Birth name Ruth Radelet Role Singer Years active 2004–present | Name Ruth Radelet | |
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Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, musician Albums Kill for Love, Chrome Rats vs Basemen, Night Drive, In Shining Violence, Plaster Hounds | ||
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Ruth Radelet (born April 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She is best known for her work as the lead vocalist in the electronic band Chromatics, formed in 2001. A native of Portland, Oregon, Radelet joined Chromatics in 2004 after the band relocated to Portland from Seattle, Washington. The band's first album to feature Radelet as vocalist and guitarist was their cult release Night Drive (2007), the record which marked a notable shift in their sound, incorporating elements of synth pop and post punk.
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- CHROMATICS Into the Black hey hey my my created by Viktoria
- CHROMATICS
- Early life
- Career
- Influences
- Personal life
- References
Radelet also appeared with Chromatics in the Showtime series revival of Twin Peaks (2017).
CHROMATICS
Early life
Radelet was born in Portland, Oregon. She was raised in Portland and spent several years living on the Oregon coast.
Career
Radelet joined Chromatics in 2004 with Adam Miller, Nat Walker, and Johnny Jewel, releasing the critically acclaimed Night Drive in 2007. Radelet provided contributions to Symmetry's debut album, Themes For An Imaginary Film (2011). Chromatics' follow-up album to Night Drive was Kill for Love, released the following year. The band was invited to perform at the Chanel show by Karl Lagerfeld in 2012.
Radelet appeared with Chromatics in the Showtime 2017 revival of Twin Peaks.
Influences
Radelet has cited folk and country artists such as Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, and Tom Waits as influences, as well as new wave bands such as New Order. She has also cited films as an influence on her music, including work by directors Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Brian De Palma.
Personal life
Radelet was romantically involved with bandmate Johnny Jewel for several years; commenting in an interview with The Huffington Post, she said: "I consider us to be old friends, and we have continued to build on that foundation even though the dynamic is always evolving." According to a 2014 article in Dazed, Radelet and Jewel were married for eight years. She relocated to New York in 2011 and California in 2016.