Chris T-T
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Chris T-T in the Leaf Lounge at 2000 Trees Festival July 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Thorpe-Tracey |
| Also known as | Chris T-T |
| Born |
16 September 1974 UK |
| Origin | Winchester, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Alternative, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Xtra Mile Recordings (2007–present), Snowstorm Records (2000–2005), Wine Cellar Records, |
| Associated acts | Jim Bob, Magoo, Timothy Victor's Folk Orchestra, Frank Turner, Something Beginning With L, Le Frange, Thirty Pounds of Bone |
| Website | christt |
Chris T-T (born Christopher Thorpe-Tracey, 16 September 1974) is an English singer/songwriter based in Brighton. He has released 10 studio albums and two live collections. He is also a speaker, piano accompanist, activist and radio presenter, and he has written for a range of publications. For several years he contributed a weekly column on the arts to the left-wing newspaper The Morning Star. T-T's most recent album is career retrospective double-CD Best Of Chris T-T which was released on 19 May 2017 by London-based independent label Xtra Mile Recordings.
While T-T has not crossed over to mainstream success, his influence as an underground artist is widely felt and his music has been consistently praised by critics through the past two decades.
Chris T-T was born and raised in Winchester, England. After performing in school bands, in 1993 he began an honours degree in Popular Music Studies at Bretton Hall College (Leeds University). In 1996, T-T gained his degree and joined Norfolk band Magoo as bass player, as they signed to Chemikal Underground Records. In May 1997, Chris T-T moved to London to work at the Press Association.
In 1999 T-T's debut album Beatverse was released on his own Wine Cellar Records.BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq played the song 'Shit From All Angles'. Following Beatverse, T-T signed to London-based independent label Snowstorm Records.
T-T's second album Panic Attack at Sainsbury's was released in autumn 2000. First single 'You Can Be Flirty', was panned in NME but in early 2001 second single, 'Dreaming of Injured Popstars' gained better reviews. In December he performed a live session on Steve Lamacq's Radio 1 Evening Session.
The albums The 253 (2001) and London Is Sinking (2003) followed. Both highly praised, each featured in the Sunday Times Top 5 Albums Of The Year for that year. In autumn 2003 Chris T-T gave up full-time work and moved to Brighton.
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