Dido Armstrong was born in 1971 in London. Her musical talent was encouraged early from parental side, with six years she got to a music school lessons in piano, violin and recorder. Her brother Rollo she took in 1995 as a backing vocalist for Faithless. With the band they toured during the following two years and also takes part in studio recordings. So she controls with diverse vocals for the second Faithless album. At the same time Dido has been working in the studio on his own demo recordings. This is the way for the first studio album "No Angel", which is mostly re-produced by brother Rollo, free. But the album sold poorly at first and Dido will not be spared the arduous tour through town stages, talk shows and local stations. With their performances they thrilled the critics, the renowned Washington Post calls a goddess, made in order to be at the top. The great success with the public but is only achieved after rap star Eminem for his song "Stan" Samplet part of "Thank You". The Chartbreaker makes Dido's voice definitively known worldwide, raises their sales figures in the US over the one million mark and will open her on this side of the pond a few doors. So she made it with "Thank You", "Hunter" and "Here With Me" to earn international recognition, but sat the bar for's second album also very high. This is now available, and it is the "rent life" , And quite as wrong the name is not selected, because this album does not only convey the joie de vivre, the many should learn of us listeners already whether despair, love, or just nice to enjoying life feel of everything is back again with. This feeling they again transported transparently by her wonderful voice, through the elaborate beats, and especially through the texts that one might well speak of the soul. A preview should be mandatory, and specific recommendations are to "Stoned", "Dont Leave Home" or provided with the interesting interlude "Sand In My Shoes". Of course, the first single "White Flag".
