Lou Hayter is a London-based musician, DJ and musical director. She has been a recognisable face on the London music scene since the mid-noughties, when she rose to prominence as part of the Mercury-nominated electro-pop band, New Young Pony Club. Since then, she has maintained a presence at the always-evolving intersection between music and fashion, building a reputation as a DJ as comfortable at peak-time in the basement of XOYO as at the launches of some of the world’s most desirable brands (Chanel, Miu Miu, Chloe and Paul Smith all have Hayter on their books).
Since departing NYPC at the beginning of the decade, Hayter’s musical endeavours have rarely slowed down. As well as a three year stint as Musical Director for the British Fashion Awards, she has formed band partnerships with JB Dunckel of the seminal French band Air as Tomorrow's World, and Nick Phillips as The New Sins, while continuing her all-vinyl residency at London’s Chiltern Firehouse.
Having signed to Skint / BMG records last year in anticipation of her debut solo LP in 2021, Hayter has been dripping singles like honey across the past few years, earning radio play on 6 Music and Radio 1 and 2 alike. A third single, ‘Private Sunshine’, has just emerged mid-winter, following ‘My Baby Just Cares For Me’ and ‘Cherry On Top’, blissful earworms of glorious off-kilter pop music, timeless but forward-thinking at once.
"The style world's favourite DJ" - EVENING STANDARD
"A multi-talented musician, model and DJ extraordinaire" - DAZED DIGITAL
“She may be a reluctant (Jane) Birkin, but in Tomorrow’s World, Lou Hayter burns bright” - WONDERLAND
Recent DJ Highlights
Chanel No 5 Red London launch, UK Premier of Pedro Alomodovar's "Pain and Glory" at Somerset House, Netflix party for 'Roma' at the 2019 BAFTA awards, Noel Gallagher's 50th birthday party, Damian Hirst "Treasure of the Wreck of the Unbelievable" opening in Venice, Kylie Minogue's 50th at Chiltern Firehouse. Christian Louboutin's Loubi Express at Claridges, London.
Client List
Fashion - Alexander McQueen, Adidas, Alexa Chung for AG Jeans, Belstaff, Bella Freud, The British Fashion Awards, Chanel, Chloe, Charlotte Olympia, Chopard, Christian Louboutin, Cos, Hussein Chalayan, H&M, Diesel, DKNY, The Elle Style Awards, Erdem, Frame Denim, Halston Ultrasuede premier, Hugo Boss, Issa, Jean Charles de Castelbajac, J Crew, J Lindeberg, Jaeger, Ji Won Chi, Georg Jensen, Kiehl's, H&M, Kurt Geiger, Kenzo, Levi's, LK Bennett, Louis Vuitton, Luxxotica, Mario Testino, Maxmara, Miu Miu, Michael Kors, Mulberry, Net-A-Porter, Nicholas Kirkwood, Paul & Joe, Paul Smith, Ray Ban, Selfridges, Tod's, Topshop, Tory Burch, Whistles, William Vintage, YSL Beauty
Art and Lifestyle - Annabel's, Bafta Awards, The BBC, Blonstein Productions, Baileys Chocolat Lux, The Belvedere Hotel, Cannes Film Festival, The Chiltern Firehouse, Damien Hirst, Dazed and Confused, The Design Museum, Dover Street Arts Club, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Fran Cutler Associates, Facebook, Gagosian Gallery, Glastonbury festival, The Guardian Guide, Grey Goose, GHD, Hotel Sanders, Inception film premier, Lancome, Lanza Baucina, Liberty, Lou Lou's, Marina Abramovich, Minotti, Marie Claire, My Beautiful City, The National Gallery, Netflix, The Ned, The Official Olympics Party, Pedro Almodovar, Pernod, Rankin, Start Boutique, The Saatchi Gallery, The Serpentine Summer Ball, Sisley, The V&A, Vinyl Factory, Wallpaper* Magazine, The White Cube, Zaha Hadid
Clubs
Fabric, Xoyo, Turnmills, Razmattaz, The Nest, Kokos, Dalston Superstore, The End
Contact:
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