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Stuart Price's Biography

Stuart Price was born on the beautiful city of Paris, on 9th of September of 1977. As a child, he had a normal life, raised most of it in England, since he started being interested in music. His parents toke him to study music, but only classical. He learned a lot, but he was heavily interested on electronic music (remember, there were the 80's, with the synths being so modern and fascinating). He had to hide his Pet Shop Boys and New Order's albums from his parents, but he managed to get into the electronic music.

Years later, this interest brought him to know Johnny & Adam Blake, with those who founded the band known as Zoot Woman. The released a simple, almost instrumental EP called 'Sweet to the wind' (1995) , but they achieved a moderated success with the releases of 'Living on a magazine' (2001) and 'Zoot Woman' (2003).

One of his historic moments was around the year 2000. Stuart knew a producer named Mirwais, who was enjoying the success of one of his best works to date: produce Madonna's Music. At that time, Madonna needed immediately a musical director to her next show 'The Drowned World Tour' (2001), and Mirwais recommended Stuart. Madonna was really impressed and hired him. That's when Stuart started being famous, and a good partner for Madonna until now.

Stuart showing a pin

The Drowned World Tour, which started on the 9th of June of 2001 in Barcelona, could be considered the first official statement of the contract between both of them. After that show, Stuart worked with Madonna on few things on her next album 'American Life' (2003). He specifically wrote 'X-Static Process', a simple but full of emotion ballad, and helped on the production of 'Nothing Fails'. But what people will remember more will be his first remix of 'Hollywood', which was the version that Madonna sang on the MTV Video Music Awards 2003 with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, that ended with the most-talked kiss on TV in years.

Then it came the 'Re-Invention World Tour 2004' and Madonna was still impressed about Stuart's possibilities by her side and hired him again as the musical director of the tour. His work this time was more entertaining: he had to take lots of Madonna hits from the 80's until the 00's and "reinvent them". Take them to another level, more electronic, more contemporary, avoiding to seem a greatest hits tour, making that songs seem absolutely new. Some of that memorable songs were 'Material Girl' in rock, the electrotribal version of 'Holiday' or 'Deeper & Deeper' in a jazzy style.

Playing pool

When that tour ended, Madonna started doing an album that would make people dance, and thinking about a producer who can do dance music easily appeared Stuart in her mind. They also wanted to make a musical, but they didn't. They started doing demos and sounds, trying all that they wanted. One night, in the firts months of 2005, Stuart Price went to Barcelona as a dj, to put his music on a disco. At one moment, some instrumental demo sounded, and included a very well-known sample: the flutes of 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' from Abba. That was the beginning of 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'. Produced almost entirely by Stuart, this album states the good relation between Madonna and Stuart. Put on as a dj set (with no stops) this album seems more like a duet between a dj and a singer.

Nowadays Stuart is concentrated on his third tour with Madonna as a musical director, the 'Confessions Tour' (2006) which starts on 21st of May in Los Angeles, and will bring him all over the world.

At the studio



		Stuart Price's Biography Stuart Price was born on the beautiful city of Paris, on 9th of September of 1977. As a child, he had a normal life, raised most of it in England, since he started being interested in music. His parents toke him to study music, but only classical. He learned a lot, but he was heavily interested on electronic music (remember, there were the 80's, with the synths being so modern and fascinating). He had to hide his Pet Shop Boys and New Order's albums from his parents, but he managed to get into the electronic music. Years later, this interest brought him to know Johnny & Adam Blake, with those who founded the band known as Zoot Woman. The released a simple, almost instrumental EP called 'Sweet to the wind' (1995) , but they achieved a moderated success with the releases of 'Living on a magazine' (2001) and 'Zoot Woman' (2003). One of his historic moments was around the year 2000. Stuart knew a producer named Mirwais, who was enjoying the success of one of his best works to date: produce Madonna's Music. At that time, Madonna needed immediately a musical director to her next show 'The Drowned World Tour' (2001), and Mirwais recommended Stuart. Madonna was really impressed and hired him. That's when Stuart started being famous, and a good partner for Madonna until now. The Drowned World Tour, which started on the 9th of June of 2001 in Barcelona, could be considered the first official statement of the contract between both of them. After that show, Stuart worked with Madonna on few things on her next album 'American Life' (2003). He specifically wrote 'X-Static Process', a simple but full of emotion ballad, and helped on the production of 'Nothing Fails'. But what people will remember more will be his first remix of 'Hollywood', which was the version that Madonna sang on the MTV Video Music Awards 2003 with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, that ended with the most-talked kiss on TV in years. Then it came the 'Re-Invention World Tour 2004' and Madonna was still impressed about Stuart's possibilities by her side and hired him again as the musical director of the tour. His work this time was more entertaining: he had to take lots of Madonna hits from the 80's until the 00's and "reinvent them". Take them to another level, more electronic, more contemporary, avoiding to seem a greatest hits tour, making that songs seem absolutely new. Some of that memorable songs were 'Material Girl' in rock, the electrotribal version of 'Holiday' or 'Deeper & Deeper' in a jazzy style. When that tour ended, Madonna started doing an album that would make people dance, and thinking about a producer who can do dance music easily appeared Stuart in her mind. They also wanted to make a musical, but they didn't. They started doing demos and sounds, trying all that they wanted. One night, in the firts months of 2005, Stuart Price went to Barcelona as a dj, to put his music on a disco. At one moment, some instrumental demo sounded, and included a very well-known sample: the flutes of 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' from Abba. That was the beginning of 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'. Produced almost entirely by Stuart, this album states the good relation between Madonna and Stuart. Put on as a dj set (with no stops) this album seems more like a duet between a dj and a singer. Nowadays Stuart is concentrated on his third tour with Madonna as a musical director, the 'Confessions Tour' (2006) which starts on 21st of May in Los Angeles, and will bring him all over the world.