postgraduate research geneticist in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel seemed to have discovered Daniel Hunt's first music project, Jules Verne in early 1992 through their track, Strangely Enough, which was on a compilation album called The Dark Side Of The Pool. Later on in the summer of that year, he invited the band to do a session for his show in which they performed four tracks. As Jules Verne sizzled out, Daniel Hunt got involved with Venini, but their material didn't seem to get any airplay from Peel, until 1999 when JP played Ladytron and Chevette's cover version of Pulp's We Can Dance Again from the Special Skool (The Best Of Invicta Hi-Fi) compilation album.
In the early 00's, Ladytron started to gain greater airplay on Peel's show especially two sessions for his programmes, as well as gaining more exposure in the music press. At the end of 2002, Peel nominated their album, Light And Magic, as one of his albums of the month for December 2002 (Peel's Record Box), along with his listeners voting Ladytron's Seventeen track into the Festive Fifty. The track eventually peaked at number 31 in the 2002 Festive Fifty.
==Festive Fifty Entries==
;Ladytron
*2002 Festive Fifty: Seventeen #31
==Sessions==
;thumb|220x220pxJules Verne
1. Recorded: 1992-05-17. First Broadcast: 13 June 1992. Repeated: 07 August 1992
*Hollow Tomorrow / Misadventure / Hang Up / Celebrity Twister/A Wake
;Ladytron
1. Recorded: 2001-12-05. First Broadcast: 31 January 2002
*Zmeyka / Holiday 601 / Another Breakfast With You / Discotraxx
2. RecordedOriginally recorded for One World on 2002-12-04. According to Ken Garner's "The Peel Sessions" (p.301), the recording includes eleven tracks, but only four were broadcast.: 2002-12-04. First Broadcast: 08 January 2003
*True Mathematics / Evil / USA Vs White Noise / Blue Jeans
==Other Shows Played==
;Jules Verne
*05 January 1992: 'Strangely Enough (Compilation LP-Dark Side Of The Pool)' (Liquid Noise)
*26 January 1992: 'Strangely Enough (Compilation LP-Dark Side Of The Pool)' (Liquid Noise)
*25 November 1994: Topshopper (7" - The Phase 4 World Of Jules Verne) Telekinetic Fixed Link 
*07 January 1995 (BFBS): 'Topshopper (7"-The Phase 4 World Of Jules Verne)' (Telekinetic Fixed Link)
;thumb|220x220pxChevette
*31 March 1999: We Can Dance Again (v/a LP: Special Skool - The Best Of Invicta Hi-Fi) Invicta
*15 April 1999: We Can Dance Again (v/a LP: Special Skool - The Best Of Invicta Hi-Fi) Invicta
;Ladytron
*16 March 1999: He Took Her To A Movie (LP: Special Skool - The Best Of Invicta Hi-Fi) Invicta Hi Fi
*March 1999 (FSK): He Took Her To A Movie (v/a CD - Special Skool - The Best Of Invicta Hi-Fi) Invicta Hi-Fi
*21 September 2000: Another Breakfast With You (EP: Mu-Tron EP) Invicta Hi Fi
*08 February 2001: The Way I Found You (CD Single) Invicta Hi-Fi 
*18 February 2001 (BBC World Service): The Way That I Found You (single) Invicta Hi-Fi
*27 March 2001: I'm With The Pilots (LP – 604) Invicta Hi-Fi
*29 March 2001: Paco! (LP - 604) Invicta Hi-Fi
*03 April 2001: 'The Way That I Found You'
*05 April 2001 (Radio Eins): I'm With The Pilots (LP – 604) Invicta Hi-Fi
*18 April 2001: Paco (LP – 604) Invincia Hi-Fi
*26 April 2001 (Radio Eins): Paco (LP – 604) Invincia Hi-Fi
*02 May 2001: 'Another Breakfast With You (LP-604)' (Invicta Hi Fi)
*08 May 2001: 'The Way That I Found You (7 inch)' (Invicta)
*10 May 2001 (Radio Eins): CSKA Sofia
*15 May 2001: I'm With The Pilots (LP – 604) Invicta Hi-Fi
*21 February 2002 (vs Kylie Minogue): Kylietron (LP – Bastard Pop 1) white label
*March 2002 (FSK) (vs Kylie Minogue): Kylietron (LP – Bastard Pop 1) white label
*04 April 2002 (Radio Mafia) (vs Kylie Minogue): Kylietron (LP – Bastard Pop 1) white label
*thumb|220x220px10 September 2002: Seventeen (12") White Label
*14 November 2002: 'Seventeen (CD Single)' (Invicta Hi Fi)
*21 November 2002 (Radio Eins): 'Seventeen (CD Single)' (Invicta Hi Fi)
*27 November 2002: Flicking Your Switch (Sampler EP for forthcoming LP) Iinvicta Hi-Fi
*28 November 2002 (Radio Mafia): 'Seventeen (CD Single)' (Invicta Hi Fi)
*29 November 2002 (BBC World Service): 'Seventeen (CD Single)' (Invicta Hi Fi)
*05 December 2002: Startup Chime (LP - Light & Magic) Telstar
*12 December 2002: Fire (LP - Light & Magic) Telstar
*19 December 2002: 'Blue Jeans (LP - Light And Magic)' (Invicta)
*19 December 2002 (Radio Eins): Flicking Your Switch (album - Light And Magic) Invicta
*26 December 2002: 'Seventeen (CD Single)' (Invicta Hi Fi) FF #31
*02 January 2003 (Radio Eins): 'Blue Jeans (LP - Light And Magic)' (Invicta)
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: L
* April 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
*May 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
*December 2002 (Peel's Record Box)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia (Daniel Hunt)
*Wikipedia (Ladytron)
*Discogs
*Official Website (Ladytron)
==References==
Category:Artists